How to Draw Nemo from Finding Nemo

Learn how to draw everyone's favorite Pixar fish. Nemo is a swell character for practicing airbrushing and is a joy to draw. By using PD Pro Digital Painter 3 and the airbrushing tool, the colors on Nemo's fins and scales can be easily colored in a blended fashion.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Graphics tablet
• PD Pro Digital Painter 3 or any other graphics program

1. 

   Draw a large circle on your tablet or draw on a piece of paper and scan your sketch into the computer. Next, draw a rounded triangle on the right, about half an inch away from the circle.

2. 

   Add horizontal parentheses that connect your triangle and circle together.

3. 

   Start adding fins. On the right side of the circle, add a half circle. On the left side of the rounded triangle, add a shape that looks like a horseshoe with the open side of the horseshoe toward the rounded triangle. The next fin should be placed halfway in the center of the topmost parenthesis shape and form a rainbow to the left that ends 1/10 of an inch into the rounded triangle. The second top fin should be 1/10 of an inch above the tailfin from a sideways rainbow that goes up 1/5 of an inch and is centered on the upper left side of the rounded triangle. The last two fins are located on Nemo's belly, so on the lower parenthesis add two small upside-down rainbows.

4. 

   In the large circle, add Nemo's eyes. The left eye should be slightly larger than the right eye because Nemo is slightly turned in this image. The right eye should resemble a clock that has its hands at 1 and 5, with the 6-12 side missing. Add Nemo's mouth, a horizontal crescent moon with a row of teeth on top.

5. 

   Add your other features such as Nemo's stripes and actual body features. Trace your guidelines so that you can form Nemo's body. After you have done this, erase/delete your guidelines and begin coloring.

Tips & Warnings

• When using a digital medium to color characters that are 3-D, remember to use the airbrush, not the regular brush. Airbrushing softens your lines. After airbrushing, use your blur tool often. To create 3-D effects with white, combine gray with pink before blurring. This adds more tone and shadow, as well as light. To show roundness in white eyes, take the lower position and add a light gray, then add a medium shade gray to the center of the lighter gray and blur.