How do I Draw Jet Ray From Ben 10?

Drawing Ben 10's Jetray can be a lesson in basic shape drawing.

Popular kids' cartoon "Ben 10" sees the show's protagonist, Ben, protecting the Earth from hostile alien forces and interacting with all sorts of fantastic creatures. Drawing Jetray, one of Ben's assumed alien guises contained by the Omnitrix on his wrist, means paying attention to some simple geometric shapes that make up nearly every object in the world, or in this case, a fictional world.

Things You'll Need

• Paper
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Black pen
• Colored pencils

Instructions

1. Draw a circle in the middle of your page; since this circle serves as Jetray's torso, draw the circle as large or small as you want your final art to appear. Draw another circle, about half the size as the first, sitting on top of the torso to make the head.

2. Draw another circle, the same size as the head, slightly below the torso to finish making the basis for the character's upper body. Add a downwardly sloping line to either "shoulder" to make Jetray's arms; make the lines long enough to reach down to the bottom part of the torso.

3. Draw two vertical parallel lines on the underside of the bottom circle; space them on either side of the bottom side to make the creature's upper legs. Add in two smallish circles on their ends ("knees") and draw similar lines on the bottoms of the knees to finalize the legs.

4. Flesh out the appendages by drawing similar arm and leg lines to mirror the original appendage lines. Start adding detail unique to the character's appearance: draw an inverted hourglass shape on the creature's face to draw the head mantle and add two parallel, elongated ovals on the face to make the eyes and mouth.

5. Add some musculature to Jetray by adding some "bumps" to the creature's outer lines. Add side lines to the mid-torso and erase any overlapping lines to give the appearance of a more solid, 3D look. Add in the lines that attach the sides of the body to the wrists ("wings"). Finish the eyes by darkening the area around the eyes.

Tips & Warnings

• Trace the drawing in black ink to make it stand out on the page; color your drawing in with colored pencils appropriate to the character.

References

• Drago Art: Drawing Jetray