How to Draw a Girl With Wings
Fairies are a depicted often in cartoons, fantasy and manga. Learn to draw a girl with wings to add a fairy to your own mystical scenes. Woodland nymphs are usually depicted as beautiful women with tiny translucent wings, while harpies are often shown as grotesque creatures with leather bat-like wings. Choose the type of girl with wings that you want to draw and then start with basic drawing techniques.
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Instructions
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Make a basic guideline sketch using stick-man lines for the arms and legs and a circle for the head. Add a large x through the center of the torso that extends past the body as a placeholder for wings.
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Draw a line from left to right through the center of the head as a guide for the eyes and ears.
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Add eyes, a nose and the ears. Make the eyes wide with large iris' and pupils.
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Draw a floor length flowing dress on your character. Add folds to the dress as it it were being blown by the wind.
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Add four leaf shapes using each of the wing guidelines as a center reference.
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Bring your drawing to life by adding detail to the wings. Wings can be feathered or made from membrane like an insects.
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Tips & Warnings
Add a magic wand to the winged girl's hand to make her a fairy.
Make the wings large enough to sustain flight for a bird the size of your girl.
References
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