Supplies for Drawing Superhero Figures

Series Summary

Comic book readers often wonder about earning a living drawing superheros. Learning to draw comic heroes and action figures is a great start for anyone interested in a career in graphic design and illustration. Superhero characters have long been a favorite subject matter for comic illustrators. Adults and kids love action-packed stories packed with heroic deeds. These figures are fun and easy to draw with their trademark costumes and powers. In this series of free videos on drawing superheros, an experienced illustrator demonstrates how to draw Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and Superman. He guides viewers step-by-step, teaching them how to create lines, add shading and use proportion to draw these superheros. It’s not as difficult as some people might think to create fun and instantly recognizable comic heroes. From capes to webs to flaming skulls, follow the simple instructions in these free videos to draw like a professional comic strip artist in no time.

Video Transcript

"So you want to know how to draw a super hero who's out there fighting crime and battling everyone from demonic clowns to other criminals? Well first off you need to get several supplies together to draw your super heroes with. First you're going to want to have a series of felt pens. And these are going to vary from the thicker felt pens, like the large strong lines to also finer tip felt pens. These are going to be are going to be for the intricate detail work, muscle tone, shading in the line. Next we're going to have a good old smudge stick. We're going to use this basically to be able to smudge pencil, both colored and also lead pencil. Again to like kind of give like more of a blurred effect, more of a realistic. Get away from those super sharp lines. Next we're going to have our central operating instrument, our pencil. We're going to be able to use this for a lot of our drawings today. Then next we're going to have a variety of ink pens. And these are going to be eventually to do like, if you want to do any color effects or real life action. These pens are going to be critical to that. Heading upstairs, we're going to have a nice straight edge. This can be like a short like a short ruler to a yard stick which is what I have here. We're also going to have an assortment of colored pencils which we're going to use to demonstrate different coloring techniques as well in addition to just those with pens. And then last but certainly not least, we're going to have some paper, different shapes and sizes of paper to draw on today."