I´m a professional Concept Artist and Illustrator with more than 10 years of experience in the industry. Draw three straight parallel lines 45cm long and 3cm apart, leaving extra space at one end of the cardboard. My advice will be to start drawing a similar sword than mine and once you master the process, you can try with your own designs. Drag an drop, starting from the center to the sides of the cross-guard. We will use basic shapes to help us to outline the sword shape. This coupling part is usually an extension of the guard and surrounds a hole in the center of it. Both spheres on the side of the arms can be painted using a Circle Selection Tool and gradients to create light and shadow. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Also, you will notice I´ve shortened the point of the sword. And they also represent a great subject for creative freedom, since you can vary the difficulty, details, and style almost infinitely to suit your own taste and style.. This darkening can be done selecting the blade and darkening it using Levels. Their weight and the balance did not allow one-handed grip. You will then draw out the sword and the rest of the legs straps at the knee. Like I comment you in previous stages, these swords were made to cut your enemy using blunt force. Just in the point where the shadow starts, draw a dark line, using the Diffuse Brush and very dark brown color. Draw two straight lines at the top of the blade, enclosing a triangle to form the tip. Then, draw a straight line down the middle of the blade, from the tip to the handle. This is called the fuller, and its thickness strengthens the blade. Anyways, I want to guide you through to âdraw a swordâ in the simplest manner. For the head, first, draw a small neck that extends from the circle at the top of the rib cage. In this fourth step, we will draw the sword´s blade. The pommel’s shape looks like the blade of an axe on a small scale. Draw a curved line at the top of the cross-guard and at the bottom of the grip, forming the pommel. In this article, I will show you how I draw and color a sword following a step by step and easy to follow process. There is many types of swords, like katanas, sabers, gladius, etc…. Use a light grey color for the stripes. Jul 9, 2013 - Learn How To Draw How to Draw a Medieval Sword and Shieldwith our simple step by step picture and video tutorials online for free. Draw the sword's handle or tsuka. Paint on the areas you already marked as hit by the light. Use the Pen Tool or the Selection Tool and isolate each part of the cross-guard. This video is unavailable. Their weight and the balance did not allow one-handed grip. The point of this is to mimic what happens in reality when we find a transition between an area hit by a light source and an area in shadows. Erase all the guidelines and shapes that you drew in step one. medieval 14 Mar 2017 How to Draw a Troll for Kids ... Hello everyone and welcome to the lesson on how to draw a troll for kids! Share this: Twitter; Facebook; Like this: Like Loading... Related. via How To Draw. We will polish the final line before we move to the color stage. The way we gonna give volume an 3 dimensionality to the grip, will be using the same techniques we used for the other parts of the sword. 13 Mar 2017 How to Draw a Goblin for Kids by Arame | posted in: Drawing Tutorials, Fantasy | 3 As a visual aid, here you will find, not only images on every single step, also you will find a video of my self-drawing and painting the sword. For my second drawing tutorial I will show you how to draw Excalibur or the sword in the stone step by step. Then, draw a straight line down the middle of the blade, from the tip to the handle. Under this lines, you will find the video of my self-drawing and painting the sword. I just submitted a lesson on how to draw a Night Elf from the very popular game World of Warcraft. You can use any medium you wanna use for drawing and coloring the sword. This will be the cavity called fuller. Change the layer mode to Color Dodge Mode. Adding the glow effect on the blade edge is quite easy. The grip gets attached to the guard, by introducing it through this hole. First of all we need to draw a straight line which will help us to draw the sword smooth and straight. This is a lesson that will help you with your basic drawing skill of seeing and understanding shapes and it will help you to understand some of the basic sword shapes as they occurred in the real world. I will represent the border of the cavity of the fuller which is being hit by the light. We will conclude the drawing part of this tutorial giving the final touches of our drawing and preparing it for the painting stage. It's sometimes easier to draw in a medieval style than it is to do realistic art, because that didn't get reinvented till the Renaissance. This is called the fuller, and its thickness strengthens the blade. This first step is quite simple. Draw the guard that should be longer than the guards of longsword or shortsword. Draw a curved line at the top of the cross-guard and at the bottom of the grip, forming the pommel. I did it thinking about creating some sort of fabric wrapping, like the samurai’s swords have, for my sword. Draw a curved line at the top of the cross-guard and at the bottom of the grip, forming the pommel. In this lesson we have shown you how to draw a longsword. Next, sketch details like the knight's armor, clothing, and sword on top of the sketched figure. âHOW TO DRAW A SWORDâ TUTORIAL STEP 1: THE BASIC STRUCTURE . Remember to vary the thickness of the strokes. I thought I could make a sword myself. As you can see that ended up better than expected. Now I will describe in points, the process you gotta follow for this step: At this stage, we will create try to create some volume painting some light reflections and shadows on our sword. Use the picture as a guide for this. You are going to start our selection from the center of the cross-guard. The first step will be to select the grip area with the Selection Tool. Draw a curved line at the top of the cross-guard and at the bottom of the grip, forming the pommel. Draw the pommel that located right at the end of the line from the previous step. The pommel has also a coupling part. Hi, I’m Toni Justamante Jacobs. Touching the lower edge of the fuller you will paint another parallel line. The line needs to blend with the existing shadow. If you check the video on top of this article you will be able to see how I’m using the Selection Tool for piecing and isolating each part. Draw two straight lines at the top of the blade, enclosing a triangle to form the tip. If you followed the process we describe above, you probably have the different parts of the sword separated in layers. This weapon is of course the most used amongst the medieval ages where there were no such thing as guns. From the fuller on the center to the lower edge, once you have the whole area selected, use the Gradient Tool, drag from the fuller to the edge so you can create some nice and progressive shadow across the blade. Is wider on the side of the cross-guard and narrower on the pommel side. This is way, this type of swords, have large edges and their point is quite reduced and has way less relevance. If you have any comments or doubts, please leave a line on the comment section and will be more than happy to answer you as soon as I can. How to Draw Medieval Weapons Step by Step. How to Make a sword - The Six Step Process There are many different ways that swords are made but here is an overview of the steps for the most common sword making process. In this second stage of the drawing, we will define the cross-guard. Then, draw a straight line down the middle of the blade, from the tip to the handle. I´m a professional Concept Artist and Illustrator with more than 10 years of experience in the industry. Some of my clients are Gameloft, Fantasy Flight Games, Kunlun Games and Games Workshop. Repeat the process for the coupling part of the pommel and the cross-guard. Maybe you just want a Middle Ages party decoration for a themed birthday. The other part is the end of the pommel, shaped like an ax’s blade. Next step we will draw the point of the blade. Finally, draw the arms biceps and triceps by drawing the horizontal lines seen in the image. 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