Front View
Step 1:
Most Dragonball Z characters can be drawn
using these basic shapes and proportions. Dragonball Z
characters all have similarly constructed faces: they have
large foreheads, slanted, triangular eyes, and small lower
faces. Once you see how the basic face is proportioned, it
should be easier to draw whichever character you like. Begin
by drawin a large, slightly elongated circle for the
forehead. Draw the lower half of the face and divide it up
with lightly drawn guidelines as shown. Notice that the lower
half of his face can be divided up into equal sections; the
main horizontal guidelines are equidistant from each other. He
has a very large head, yet a relatively small face, so the
circle should be much larger than the lower half of the face.
Draw the slanted guidelines for the eyes, and sketch the
position of the mouth (which should be directly below the
guideline for the nose). Make sure all the guidelines are
drawn lightly, because you are going to erase them later on.
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Step
2:
Draw the outline of the eyes, which are
just blocky, angled trapezoids. Make sure the bottom and tops
of the eyes line up with the slanted guideline you drew in
earlier. Draw the nose and mouth, making them very small and
close together. The nose should be sort of like a curved,
blocky 'L' or wedge. Draw the ears, as well; they should be
pretty big. Note the marks on the sides of his head just above
the eyes; these are part of his eyebrow ridge, which is rather
prominent since he has such a high hairline. To draw these,
just make the sides of the face curve out slightly at the
point where the lower half of the face meets the
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Step 3:
Erase any unnecessary guidelines and
sketch the outline of his hair. The hair is very large and
spiky. He has a very high hairline, so make sure you don't
draw the hair too low on the face. Add more detail to his
eyes, and the shading under the mouth. When drawin his
eyebrows, make sure that they rest directly above his
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Step 4:
Next, erase all the guidelines. Add the
shading under his eyes and add detail to his ears, and draw
the neck. DBZ necks are usually pretty wide, so make sure the
neck starts just beneath the ears. Make sure to add some lines
above his eyebrows to further develop the eyebrow ridge. Erase
any unwanted lines and clean up your
sketch. |
Step 5:
Take your final sketch and color or shade
it however you like. Notice that the shading on his hair is
very subtle (you can barely see it), but gives the otherwise
flat spikes a little more
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3/4 View
Step 1:
Next, we'll draw the 3/4 view. These
proportions will work for other DBZ characters, too. Draw a
large circle, then add the lower half of the face and divide
the shapes up with guidelines. These are pretty much the same
shapes as in the front view, except they have been rotated
downwards and to the side. The 3/4 view has less guidelines
than the front view, but that's only because adding them would
be unneccesary at this angle. We'll only be using the
guidelines for the eyes, nose, and the central guideline that
runs from the forehead to the
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Step
2:
Next, use the upper horizontal guideline
to draw in the eyes. Draw the nose and mouth, making sure to
draw the mouth very close to the nose. The features of the
face should have very sharp angles. Notice that while on the
front view his nose looks small, on the 3/4 view it is much
longer and pointed. Draw his ear, too, which should be very
large. |
Step 3:
Erase all the unnecessary guidelines. Draw
the basic shape of his hair, making it very thick and pointy.
Make sure you make his hairline very high. Add his pupils,
eyebrows, and neck. |
Step 4:
Erase all unnecessary lines. Add the
detail in his ears, and draw in the eyebrow ridges above his
eyes. Again, his neck muscles are very large, so start them
just below the ear. Clean up your sketch and prepare it for
the final draft. |
Step 5:
Now that you have drawn his face, you can
shade and color it however you like.
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Super Saiyajin Form
Vegeta, like several other characters on
DBZ, can transform into a Super Saiyan. To draw Vegeta (or
anyone, for that matter) in Super Saiyajin form, you'll have
to make a few adjustments to his face, as well as his hair.
His head and body should be wider, while the face itself is
smaller. The features are more slanted and grouped closer
together. The lines of his face will be much more sharp and
slanted, and his eyes will be much more narrow. These
adjustments can be used on any Super Saiyajin. For the hair,
basically just draw a series of sharply angled, pointed spikes
that extrude from his scalp (make sure to draw his high
hairline). It helps to draw the outline of his head, as shown
in this picture, so you can tell where the hair should go.
It's easy to make it too big or too small if you don't know
where to position it. Even though it's spiky, make the hair
full and rounded, rather than just using straight spikes. All
the spikes should curve inward, not just stick
straight. |
Here's what the hair should look
like when the guideline for the back of the head has been
removed and the hair has been shaded. I did a sloppy job of
coloring the hair, though; the shading should be much less
rounded than it is in this particular picture. You can look at
other pictures of him on the internet or elsewhere for further
reference. |
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