Drawing an Ewok

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Drawing an Ewok

Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters and vehicles just like the professional comic book artists? In this step-by-step series, Star Wars artists and illustrators show you how to draw some of the most beloved characters in the saga.

Native to the moon of Endor, Ewoks may resemble harmless teddy bears, but they are actually extremely skilled in forest survival techniques (and defense) and can build amazing things like gliders and catapults. This came in handy when the Ewoks helped Chewie, Han Solo, and Princess Leia fight against the Imperial forces in Return of the Jedi.

Star Wars illustrator Amy Pronovost explains her easy steps to draw an Ewok with examples below.

Steps 1-7 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

Step One: Draw a circle for the head and a tall oval for the body. Next draw a straight line up and down through the middle of the head and body. Then make a horizontal line through the center of the head and one through the center of the body. Next draw a line underneath the oval about the same height as the head so the Ewok stands on solid ground.		Step Two: Next you’ll want to draw some curvy lines for the arms and legs. Use the center line on the body to line up the arms.		Step Three: Draw circles at the ends of the arms and half circles for the feet.

Step Four: Put two circles on either side of the head and give the Ewok a rough spear.		Step Five: Sketch in the shape of the Ewok’s hood making sure to use curvy lines around the ears. This makes it look like its ears are really coming out of the hood! For the face, very lightly draw two small dashes on the horizontal line, halfway between the vertical line and the sides of the head. Draw a dash to mark the nose and a longer dash to mark the mouth.		Step Six: Now is the time to make the Ewok fluffy! Add some fluff to his cheeks, chin, arms, legs and feet. Draw the hand holding the spear with three ovals and give him three sausage-shaped fingers on his other hand. Use the guides you made for the face to give your Ewok some personality with tall, oval shaped eyes, a button nose and a wide grin.

Step Seven: Begin to erase your light working lines and add more detail to the hood. Give the Ewok some fluffy knees and draw fingernails and thumbnails. Draw four lines near the top of the spear to make it look like there’s some leather wrapped around it.

Step Eight: Here’s where you’ll want to add some finishing touches like feathers to the hood, a masked pattern around his eyes and some fluff between his body and his arms. Make the spear look like it’s made of wood by drawing some extra lines on it and add some feathers.

Step Nine: Try your own ideas by creating your own hood and trying different fur patterns on the face and body. You can even draw other weapons. Create the whole tribe! Yub Yub!

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