Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters 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 and memorable characters in the saga. So get your pencils and paper ready!
To show you how to draw one of the galaxy’s most-feared bounty hunters — Boba Fett, Star Wars illustrator Joe Corroney explains his easy drawing steps 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.
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Step One:
Draw a simple circle with a vertical line down the center and another horizontal line just below the halfway point through the middle of the shape. Use the top or bottom of a small cup to draw your circle if you like since they can be tricky to draw freehand. Remember that these lines are just temporary so if you sketch them lightly they’ll be easy to erase later.
Step Two:
Draw four more connecting lines below the circle to represent the lower shape of Boba’s helmet. You’ll be using the upper half of the circle as part of your final shape.
Step Three:
Using the first two lines you drew as our guides, draw the T-shaped visor for the helmet.
Step Four:
Add these ellipses and curve lines below the visor on both sides to finish giving the helmet its shape. If you mess up it’s okay, just erase your sketch lines and try again!
Step Five:
Now you can draw the side panels and the antenna scope for his helmet at the sides of your circle. You’ll notice this is where our drawing of Boba Fett finally starts to come together.
Step Six:
Now you should start erasing your guide lines and doing some general clean-up on your line work. You can tighten up your drawing by making the lines you want to keep a little darker with your pencil. Begin shading in the visor and other parts of the helmet like the inside curves. This gives your drawing a sense of lighting and makes it feel three dimensional. To add some reflections inside the visor leave some white areas when you shade it or just use your eraser make them.
Step Seven:
Almost there… now we just need to start adding the necessary details to take your art to the next level. Add little arrows above the top-middle of the visor and a well placed dent (or two) in the helmet along with the rectangular markings on the right side. Add more shading and little cracks, scratches and scuffs in the helmet to make it feel used and weathered. This is my favorite part of drawing Boba Fett! Have fun drawing at this stage since it’s the all of the little details that set him apart from other bounty hunters and makes him look so cool to begin with.
Step Eight:
You just drew Boba Fett! Be sure to sign your name on your artwork, hang it on a carbonite block (or your refrigerator even) and proudly display it for your friends and family!
Step Nine:
Once you’ve got Boba down, try your hand at illustrating his bounty hunting dad, Jango Fett. To begin, simply follow Steps One through Six. Now add those same little arrow details along with thin pin stripes across the helmet just above the visor. Jango’s helmet is more polished since it’s not as beat up as Boba’s so instead of adding lots of dents and scratches experiment with different shading on the helmet and reflections in the visor. If you really want to impress your friends make up new markings and details on your helmet to create your own Mandalorian super-commando!
Just as a FYI, to avoid old posts becoming one with the Force, this post has been republished so it can be a blue glowy thing, it was Originally posted 2022-10-21 15:51:53.
