Adventure Sketchbook, ages 8 to 12
How to draw Robot Buddy
Build a friendly robot from boxes, with a screen face, pixel eyes, an antenna and bendy tube arms. You will learn to draw a box that shows its top and one side, and to shade the side darker so it looks solid.
- Level
- Easy
- Time
- 25 minutes
- Steps
- 7
- Ages
- 8 to 12
How to draw Robot Buddy
What you need
- Paper Plain printer paper is perfect.
- Pencil (HB) For light first shapes you can erase.
- Black fineliner 0.5 mm, or any black pen.
- Eraser A soft white eraser.
- Coloured pencils Any set; sharpen them first.
Step by step
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01Big shapes
Flat rectangles first
Lightly draw a big rectangle for the body, a smaller one above it for the head, and little ones for the legs and feet.
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02Construction
Turn rectangles into boxes
From three corners of each rectangle, draw short lines slanting up and to the right, all the same way. Join their ends.
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03Details
Ink the boxes
Ink each box: the outside edge, then the three lines that meet at its front top corner. Skip lines hidden behind other boxes.
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04Details
Face, antenna and arms
Add a screen with square pixel eyes and a pixel smile, an antenna with a ball, bendy tube arms with claws, and bolts.
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05Details
Erase the pencil
Wait a minute for the ink to dry, then gently erase all the pencil lines, the hidden slants too.
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06Colour
Grey, blue and gold
Colour the boxes grey, lightest on top. Make the arms, neck, feet and chest panel blue, the screen pale blue and the details gold.
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07Finishing touches
Dark sides, solid robot
Light comes from the top left, so shade every right side face darker. Add a shadow under the head and on the floor.
Ages 8 to 12
