How to Draw Shampoo from Ranma 1/2

Front View

Step 1:

Start by drawing a large circle for the upper half of the face.
Draw in the lower half of the face, and divide it up with
guidelines as shown. Make sure that the guidelines for the nose
and mouth are drawn close together.

Step 2:

Next, draw in the eyes, nose, mouth and ears (drawn in red),
making sure that her features line up with the guidelines you
drew in step 1. In this view, Shampoo's eyes are very large and
circular (the irises are perfect circles), and her nose and mouth
are very small. Notice that the nose is just a small, oval shaped
mark rather than your typical, wedge-shaped anime nose.

Step 3:

Erase all the guidelines. Add the highlights and light glares to
her eyes, and fill in her eyebrows. Add some shading under her
mouth, and draw in the shoulders. The shoulders are relatively
thin; they shouldn't extend too far out past her head.

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Step 4:

Begin drawing her hair, making it very thick and rounded. Try
not to make it too big; notice how close it is to the top of her
head.

Step 5:

Draw the rest of her hair, continuing to keep it smooth and
rounded. Notice how all the hair that hangs around her
shoulders is fatter near the bottom; make sure you don't just
draw it straight. Sketch in her clothes. Go back and refine all
your lines, making sure everything is proportioned correctly
and that the lines are smooth and relatively clean. If necessary,
trace your sketch onto a clean piece of paper so that you have a
neat, clean sketch to make your final picture with.

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Step 6:

Here is the finished result, which I have colored in Photoshop.
As always, you can use whatever medium you like; I chose
Photoshop because you can make a fairly clean picture in a
shorter amount of time. Please take note of the shading on
Shampoo's hair; rather than just using bands or zigzags to
highlight her hair, several series of flat ovals are used, which
gives her hair a much more thick and rounded appearance.

3/4 View

Step 1:

Next, I'll go over how to draw Shampoo's face from
at a 3/4 view. This section will be a little briefer
than the front view, because a lot of the steps are
similar.

Start with a large circle as shown, and separate it
into guidelines (which are drawn here in red). The
guidelines will be positioned on the face exactly as
they were in the front view, except this time they are
rotated to the right. Make the lower half of the face
small, and the guidelines for the nose and mouth
close together, just as you did with the first picture.

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Step 2:

Draw in the eyes, nose, and mouth, making sure that
all the features line up with all the guidelines you
drew. The eyes are not quite as circular as in the
front view; the nose is small and wedge shaped.
Draw the ear, as well.

Step 3:

Erase all the guidelines, and add the shiny parts and
light glares to her eyes. Draw the basic outline of the
main part of her hair and shoulders.

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Step 4:

Draw the rest of Shampoo's hair; make sure that it is
very smooth and rounded. Draw her clothes, as
well.I was too lazy to draw in the rest of her upper
body; if you want to draw the rest, you'll have to do
it on your own. ^_^ Once you are done, go over
your lines and make them as smooth and clean as
possible.

Step 5:

Color or shade the finished result with the medium
of your choice. As always, it is very important that
you shade your picture in some way (unless you're
just making a flat line drawing or something). It will
look dull and flat without the shading. Notice that
the shading of the hair uses series of ovals as
highlights rather than bands of light or zigzags, just
like with the front view.

That completes my tutorial for how to draw Shampoo. I hope this was of some help to

you. :) If you have any questions, please

email me

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