- My dads say I have a million-dollar smile.
- Hi, my name is Jessica Borutski,
and I'm supervising director on the Loud House.
And today I'm gonna show you how to draw Clyde.
- So you think you can help me?
- Did Napoleon have a Napoleon complex?
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- When I draw the Loud House characters,
I always start with their eyes,
and you'll notice I'm very rough with my line work.
It's just sort of how I've always done things
'cause I find that way if you change your mind on something
it's easier just to draw over it and figure out
what lines you wanna commit to
and what lines you don't wanna commit to.
- I got this.
I usually just rough things out pretty quick,
get all the shapes that I want,
and I'll tighten this part up later.
So, Clyde, he's got big eyes,
big expressive eyes,
he's always usually pretty nervous.
* deep inhales and exhales *
- Maybe we'll make him in sort of a nervous pose.
He's got a little neck,
really small body.
Most of the Loud House characters do,
it's sort of the style of the show.
So, maybe he's got his hands behind his back
'cause he's feeling a little bit anxious,
which is very common for his character.
So, as you can see,
I'm just keeping my lines really rough.
It's okay, you don't have to be clean.
All part of the process.
He's got little feet.
- This is awesome!
- All right. So, now I'm going
to make my rough layer a lot lighter.
I'm using Photoshop,
but, I mean, if you're at home
and you're just using paper,
then use a lighter pencil
and not a heavy line
and then erase after.
And then you can commit
to their new lines
that are on this layer.
So, there's many ways to draw.
Every artist has their own thing.
So, as you see I'm still kind of a little rough,
but I'm gonna clean it up as I go.
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Just thicken his glasses.
This line's really thick.
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And just kinda clean up the lines a bit here.
I'm not gonna make this drawing completely clean.
It's gonna be what we call in the industry a clean rough.
But that's enough to go on.
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All right. Let me draw his eyebrows.
It's crazy how much the eyebrows can change
the feeling of your character.
- Hello, Doctor Lopez, do you have any openings this week?
I'm having trouble accepting change again.
- I'll give an example.
So, right now, he looks almost cocky.
And then if I just maybe go like this
and change the line,
he looks really mean.
So, it's that easy.
So, it's really fun to play
with the eyebrows if you want,
but today I think I'm gonna go
for more of a almost inquisitive,
I guess this looks.
- Cool is my middle name.
- He's got floppy ears,
then a little bottom half of his face.
Then we'll sort of throw a clean line
over the rough lines of his hair shape that I did.
I actually wanted to taper in more here.
As you see, I draw this character a lot,
everyday almost and I make mistakes,
so don't get hard on yourself
if you don't get it right the first time.
(Jessica chuckles)
Fill in the hair.
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So, when you're drawing Clyde,
his body is basically
almost the same height as his head.
So, if you notice here,
he's two heads high.
So, that gives you an idea
of how big his body should be
when you're doing the sizing.
He's got a very small little body.
So, his body is basically like a cylinder
that's tapered at the top,
and once we add to his lines on his shirt,
it gives it a little bit more
of a 3D dimensional look.
His shoes are really round.
He's got a kinda really small round little feet compared
to some of the other characters on the show.
And then he wears black pants and black shoes,
so that makes this part easy.
His legs also, they kinda go wider at the bottom,
just a design element.
I'm just gonna tighten up a few lines.
This should go more round.
His glasses usually come
out a bit farther than his ear.
Three lines here on his sneakers.
And then he has three freckles
on this cheek, threes freckles here.
And that's how you draw Clyde from the Loud House.
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- I think my work here is done.
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