(suspenseful music)
- Hello, my name is Keiko,
I'm a character designer on Carmen Sandiego.
Today, I'm going to draw Carmen with you guys.
- On top of the world.
- First, I'd like to talk about the key elements of Carmen.
Here, her face is shaped like upside-down egg,
but very pointy.
Her eyes are shaped like leaves.
You draw a leaf shape, add a circle on top,
erase the extra parts,
and add one more circle for her pupil.
Then give her eyeliner.
Then add her signature thick eyebrows.
For her default expression,
I like to put her eyebrows right above her eyes.
Put her eyes right below the middle of the egg.
Her nose should go above
the halfway down the bottom half of the egg.
And her mouth goes right below her nose.
But give a little space,
because we're going to add lipstick later.
Then her signature hair.
Her bang parts a bit off-center and
cover her eyes a bit for her mysterious look.
And give her hair like cotton candy.
For now, just keep us a simple big shape.
We're going to add detail later.
Now, we're gonna talk about her entire design.
This is how I break down her design into basic shapes.
Egg-shaped face,
cotton candy hair,
then her upper torso is like upside-down flan.
Her lower torso is like upside-down soft serve.
Her legs are pretty much tapered tubes,
and here's how she's proportioned.
She's six heads tall, but you don't need
to be so precise for in this,
it's more important that your drawing is naturally fluid
than being so precise to be accurate.
And adding all those elements, here's my basic Carmen.
I put her in a little pose just for fun.
Now I'm gonna start the drawing demo.
I'm drawing on a computer, so if you're using pen and paper,
draw the base with light pencil and ink the final drawing,
then erase the base lines.
Also, you can draw the base on the paper and trace over it
with tracing paper or thin paper.
First, her
egg-shaped face.
Get the ears.
And her leaf-shaped eyes,
and adding the eyeliner.
Always close at the end, putting the eyeliner...
- If Dr. Bellum thinks I'll stand by while she risks
people starving so V.I.L.E. can make a quick buck,
(chuckles)
she has a surprise coming.
- And giving her
strong eyebrow,
her nose,
mouth,
I'm gonna give her a little open mouth.
Then I'm gonna draw a hat, make sure it fits her head.
Pretty much straight line, straight line, straight line.
Add a little triangle on the top to create the depth.
And then draw through the line.
- Keep a safe distance, I'm on my way.
(zip)
(gloves snap)
(coat ruffles)
(mysterious music)
- The brim is also a simple curved line.
And now start drawing her hair,
starting to add a little detail in her hair.
- Whoa!
Help me, over here!
- Ivey! I'm gonna shoot you a line!
- And drawing over her neck,
line here, and then give her that triangle choker.
This line I'm deciding where I start the coat.
- Oh, Car! You're wearing a coat in this heat?
- It's like, 110 degrees.
- A lady needs her tools.
Plan A?
Bring out red row.
- Drawing the coat over our base,
just pretty much follow the base.
Adding the hands here.
Don't forget her glove.
Drawing the other hand.
Add the glove line.
Coat length is about a little beneath the knee.
Straight lines.
Her coat is made of a lot of straight lines, very simple.
Now her leg, pretty much just follow the base.
- Uh!
- Au revoir.
- Same goes for the other leg.
And, let's see, add in the bang, don't forget.
Looks good, and here's Carmen Sandiego.
Thank you very much for drawing Carmen with me.
Time at home is the best time to practice drawing,
and I love seeing all the fun art,
so please keep them coming.
Stay safe and healthy, bye!