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It's just really nice to think of something and then draw it.
And then you have the result right there in front of you.
Hi, my name is Gyimah Gariba,
and I'm an artist working in animation.
Today, we're gonna draw Bacon Berry.
Hiiii.
[Gyimah] Who is the little baby mermaid.
Bacon Berry is one of my favourite characters
because even though she looks like a baby,
she can swim super fast through the ocean,
she can make huge blocks of ice out of nothing,
and she can protect her team
with super powered protective bubbles.
Alright friends, get yourselves a piece of paper
and get yourselves a pen or a pencil of any colour
and let's get ready to draw.
We're gonna start off by drawing two oval shapes that
are touching right in the middle.
Inside of those oval shapes,
we're gonna draw smaller oval shapes
that we're gonna fill in with black.
Those are gonna be the pupils of the eyes we just drew.
Underneath the left eyeball,
we're gonna draw a tiny slanted C,
that's gonna be Bacon Berry's little nose.
And right underneath that C,
we're gonna draw a flattened U shape.
That's gonna be a little smile for Bacon Berry.
Now, we're gonna determine Bacon Berry's head shape.
To do this, we're gonna start at the middle of the left eye
and draw a big U shape that turns into a backward C shape
that ends on top of Bacon Berry's right eye.
Next, we're gonna draw a little line
connecting Bacon Berry's left eye
to the higher point of her head.
It's looking a little like a face now.
On top of it, we're gonna draw a teardrop shape
that faces left and then another that faces right.
They should be touching right at the middle.
Now that we have those two teardrop shapes
at the top of Bacon Berry's head,
those are gonna be her bangs.
Next, we're gonna draw two more teardrop shapes
on the opposite end of each of Bacon Berry's eyeballs.
Those are gonna be her eyelashes.
Now it's time to draw the body.
Bacon Berry is wearing a seaweed grass skirt.
How I usually draw this is going to the bottom
of Bacon Berry's face and drawing a backward S line.
Now that you've got that, we're gonna draw three little U shapes
all connected.
Right after that,
we're gonna go in and draw a long teardrop shape
connected to the bottom of Bacon Berry's face,
on the right hand side.
Then, on the left hand side,
we're gonna draw another backwards S shape
connecting to Bacon Berry's dress,
that's gonna be her left arm.
Next, to draw Bacon Berry's feet,
we're gonna go slightly lower than her grass skirt
and draw two letter C's stacked on top of each other.
Next, we're gonna connect those two letter C's
to Bacon Berry's grass skirt
with three curved lines.
Now that we see two little flippers for Bacon Berry's feet,
we're gonna go inside and draw little lines
for those little fish lines that you see sometimes.
Now that we've gotten Bacon Berry's head
and Bacon Berry's body,
it's time for my favourite part, Bacon Berry's unique hair.
Bacon Berry's hair is shaped like a butterfly.
So we're gonna start from the top of the teardrop shapes
at the very top of Bacon Berry's head
and draw one big B, along Bacon Berry's back.
Inside that big B shape, we're gonna draw a smaller B
for the pattern in Bacon Berry's hair.
Starting from the left teardrop on top of Bacon Berry's bangs,
we're gonna draw a C shape
connecting the teardrop shape to the Big B we just drew.
Inside that big shape,
we're gonna draw a smaller C shape for the pattern
on the opposite side of Bacon Berry's hair.
Bacon Berry's magical and can blow bubbles out of thin air.
So we're gonna draw a couple of bubbles floating around her.
Some of them can be popped, some of them can be full.
I usually draw them by drawing a full circle
and a little bean shape
or whatever shape you want for the highlights in the bubbles.
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I'm gonna draw a couple of popped ones.
And there you have it!
That's how you draw Bacon Berry.
All right, you made it all the way to the end.
Congratulations, and thank you for drawing with me today.
I just want you to remember that
you don't always have to draw things that you've seen.
You can close your eyes, imagine whatever it is
you want to and draw it!
And even if it doesn't turn out how you want it the first time,
every time you draw something you're getting better at it.
So just keep trying,
and it'll be the best version in no time.
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