How to Draw a Realistic Bat
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Start out by picking your pencils. I used an HB for sketching/shading, 2H for light lines/shading, F for lines, and B for dark lines and shading. I also used pencils softer than B (4B, 5B) for darker shading.
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Start out with some basic guidelines. Use an HB or F pencil for sketching.
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Sketch in the facial features.
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Sketch in the res of the torso.
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Now sketch in the wings.
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Your sketch should look something like this. Try to erase away the guidelines that you no longer need.
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Now using a B or F pencil outline the bat. Make the lines dark but don't apply them too strongly, they should still be erasable. Also sketch in your background if you want one.
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I like developing my background at the same time as my foreground. Here I've defined some mountains in the background using HB and 4B pencils.
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Now start detailing the facial features. I used an F pencil for this.
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Shade in the head. You can do this using an F pencil for the dark shading and an HB for the fur.
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Now shade in the rest of the body. I also developed the background a bit more during this step.
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I went ahead and developed the background a bit more. You can use an HB pencil and a blending stump for the sky.
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Try to work on the wings section by section. Start out by defining the outline using an F or B pencil.
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Now shade in the wings using a 3H (or any H pencil) for the light shading and an F pencil for the dark shading.
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Now define the outline of the rest of the wings. Also try to define your moon a bit as well.
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Now shade in the rest of the wings.
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Work a bit more on the background, define the moon and sky a bit more.
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Finish up your drawing by smoothing out your shading and adding some finishing details to the bat. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, comments and questions are more than welcome!
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October 20, 2011
Description: Hey everyone, here's a tutorial on how to draw everyone's favorite flying mammal, the bat. I tried to give the bat sketch drawing a bit of an eerie touch since Halloween is just around the corner. Get your materials ready!
