Draw Phoenix

December 11, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials by Vyoma | 7 comments

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Subject: Phoenix

This is a brief walkthrough on drawing a Phoenix. I will give the download links for XCF and PSD at the end.

Basic Structure

Draw Phoenix - Basic Structure

Though Phoenix is a mythical creature, it still pays to study a bit of bird anatomy and work on other birds like peacock. Examine the above concept – though it is a bit complex, it is a bit easy when you break it down to simple structures.

Draw Phoenix - Rough

Sketching

Draw Phoenix - Sketch

If you are drawing on paper, make sure that you are still sketching lightly using the pencil. On software, at this point in time, you can actually think of increasing the resolution to get crisp lineart in the next step.

Lineart

Draw Phoneix - Lineart

In GIMP or Photoshop, it becomes quite easy to switch to another layer and start ‘inking’ to get he line art.

Draw Phoneix - Finished

On paper, consider drawing the line art first in a darker (softer tip) pencil, and then going over it with a black inking pen.

Download the drawing in XCF (for GIMP) or PSD (for Photoshop), and examine the different layers. (I have only the lineart layer visible – so you will need to turn them on).

Draw Phoenix - XCF | Draw Phoenix - PSD

See larger view at deviantART – Phoenix.

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  1. Grace Shanti’s avatar

    Grace Shanti on March 15, 2009 at 2:26 am

    Hi

    Hey thanks for this ! most helpful. You may be interested to know I did the back wash on a canvas preparing it for what i thought was a ‘tree’ painting. Next morning when I went into Studio and walked towards the canvas there was a Phoenix in outline on the canvas. For me it defiently is a Chinese Phoenix and although it is almost finished as I just found your website, it is amazing to find I have given it all the appropriate features that you have and the features i just found described in Chinese Mythology! How cool is this then? Thanks again ;-) Grace Shanti

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  2. Vyoma’s avatar

    Vyoma on March 15, 2009 at 6:10 am

    That is amazing indeed, Grace. Thanks for visiting. :)

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  3. couteney’s avatar

    couteney on April 6, 2009 at 9:28 am

    thank you i found that the way you went through it made it easyer to do

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  4. sorena’s avatar

    sorena on April 16, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    really, how do you do this? i enjoy drawing all mytholocical creatures, and could never draw a pheonix! thanks!

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  5. HicroKee’s avatar

    HicroKee on August 28, 2009 at 2:39 am

    Awesome! I recommend a GIMP patch named gimp-painter- to enhance the brush and ink pen.

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    1. Vyoma’s avatar

      Vyoma on September 17, 2009 at 8:04 am

      Thanks for the tip, HicroKee. I will check that plugin out.

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  6. selia778’s avatar

    selia778 on October 20, 2009 at 3:47 am

    that dosent look like a phionx i know i spell rong but im 10 and i know that dosent look like a phinox watch harypoter movies to draw a phenox the chapter to see the phinox in the movie is HYARYPOTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SEACRETS

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