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Churaka — Notes on Drawing Ulquiorra

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Description EDIT: His face is really, REALLY triangular. That is the secret!
[Note that Ulquiorra's appearance changes in both the manga and the anime.]
Please tell me what you think, and if you use it I'd love to see what you make
When trying to learn to draw something, I think it's far better to learn 'rules' about them which can be applied to draw them any way you like, rather than following one of those annoying step-by-step tutorials that only show you how to draw them in 1 particular pose
I couldn't find any such things for Ulquiorra, so I noted down the main observations I made (as well as the common mistakes) while I tried to learn to draw him. I hope this can be useful The hardest part I found was his horn- it looks different in every picture I swear Just go with the flow I guess

[The ones with grey circles I copied from the manga in order to learn the proportions of everything (never trace). I then tried drawing him from new angles using references. Eventually I could draw the one on the far right without any refs at all.
I like to 'memorise' my favourite characters so I can draw them off by heart whenever I like- do other people do this too? ]


Why do I keep hopping between fandoms? xD Upon reading [link] I was struck with the urge to draw Ulquiorra, my favourite character from Bleach. He has such a lovely design! His personality was so cold, but he died when he was just beginning to understand I'm not sure if I'd upload any more Bleach; I'll have a look at the reaction this gets. But I'm also planning to draw more Hetalia (or, actually, Petalia).
Ulquiorra Cipher (c) Tite Kubo
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Comments: 72

Churaka In reply to ??? [2011-09-05 11:02:26 +0000 UTC]

Oohh you have an Ulquiorra haircut? 8D That would be so cool... although the hairdresser might think me a little wierd if I go up to him with a picture of Ulqui do you even have that clump of hair that goes over the nose? (although I can't help but think it must get so annoying )
I see, just need to make the tips stick up..
It was a really really good tutorial

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IridiumFlames In reply to Churaka [2011-09-05 15:26:00 +0000 UTC]

(laughter) I don't have the hair in front of my face, I'd be so annoyed by it- nah, I just have normal bangs.

And thank you! That was my first tutorial ever, I hope it was clear.

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ddeactivatedd [2011-09-04 22:12:14 +0000 UTC]

This is SO AWESOME!!

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Churaka In reply to ddeactivatedd [2011-09-04 22:22:29 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much!! I hope it can be of use ^_^

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tsukia-KARI In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 20:29:46 +0000 UTC]

I'm jumping a lot between fandoms too >_< (as you might have noticed from my tumblr)
guuurrrrl your art is improving so much gosh! I want to see more humans from you yup
I kind of want to watch bleach because many of my friends are obsessed with it and everyone says the Soul Society arc is amazing and and I want watch just for the sake of the Rie fu ending as well...

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Churaka In reply to tsukia-KARI [2011-09-04 21:00:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, what is TTGL? xD
Thankyou! Practicepracticepractice*dies* anatomy urgh >< I cannot draw consistently well, that is my problem P: when will you draw moar?
Yes you should give it a try! Or read the manga? I started with the manga, I prefer it but the anime is actually pretty accurate and good compared with most. [link] although it's so long it has over 450 chapters or something orz and it's the type that always preaches at you and has a boringly 'good' main character.. but pretty interesting all the same, the other characters are great, the story has some surprising twists. Which ending is Rie fu?

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tsukia-KARI In reply to Churaka [2011-09-05 17:15:51 +0000 UTC]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! It's an amazing 27-episode anime series by Gainax. It's about a bunch of humans that live underground that break out onto the surface of their planet and their adventures. It's really more complex than that and the actual plot only starts to kick in in the second half but it's a lot of fun to watch and it's also a tearjerker. If you can't handle 27 episodes, there are two compilation movies that are also great AND BASICALLY IT'S MY FAVOURITE SERIES NEXT TO FMA AND KEKKAISHIplus it has the most attractive characters ever of both sexes
ummmmm did you see my art blog on tumblr?
[link]
I'm planning to update it everyday, I have a few sketches that I haven't scanned in yet. ALSO since FMA Day is coming up (Oct 3rd) I'm also doing a huge mass fanart of all the characters, but it's really complicated and the cast is huge so it's gonna take the entire month probably you know the knite entry that I did last year? something like that, only bigger
aaaaand the script + initial drafts of my SM oneshot are done, I'm just nitpicking right now and doing the character designs (they're a little different from the normal comic). xD
oh yeah, I've always wanted to watch it but a lot of people say it's starting to suck now :/ the first ending is Rie fu's-- Life is like a Boat. it's her most prolific song ever, but what I hate it's the only song she's known for when the rest of her discography is just as awesome SO UNDERRATED AAAAH

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YukiHimeChan [2011-09-04 19:56:43 +0000 UTC]

thanks a bunch! I'm gonna have to get practicing right now!

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Churaka In reply to YukiHimeChan [2011-09-04 20:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Glad to be of assistance ^_^

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XxNekoValentinexX [2011-09-04 19:27:00 +0000 UTC]

wow o.o thats great! do u plan on doing these notes for anybody else? im sure they could help alot of ppl such as myself :3

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Churaka In reply to XxNekoValentinexX [2011-09-04 19:30:32 +0000 UTC]

thankyou!
Hm it depends if it is a character I like or not do you have anyone in mind?

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XxNekoValentinexX In reply to Churaka [2011-09-04 19:32:23 +0000 UTC]

i was thinking either Renji or Aizen would help me out personally but id definatly like to see any characters done

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Churaka In reply to XxNekoValentinexX [2011-09-04 19:35:53 +0000 UTC]

Hm, I like Aizen quite a bit. I'll think about it

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XxNekoValentinexX In reply to Churaka [2011-09-04 19:37:31 +0000 UTC]

alrighty :3

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Grimmulqui4 In reply to ??? [2011-09-04 18:49:17 +0000 UTC]

This is very useful, nice observing, by the way. ^.^

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Churaka In reply to Grimmulqui4 [2011-09-04 18:55:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm happy you think so!

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Grimmulqui4 In reply to Churaka [2011-09-04 19:05:31 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome! love ulquiorra :3

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Churaka In reply to Grimmulqui4 [2011-09-04 19:18:40 +0000 UTC]

me too (as is probably obvious >.>)

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Grimmulqui4 In reply to Churaka [2011-09-05 03:38:59 +0000 UTC]

Ulqui lovers unite!~

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Churaka In reply to Grimmulqui4 [2011-09-05 10:52:37 +0000 UTC]

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Grimmulqui4 In reply to Churaka [2011-09-05 16:17:44 +0000 UTC]

Yay~

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