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How to Draw Tokiko Mima (Key) from "Key:

The Metal Idol"

Front View (Robot Form)

Step 1:

In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw

Tokiko Mima from "Key: the Metal Idol", in

both human and robot form (since both were

requested). I will go over the robot form first.

Begin by drawing a large circle, then add the

lower half of her face. Her cheeks are relatively

high on her face, and her chin comes to a point.

Add the guidelines for her eyes, nose, andmouth, as well as the vertical line that will help

you line up her features. She has large eyes, so

make sure there is a lot of distance between the

two eye guidelines. The nose and mouth, on the

other hand, should be drawn much closer

together.

Step 2:

Once all the guidelines have been placed, draw

the outlines of the eyes, nose and mouth. In

robot form, her expressive is generally rather

neutral, so don't make the tops or bottoms of

the eyes arch very much, and make the mouth

flat. Add her ears, as well.

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Step 3:

Next, draw the basic shape of her hair. Do not

add the details yet, just worry about making thehair look full and rounded without it being too

large. Draw her irises, which are large ovals

that do not fill up her entire eye. To keep her

expression neutral, make sure her eyebrows are

drawn levelly and don't arch too much. Draw

her neck, which should be very thin.

Step 4:Now, add the details to her hair by drawing

extra strands and spikes. Add detail to her eyes;

notice the outline of her iris is very thick. Draw

the rest of her shoulders, as well as her clothes.

Notice that her clothes do not have that many

folds in them, which makes your job a little

easier. :) Erase all unnecessary lines and clean

up your sketch.




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Step 5:

Color or shade your picture as you see fit. The

coloring of her hair and skin is very subdued,

unlike her human form, as you will see below.

Front View (Human Form)

Step 1:

Key's human form is very similar to her robot

form, except her coloration is different and her

face is more expressive. Begin by drawing a

large circle, then add the lower half of her face.

Her cheeks are relatively high on her face, and

her chin comes to a point. Add the guidelines for

her eyes, nose, and mouth, as well as the vertical

line that will help you line up her features. Theguidelines for the eyes should be curved

upwards slightly; this will make the eyes look a

little more expressive. She has large eyes, so

make sure there is a lot of distance between the

two eye guidelines. The nose and mouth, on the

other hand, should be drawn much closer

together.




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Step 2:

Once the guidelines have been placed, draw the

outline of her eyes, nose and mouth. The tops of

her eyes are very thick, while the bottoms are

thin. Make sure that the eyes follow the curved

guidelines. Her nose is a wedge that should bedrawn sort of like a thick, backwards 'L'. For her

mouth, you can just make two small marks

beneath her nose, shaped like little brackets like

this: < > (except thinner and farther apart). I like

this particular technique of drawing mouths,

because its fast, easier than drawing the whole

mouth, and still allows for a variety of

expressions. ^_^ Draw the neck (which should

be very thin) and the ears, as well.

Step 3:

Characters with spiky hair are difficult to draw

because of all the detail, so just draw the basic

shape of her hair. Don't worry about all the

details right now, just get the shape right and try

to make it nice and full. Add her irises, which

are large ovals and should fill up most of her

eye. Add her eyebrows, and the shading under

her mouth and chin.




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Step 4:

Now, add all the detail to her hair, like all the

extra strands and spikes. The more detail, the

better. ^_^ Draw her shoulders and her shirt.

Add the light glares and pupils to her eyes (all of

which should be very large, since she has such

large, expressive eyes). Also add detail to the

ears. Erase all unnecessary lines and clean up

your final sketch.

Step 5:

Color or shade your picture however you like. In

this picture, the light source is behind her, which

made the hair difficult to shade since the picture

I was working from didn't show all of her head.

^_^ You don't have to shade it using this light

source; wherever you choose to put the shadows,

though, make sure the light source is consistent.

For example, if the light seems to be comingfrom the left when you shade her hair, it should

also appear to be coming from the left on her

clothing and face.




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3 4 View (Human Form)

Step 1:

Next, we will move on to a 3/4 view pose. Start with alarge circle, and draw the lower half of the face. Make

sure the cheek on the left side of the face bulges out

slightly. Divide the face up with guidelines as shown.

Make sure the guidelines for the eyes curve upwards,

while the guidelines for the nose and mouth curve

slightly downwards. Do not exaggerate this too much,

though, or the proportions will be off.

Step 2:

Draw the outline of her eyes, as well as her nose,

mouth, and ear. The nose should be a pointy wedge, and

the mouth should be very small. Keep the eyes a little

over one eye length apart, and make sure they follow

the curved guidelines.

Step 3:

Erase the guidelines once you've gotten all the features




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placed correctly. Draw the basic shape of the hair,

making it full and rounded without being too large.

Don't worry about the details right now; you can add

those after you have established the basic form of the

hair. Add her irises, which will take up most of her eye,

as well as her eyebrows. Shade beneath her chin,

mouth, and on the side of her nose.

Step 4:

Add the detail to her hair by adding extra strands. Draw

the light glares and pupils on her eyes, and add detail to

her ears. If you like, add the little marks on her cheeks;

they are quite common, and add a nice touch to the

picture. Draw her clothes, as well. They don't have

much detail or folds in these pictures, so that's one less

thing you have to worry about. :) Make sure you erase

all the unnecessary lines before moving onto the final

step.




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Step 5:

Color or shade your picture however you like. When

shading the hair, make the highlights overlap the

shadows so her hair looks more shiny.

That completes my tutorial for how to draw Tokiko (Key) Mima. I hope this was ofsome help to you. :) If this tutorial has helped you in any way, I'd love to see your

finished work. If you have any questions, please email me.

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