Lee J. Ames - Draw 50 Aliens: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw UFOs, Galaxy Ghouls, Milky Way Marauders, and Other Extraterrestrial Creatures

Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft, and Spacecraft

Draw 50 Aliens

Draw 50 Animal Toons

Draw 50 Animals

Draw 50 Athletes

Draw 50 Baby Animals

Draw 50 Beasties

Draw 50 Birds

Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains

Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures

Draw 50 Cars, Trucks, and Motorcycles

Draw 50 Cats

Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies

Draw 50 Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

Draw 50 Dogs

Draw 50 Endangered Animals

Draw 50 Famous Cartoons

Draw 50 Flowers, Trees, and Other Plants

Draw 50 Horses

Draw 50 Magical Creatures

Draw 50 Monsters

Draw 50 People

Draw 50 Princesses

Draw 50 Sharks, Whales, and Other Sea Creatures

Draw 50 Vehicles

Draw the Draw 50 Way

Copyright 1998 by Jocelyn S. Ames and Murray D. Zak

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2013.

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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House Inc., New York, in 1998.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ames, Lee J.
Draw 50 aliens, UFOs, galaxy ghouls, milky way marauders, and other extraterrestrial creatures / Lee J. Ames with Ric Estrada.1st ed.
p. cm.
A Main Street book.
Summary: A step-by-step guide to drawing outer space creatures.
1. Outer spaceIn artJuvenile literature. 2. Drawing
TechniqueJuvenile literature. [1. Outer spaceIn art.
2. DrawingTechnique.] I. Estrada, Ric. II. Title.
NC825.09A43 1998
743.8dc21 98-20077
CIP
AC

eISBN: 978-0-8230-8617-7

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For Loretta
and our eight wonders:
Aaron
Marc
Aleli
Bekah
Seth
Jeremy
Ethan
Hannah
and of course, Zilia
(Also a wonder!)

None of the above are extraterrestrial,
but all are out of this world!

My work includes childrens book illustrations, articles for Dance magazine, Spandauer Volksblatt and Sonne, ghosting the Flash Gordon and Spider Man comic strips, political cartooning, innumerable comic books (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Sgt. Rock, countless superheroes) and, in recent years, lots of TV advertising storyboards (Kodak, Breck, Alpo, U.S. Armed Forces, etc.) and cartoon animation for Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., DreamWorks and, currently, for Sony-Columbia-Tri-Star.

But my greatest adventure is my familya wonderful wife and nine magnificent children bursting with talents and ambition.

I hope you enjoy drawing these extraterrestrial goonies as much as my good friend Lee Ames and I enjoyed dreaming them up.

Happy sketching!!!

R IC E STRADA

When you start working, use clean white bond paper or drawing paper and a pencil with moderately soft lead (HB or No. 2). Keep a kneaded eraser handy (available at art supply stores). Choose the alien you want to draw. Try to imagine the finished drawing on the drawing area. Then visualize the first steps so that the finished picture will nicely fill the pagenot too large, not too small. Now, very lightly and very carefully, sketch out the first step. (These first steps are indicated in color for clarity. You can use a colored pencil crayon here if you prefer or a regular pencil.) Next, very lightly and carefully, add the second step, the third step, and so on. As you go along, study not only the lines but the spaces between the lines. Remember, the first steps must be sketched with the greatest care. A mistake here could ruin your final drawing.

As you work, its a good idea, from time to time, to hold a mirror to your sketch. The image in the mirror frequently shows distortion you might not recognize otherwise.

In the book you will notice that the new step additions (in color) are printed darker so they can be clearly identified. But be sure to keep all of your construction steps very light. Heres where the kneaded eraser can be useful. You can lighten a pencil stroke that is too dark by pressing on it with the eraser.

When youve completed all the light steps, and when youre sure you have everything the way you want it, finish your drawing with firm, strong pencil strokes. If you like, you can go over this with India ink (applied with a fine brush or pen) or a permanent fine-tipped ballpoint pen or a felt-tipped marker. When thoroughly dry, you can then rub the kneaded eraser over the entire surface to clean out all the underlying pencil marks.

Remember, if your first attempts at drawing do not turn out the way youd like, its important to keep trying. Your efforts will eventually pay off and youll be pleased and surprised at what you can accomplish. I sincerely hope, as you follow our techniques, that your skills will improve. Following the way Ric and I work and then exercising your thinking tools can open the door to your own creativity. We hope you will enjoy drawing our extraterrestrial friends.

L EE J. A MES

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