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Drawing Jabba the Hutt
Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters and vehicles just like the professional comic book artists? In this step-by-step series, Star Wars artists and illustrators show you how to draw some of the most beloved characters in the saga.
As one of the most notorious crime lords of the Outer Rim Territories, Jabba the Hutt was one of the last unsightly characters smuggler Han Solo wanted to cross paths with in A New Hope, and Princess Leia wasn’t too happy to hang out with his crew in Return of the Jedi either. But Jabba’s slug-like legless body makes him a fun character to draw. Star Wars illustrator Katie Cook explains with these easy-to-follow steps on how to draw the slimy crime boss Jabba the Hutt.
Steps 1-4 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.
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Step One:
Start by drawing an eggplant shape to provide a frame for Jabba’s large body. Add a slug-like tail coming off his side. Jabba doesn’t have too much of a form, so make him pudgy and round.
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Step Two:
Lightly begin to rough in where his facial and body features will be. Draw two ovals for his eyes, two slits for his nose, a wide mouth, little T-rex dinosaur-like arms, and a little curl to his tail. Draw roll after roll of gooey, green rolls of flesh.
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Step Three:
Now that you have Jabba’s basic form and his features sketched, add more folds to his skin and details to his eyes and face. Refine the lines around the body as you go, erasing some of the earlier lighter lines.
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Step Four:
Give Jabba some personality by adding slime dripping from his ever-so-smug lips, wrinkles and pock-marks on his skin, and even more rolls of fat. Draw a few of his sidekicks like the jester Salacious Crumb peeking out from behind his mass or the frog-dog Bubo looking in on the scene. Now that you have a finished pencil drawing, it’s ready for inking!
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Step Five:
For inking, use any pen or marker that you’re comfortable with. I use Pigma Micron Pens, but any good black pen or marker will work great! When you’re done make sure your ink is dry and then erase all the pencil lines so you’ll be left with nice, clean black lines.
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Step Six
It’s time for color, color, color! Use markers, crayons and colored pencils! Look at Star Wars books to see the different ways to color Jabba and his friends, or give him your own wacky colors. Have fun!
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