Let’s look at the different and distinct Clearing steps to use when drawing from either an open or closed CC cover garment.Clearing a closed garment with two hands involves reaching across your body using your support hand to grab your shirt, jacket, or garment and pull it out of the way, then over toward your heart. Certainly, a valid threat must exist. But for whatever reason, weapons and props tend to be an after thought when a young artist starts drawing their characters.
Of course, this process takes much practice and the shooter should not expect to master this safely without considerable repetitions over time.
Remember to keep shapes as simple as possible. Ok, now, let ‘s overlay a grid on top of the side view photo. You don’t have to do this step since I’ve done it for us, but understand the process for drawing weapons in the future.
This technique was invented by master shooting instructor Ken Hackathorn. It is very important that you grab the base of the closed garment back and very near the holster and NOT up front of the garment because you will not expose your handgun enough to get a good grip on it. It is taking all of the things that can go wrong in the draw process and clearing step into consideration.
Actually, you should start slowly practicing the presentation process by focusing on each distinct step and precise techniques, then gradually speed it up. By the way, if you are working digitally use a separate layer for all of your different construction lines.- Finally, refine the look of the trigger to further resemble the reference.The easiest way to draw well is to, first, start with big shapes and slowly work down to the smaller details. Use all the landmarks from the side view to plot out the gun into the bounding box we’ve created in the previous step. Other types of CC clothing possibilities mostly fall into one of these two types, either an open or closed garment. We’re finished!- Draw a curve that joins the trigger guard to the underside of the shaft.- Draw in a safety switch on the side. (In this case, I am not sure if it is actually a safety. It is up to you how much detail you want your gun to have. Remember: This whole process can be applied to all types of guns. The key here is using reference and studying the proportions and shapes in the reference before beginning the drawing. After that, it’s just a matter of working with the large shapes first and defining them down to the smallest details afterward.- Draw divisions in the grip representing where the finger ridges will go.So, first, see how I put a box around the gun and divided it in half by finding the center, using the “x” method. Dividing shapes into halves and thirds holds value because it’s essentially giving you landmarks to work from. Using the centerlines that we just found, notice that the trigger guard is roughly halfway up the gun’s height.- Draw 3 squares on the front side of the grip for finger grip textured areasAll you need now is a pencil or ball-point pen and a sheet of paper. If you choose to work digitally, it is encouraged to use whatever tools are at your disposal.Let’s polish up the front of the barrel. If you are working traditionally here, just erase away some of the old markings from the block-in step. The barrel that sticks out from the main body needs a total of the three ellipses to form it properly. The first one is flush with the front plane of the gun. - Finally touch up to silhouette to further resemble the reference.Since this gun is already designed for us, there is no need to plan anything in a separate preliminary side view sketch. However, we do need to make clear observations about how the different parts of the handgun relate to one another. I will walk you through my marked up side view photo and explain which particular parts to pay attention to. Feel free to mark up the photo yourself if you want to understand this step further. I hope you liked drawing this handgun with me. I suggest you now branch off and try drawing other types of guns. You can even look up fantasy or sci-fi concept art and try to draw weapons that don’t even exist. Remember that if you struggled with this tutorial, don’t worry. Practice and the mileage will take you a long way in getting better, so keep drawing everyday.- Draw a square shape on the side of the gun showing where the main grip texture will go.Handguns are also great place to start because they are generally blocky in shape and this can make the process very straightforward. Drawing a handgun is in many ways much easier to draw than a vehicle or another piece technical machinery. So, if you think you are ready, lets get going!Use that line as the first division for your grid. Holsters vary in the degree to which they secure or protect the firearm. The wide range of types indicates the highly varied circumstances in which holsters are used, and the varying preferences of the users.Holsters are generally attached to a person's belt or waistband or clipped to another article of clothing. It is up to you how much detail you want your gun to have.