GRID STEP. You can print out the base construction lines and start drawing on tracing paper, or you can draw the grid layout yourself using the following steps.1) Draw the upper border for the figure. 2) From the upper border, moving downward, tentatively determine the position of the head and draw an oval to represent its conditional size. 3) Draw a vertical line through the middle of the head. This will be the central vertical line of the figure. 4) From the upper border of the figure, draw six identical segments equal to the height of the head and a segment equal to half the height of the head. The last segment will act as the lower boundary of the figure. Through the boundaries of the segments, draw horizontal lines. 5) From the central vertical line of the figure, measure and draw: • Three segments equal to the width of the head – to the left of the line. • Three segments equal to the width of the head – to the right of the line. • One segment equal to one-third the width of the head – to the right of the line. Through the boundary of each segment, draw vertical lines. The extreme left and right segments will act as the vertical boundaries of the figure.

STEP 1. Mark off the width and height of Hatsune Miku. Add her head and a line through it.

STEP 2. Draw Hatsune’s neck and chest.

STEP 3. Add guidelines for Miku’s arms, legs and head.

STEP 4. Outline the shapes of Miku’s legs, arms and mouth.

STEP 5. Add Hatsune’s fingers and pupils. Sketch her hair and clothes.

STEP 6. Draw the shapes of the hair and clothes. Add some details to the eyes.

STEP 7. Work on the whole figure, paying special attention to detail.

STEP 8. Contour Hatsune Miku, trying to vary the thickness and darkness of the line. Add more detail and add the floor. Erase all guidelines.