Tutorials

HOW TO DRAW SIMPLE ANIME EYES

By Ani

You will need:


A piece of paper, a pencil, a rubber, a ruler, a black felt pen and a felt pen colour of your choice, a black pen (or something that will make thin black lines)

1. Draw two parallel lines with your pencil


2. Draw two curved lines on the top line. Make sure that they are symmetrical.

3.Draw the shape of the iris

4. Now, draw the lower eye lash line

5. Then, draw the reflections of light. Draw multiple reflections for a more innocent or emotional eye.



6. Now draw the pupils.

7. Colour in the pupils with a black felt pen.

8. Now trace around the shape of the iris, and the two eye lash lines with a black pen.

9. Then, colour in the iris with the felt pen of your choice. I chose blue.

 

10. (optional) To make it look more feminine add eye lashes. To make it look like a boy's eye, skip this step. I drew on the eye lashes with a pencil and then traced with a black pen.

You're done!!! Please take a photo of your finished eyes and email it to us! We will display the photos we get at the bottom of this tutorial. :)

-Ani

how to make an origami ninja star

you’ll need:

• two pieces of paper, with dimensions of 2×1 (one side is twice as long as the other)
• scissors

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* Once you’ve got two 2×1 pieces, fold them in half so that you they are are 4×1 in size. To create a two-tone ninja star like this one, fold one sheet with a mountain fold and the other with a valley fold. You could also use two different coloured sheets.
* Now fold these in half vertically, so you’re back to 2×1 pieces. Crease, then unfold to the previous step.
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* Fold the bottom half of one piece diagonally up to meet the crease from the previous step.
* Turn the piece 180 degrees and repeat. You should end up with a zig-zag shape.
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* Repeat with the other piece, but fold in the opposite direction so that you create a mirror-image of the first piece.
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* Turn both pieces over.
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* Now fold the outsideedges in to meet the vertical lines on the back of each piece.. You want to end up with two triangular shapes together.
* Make sure that both pieces are still mirror images.
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* Fold the outer part across the vertical line you used in the previous step. You should now have two mirror-image parallelograms.
* Turn one piece over, and partially unfold the last step so you have two points facing upwards on one piece, and down on the other piece. Cross the pieces over.
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* Now fold a point from the bottom piece across the top piece. Tuck it into the pocket in the middle of the top piece.
* Do the same with the other bottom point.
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* Flip the pieces over.
* Tuck in both remaining points from the piece that’s now on the bottom into the top piece.
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* Now enjoy your completed origami ninja star!

The model is very well balanced and will fly well if thrown quickly.



By the way: I did not come up with this (copied and pasted off the internet).
Please be sure to throw these at people and animals... JUST KIDDING :D