How To Draw Riley Freeman

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How To Draw Riley Freeman by Evan Burse. Learn How To Draw Riley Freeman from The Boondocks with these simple step-by-step instructions below.

Tools used:
Prismacolor Col Erase Blue Pencil
Computer printer paper

Here are the step-by-step instructions to draw Riley Freeman from The Boondocks
Begin drawing his head which is like a square. Doesn't have to be perfect. Just make it like any other regular square, sketch it loosely. Then we're going to add a triangle below that square. Now curve out the outer portion of his face, and then measure the half way mark between that square. That'll be the top of his eye line and the top of his ear line. Next we're going to draw the center line in there and then curve out the rest of his face. And his lower eye line -- draw that in there- and get the circles and halfway in between the bottom of the eyes and chin is the nose; and halfway in between the nose and the bottom of the chin is his mouth. It's just a simple shape you can put down.
Now working on that first eye, give him an expression with one of his eyes being kind of lower and droopy like. And since we now have the circles for - which provides the basic shape of his eyes- should go ahead and put in his pupils. Keep in mind that his pupils should always touch the upper eyelid unless it's an extreme expression where he has, you know, where you can see his pupils surrounded by white.
And for Riley and Huey the creators wanted them to have an anime style, so they're eyes are very anime. And they're eyes have changed slightly from their first season when they first came out. Draw a small cache shadow under his nose.
Draw his eyebrows to look real mean. Not like the devil, you know, but Riley normally does look always angry at something. Next, draw the wrinkles in there, between his eyes.
Now you're going to draw his ears. You can just look at your own ears if you want see how ears look. Although their ears aren't that special, Riley and Huey do have big ears for their character size. So go ahead and put a simple shadow in there. There we go, it should be folded back more towards the back of his head.
Now we're doing his braids, the braids are corn rolls. And think of them kind of as cables that go back over his skull. And then you're just going to drop each one individually in there. That's look better. On the far side of the head, the skull, the forehead overlaps the braids.
Next finish drawing his chin and jaw line.
Now sketch & render out his corn roll braids. Shade them in. And now work on his neck. You want his neck to be a cylinder, the basic shape of it. Draw in a little bit of detail on his T- Shirt here.
He has a dark-colored long sleeved shirt beneath his T-Shirt. Drop a cast shadow below his head on his neck. And now it's time finish drawing his corn rolls. They extend down. Here they're called braids. Corn rolls are when they are on the head and braids are when they are off the head, then shade those in. If you did a reverse shot of him he would have more hanging down his neck.
And there you have it! That's Riley. Thanks for watching

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