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W RIU EN AND COMPILED BY
ROBERT A. MILLER
M TW ORKBY
HARMONY GOLD U.s.A.. INc
NO VA SATO RI
Rank: LIEUTENANT
Ag e : 1 9
Nova is one of the highest ranking women
in the elite Global Military Police. She is
attractiv e but maintains a hard outer
shell. She is a good soldier who goes by
the book. Her devotion to ideals causes
her to betray friendships in order to
rebuild a society out of the ashes of the
RO BOTECH W ARS. Nova is envious of
Dana Sterling and considers her to be a
rival. Her jealousy stems in part f rom her
stern dissapproval of Dana's care-free
attitude and fun Ioving disposition. Nova
has the thankless job of trying to
interrogate the captu red ROBOTECH
MASTERS Bioroid, Zor Prime. This
situation proves to be the g reatest
challenge of her life,
BO W IE G RANT
R a n k : P R I V A T E
A g e : 1 8
Younger brother of Claudia, Bow ie is
sensitive and softspoken. He is a som ber
you n g m a n w h o m eets M u s i c a ( a
R O B O T EC H M AST E R c I o n e ) a n d
becomes infatuated with her and her
m usic. He is constantly trying to come to
grips with his heritage, compared to his
older sister who has less difficulty
adjusting. He is a member of the Signal
Corps and is generally a non-combalant.
He is close friends with Dana Sterling.
They face many dangers together and he
Iooks at her Iike the older sister he never
knew (Claudia is with the original
RO BOTECH DEFENDERS after their
climactic battle with the Zentraedi) . He
likes to com pose songs and because of
his talent he wins the favor of Musica.
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then construct the im age piece by
piece. This will give you a greqter
ability at drawing the characters, flrst
from m emory and eventually from
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Drawing your ROBOTECH characters in action is easy if you remember to
start by drawing The Line of Action. The Line of Action is a tem porary line
that is drawn in to plan your character and its details to accentuate this Iine.
Generally The Line of Action is best used when two or m ore characters are
interacting, or when a character is acting on or being acted on by an
inanimate object. The Line of Action then helps you to establish simple
action and reaction which strengthens the dramatic effect of any scene.
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drawing something that Iooks three
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In the last issue we spoke of tilting your
initial spheres (the 3dimensional circle) to
achieve good expressions. In Iooking at
these drawings of Nova you will notice the
importance of the eyebrows in her
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be a piece of cake. Just start with your
circle and draw the horizontal and
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jawline on the lower half of the circle.
Draw a horizontal Iine at the bottom of
the circle that is parallel with the
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ears, eyebrows, and nose. Divide the
horizontal center guideline in half
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them in. One third the distance down
from the nose to the chin, draw in the
mouthline.Draw in the necklines
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from the front of Bowies face. His eye
will be placed there. Draw in Bowies
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center guidelines. Draw in the jawline
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heads down. Draw the head oval and
run a centerline through it 5 W inches
long, Use your ruler to mark off the
head Iengths on the centerline. Draw
your shoulderline and your balls and
sticks for the rest of the figure or use
t h e d o u b 1 e d i a m o n d m e t h od .
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DRAW ING THE HUM AN FIGURE
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DYNAMIC FIGURE DRAW ING
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HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE MARVEL W AY
Stan Lee and John Buscema Simon and Schuster
CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION
Andrew Loomis
DRAW ING THE HEAD AND HANDS
Andfew Loomis
FIGURE DRAW ING FOR ALL IT'S W ORTH
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THE ART OF DRAW ING
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Donnar Publicatlons
HOW TO USE CREATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Ernest W . W atson Van Nostrand Reinhold
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