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A m onthly m an anu ualdevoted to teach eaching reader aders to d dr raw the 9 O BOTEC H 'Mani anim ated car artoon c ch ha ar racters an nd d fighti ng craftin an an intelligen entand e ea asy y-to-u und de erstan nd d way y. .Eac ch h

i ssuewi wi llcov over eroneor orm orecharactersor ordevi cesfrom each ofthethree m ajorstoryl ine es s t tu mg a pit he OsBo OnTt EhC aga g hhsa to yt l i il lu bes u re i n i o Ive ss u s 1 th ha ro gh hke4uw wi ll foR cus u eHMA MTM AsC Ra O.E Sa Scc ch ar rar c ct en re s,wi s su s eesfe 5at tur hr ou odug gh hro 9ta wti l ln c. o v eue ret he SOUTH ERN C R OSS ch char aract acters, anö anö i ssues 10 through 12 w ill co cover ver the N EW G EN ERATIO N characters.Issue ues 13through gh 24w il lrepe ea atthe rotati on,exam ining new m ateri alfrom eac ach storyline.

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S ot traBte rnnard onBeO T o of f th n gc eo nte io ofisR O EC HeTMne DeEwFENDERS.Hew asborn inouterspace on bo boa ard the S SD D F-3 during the United Earth G ove ver rnm ent' s Exped edi itionary M ission, H e i s a pilot in the M A RS Divisi on, one of the rem aining RO BO TECH'M squa squadrons attem pting to reclaim the Earth from the INVID Invaders. H e fs one of the RO BO TEC H'M DEFE FEN N D ERS' initi a1 efforts to rout the INV i D from om their anc ce est stral plane et t. Scott organi nizes es a res si istanc ce e fo rce tha at t incl clud de es La Lan nc cer er,

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and INV 1D Sim ulagent M arIene. Sco ot tt' sm i ssion isto reach R Re eflexPoi nt

and joi n Ad AdmiralRi ck Hunter' s new

arm y at aII cos osts. H e also s se eek eks rev ve eng ge e for the m urde er r of his fianc ce ee andotherM A RS pilotsw ho w we ere killed i n the raid that at bro ou ught him to this plane et t.H is fian nc cee ee' sd de ea at th has as ca au use sed him to be beco com m e a m oody and and driven Io ner, b tlt he soo n co m es to u nd nde erstand the va val lue o of ffriends dsh h ip a as s he m oves tow ard the final bat battle a at t Refl ex Po Point.

 

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RAN RA N K: N O N-M ILITAR TARY ST STATUS TU S A G E' 13

Annie h ha as the distinction o of fbeing the you yo ung ngest est m em be ber r of the resistance fighters w ho revo ol lve a ar round Sco ot tt Bernard an nd d h hi is m iss si ion to rea ac ch Reflex Poi nt.A nnie is sm art an nd d an outrag ge eous flirt. Her fl irtatiousness stem s from a d des esi ire to ad adopt opt a new fam ily to m ak ke e up forthetrag gi ic d de ea at th ofherparentsd uring the inv va as si ion.H er nickn knam e in the series js M INT beca cause o of f he er r great fond dn ness for choco ch ocol late m ints.

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to this ninth issu ue e of THE O FFICIAL HO W TO DRAW RO BO TEC HO. HO . I f you've bee een n d dr raw ing con constantly, forsak ki ing s sc choo ol l,Iove ve,slee ep p,and your allowance e, , you no ow w have a pe en nci cil bum p on the third finger ofyourright han and. d.Y ou ou' 've probably also be beco com mea reall y fant asti c RO RO BO TECHTMarti st To hel elp yo you im prove y yo ourskillseven m ore rapidly,in thisissue ue w we eo of fferthe

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use thi hi s infor orm ati on in con onjun unct cti on

with you ourstudiesfrom the Readi ding List and w hatyou've Iear arned in the Iast sttw o issues es a ab bou ut tco om m po os siti on,you ou sho houl uld be a ab ble to draw realistic, acti onpacked RO BO TEC HT*scenesusing aII ofyourfavo vo rite cha harac ct ters. Foryo ou urdraw ingpl pleas asur ure,i nth hi isissue ue we gi give yo you u Sco cot tt Bernard,M arlene ne, , and an d sp spu unky nky Iittle A nnie.Foryo Foryou u M ec echa ha m aniacs cs,we h ha av ve edifferent ntversions of of Sco cot ttBernard's Arm ored Cy C yclone ne. .So shar sha rpen up those pen penci cils put a band andag age e o on n that penci encii-bum p, and rem em be er r .. . YO U LEARN AR N TO D RAW BY D RAW ING

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As you ou tighten u up p vo ou urdraw i ng,try to think o of f Scott Bernar ard as a tbreo dim ensionalfigure,nota flatdraw ing. Visua uali ze the Iines of hi s co os stum e going a ar round a so ol li d bo od dy,notI aying fl at.O nce yo ou uh ha ave a ac chi eved this and you' re sa sati sfi ed w ith yo yoursk ke etch, h,take som so m e tracing p pa aperand redraw a final version,

 

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Now startturning ball s an and sti cks i nto cyl yli nders,and indi cate the features of of the face e. .Sket etch the ha ai ir.

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Startturn ni ing the sti cks i nto cyli nders. Draw throug gh h the e en nd ds s to illus st trate thei eir so ol lidity.Indicate the feat atures of M arl ene's face a an nd start roug gh hing in her erhai r.

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