A full-body stance with a massive broadsword dragging along the ground sets the tone for this guide on how to draw Ren Amaki, the Sword Hero from The Rising of the Shield Hero series. The pose carries weight, and the layered armor and coat push the line work into genuinely detailed territory.
What Makes Ren a Challenge to Sketch
This is a full-body standing figure spread across 43 steps, ending on clean line art with no color. The bulk of the complexity sits in the upper half: the spiked pauldron, the scarf collar, the buckle-strapped coat, and the oversized ornate sword all demand careful attention to proportion and overlap. The lower half is more straightforward, but the armored boots still require some patience to keep symmetrical.
Ren Amaki’s Key Visual Features
- Short messy hair with side-swept bangs
- Sharp eyes, serious expression
- Long open coat with buckle straps
- Spiked pauldron on left shoulder
- Large ornate broadsword, armored boots
The Shield Hero roster has a lot of armored characters worth working through. Sadeena in human form offers a contrast in silhouette, while Raphtalia the Katana Hero and S’yne Lokk the Sewing Hero each bring their own weapon-and-outfit combinations to practice.
Reading the Step Colors
Each step image uses a three-color system to show progress clearly:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Ren Amaki: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Share Your Sword Hero Sketch
Once you finish, drop your Ren Amaki drawing in the comments. Seeing how different people handle the coat folds and sword proportions is genuinely useful for anyone still working through the steps. New tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, and a new YouTube video based on existing guides drops every single day, with Pinterest updated regularly too. If you enjoyed working through this guide, Malty S Melromarc and Naofumi Iwatani the Shield Hero are two more from the series worth adding to your sketchbook. Support the project on Patreon to access hand-drawn coloring pages that go beyond what is posted on the site.