Drawing & Illustration How-Tos

How To: Draw a simple boat

This video helps you to draw a boat. First draw the base with double lines. Then draw a cabin and a wheel. Next draw small circles on the base. Now paint the entire lines with black. Next draw spokes on the wheel. Shade the base of the boat with a lighter brown color and over-coat it with a dark brown. Paint the cabin with orange and brown color as shown in the video. Give a dark brown to the outer area of the circles in the base and fill the inner areas with black color. Give a white line to...

How To: Draw Madara Uchia

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Madara Uchia. First, start off with an oval shape for the face. Next, draw several spike shapes for the hair and bangs. Now, move on to the armor of the character. From here, draw a circle behind the body. Now you can fill in the details of the character. Move into the face and draw the eyes, nose, and mouth. Outline the armor in more detail so you can see straps and metal folds. Erase any of the previous lines that were used for guides. Once y...

How To: Draw a furry cartoon fox

This video illustrate us how to draw a furry cartoon fox. Here are the following steps.Step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and pencil and start by drawing a oval shape representing the face of the fox.Step 2: Now draw a nose and two oval shape eyes in the face.Now from the bottom of the face draw an oval structure representing the belly of the fox.Step 3: Now from the lower belly draw two small legs with feet.Step 4: Now draw a tail from the back of the mid lower portion representing t...

How To: Draw the superhero, Superman

MrYoungartist demonstrates how to draw superman, after having drawn the outline of the body. He starts of by drawing the facial features, first drawing the key points of the face, the nose and mouth. He then draws the eyes and all the small details in the eye region. Once he is done, He draws the outline of the face and after, the hair. Finishing this, he proceeded on to draw the cape, chest and the hands respectively. He then continues to draw, progressing downwards, and drawing accordingly ...

How To: Draw Frankenstein's monster

`This video illustrate how to draw Frankenstein's monster. Here are the following steps.Step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and a pencil.Step 2: Now draw a oval circle representing the face of the monster, draw a big circle within the face showing an open mouth.Step 2: Draw small circle within the face representing the eyes.Step 3: Now draw a free hand mid part from the lower face .Now from this mid part extend two hands with waves to represent masculine look.Step 4: Draw two legs from...

How To: Draw manga characters

This video illustrate us how to draw manga characters.Here are the following steps:Step 1:Take a sheet of paper and pencilStep 2:Start by drawing a circle ,this will represent the face of the manga. now draw the eyes ,nose lips of the character with sharp lines to represent action on the face.Step 3: Now draw the middle part of the body and it should be in perfect shape.Step 4: Now draw hands of the character with waves on the hands to show masculine look.Step 5: Now draw the feet and legs.St...

How To: Draw Snoopy (of Charlie Brown & the Peanuts Gang fame)

The video shows you in simple easy steps how to draw Snoopy from Charlie Brown. It starts with a single line drawing the ear and the head then adding the neck, nose and eye, adding shading. Then a simple triangular shape for the body, adding the hands. Simple circles are used for the feet, connecting them to the basic triangle shape and adding a tail. Removing the triangle shape then gives the body flow and then adding the collar and feet finally gives you the Snoopy character from Charlie Br...

How To: Draw a 3D fanged fish

This video illustrate how to draw a 3D fanged fish. Here are the following steps.Step 1: Take a sheet of paper and pencil and start drawing a circle forming the face of the fish.Step 2: Now in the middle of the circle draw an wavy line showing the jaws of the fish.Step 3:Now draw two small circle on the boundary of the circle forming the eyes of the fish.Step 4: Now from the jaws draw two fins in opposite direction to each other.Step 5: Now draw Two fans beneath the face showing the back fins...

How To: Draw 8-bit Toad from Mario Brothers

Drawing an 8 bit toad seems very easy from the video of Mario brothers, first you draw two short standing lines which are the eyes and are black in color using freehand draw option. Then you draw a somewhat oval shape using the same option around the eyes which would look like a face using the color light yellow then you provide darker shades on each side to give the face a 3d effect. Then the cap is drawn after which you draw the rest of the parts the body, dress, hand, shoes etc and finally...

How To: Draw a cartoon demon

Demons sure are scary but a ‘Cartoon Demon’ does appeal to anyone for sure. Learn how to draw one, by watching this video. Begin the skeletal outline, by tracing an oval shape. Then draw an oval, overlapping the first one horizontally, at the base. Draw two elf like ears, on either sides of the top oval. Draw a small neck from the base of the fist oval and a line beneath it. Join the edges of the line with a deep curve for the body. Draw two curves away from each other, near the base of the b...

How To: Draw Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars

Seven easy basic art methods and steps to drawing Anakin Skywalker. The first 1-3 steps illustrates the basic drawing methods for the human head shape, and line placement for a basic human head. The fourth step illustrates basic drawing of the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Step five illustrates the basic shading around the eyes, nose, ears and mouth. Step six illustrates how to add the shaping and styling of the hair and facial features. The final step illustrates how to shade the hair. It also...

How To: Draw an 8-bit Luigi in MS Paint

This simple tutorial teaches you how to create a classic 8-bit Luigi from the Nintendo franchise Super Mario Brothers in the Microsoft paint program. To start, open Paint. Select Image-> Attributes and change the image width to 12 pixels and the height to 16 pixels. Use the zoom tool to zoom in 8x and select the paint bucket tool to make the background gray, because a large portion of Luigi is white. Then use the pencil tool (set to 1 pixel) to begin drawing Luigi starting with his black shoe...

How To: Turn the word "dog" into a cartoon puppy

Watch ad Wordtoons demonstrates how to turn to word "dog" into a Cartoon character. Start by writing the word "dog" all lowercase and neat. It won't work if the writing is messy or is in cursive or caps. Then draw a small circle above the "o" and "g" and then draw a line from that circle to the end of the ""d"s stem. Add a loop around the other side of the "d". Then color in the circle that makes up the "g" to make a nose. The "o" and then circle above the "g" will make eyes. Watch the rest o...

How To: Draw the letter "G" as a block 3D letter

The instructor in this video is showing viewers how to make a Block G in 3D. The process involves drawing the initial capital G. Then a line is made as an outline around the top of the letter and another line is made the same way at the bottom of the letter, so it appears to have a G made with 3 lines. Then the whole G is colored in to make a solid block letter. At the top of the G, a parallel line is drawn and filled in to appear the top is 3D. Another parallel line is drawn at the bottom in...

How To: Draw a cute Yoshi from Super Mario Brothers

First of all you have to start by drawing an oval for the nose. Draw the rough lines so that they act as guide for your sketch. You have to draw the finishing lines later. Draw the head with the two large eyes. Make eyeballs in the eyes. Now draw the two round cheeks. Draw the body with the two arms joined at front. Now draw the tail and the legs. Now use a pen and draw the final lines. You have to start by drawing the lines thinner and then gradually thicken it to ease out any mistakes. Fina...

How To: Draw a boy using the letters B-O-Y

This video shows how to a draw a boy wearing glasses using the letters b, o and y. First, write the three letters in the middle of your page, in lowercase, leaving about a letter space between each. Write the letters so they form the word boy. Next, take the tail of the y and drag it all the way over to the beginning of the b. Do this in a curve shape, it will create the bottom of the face. Next, from the top of the b draw another curved line back to the far edge of the top of the y. Draw ano...

How To: Draw a cartoon fox head

Here is an easy way to draw a cartoon fox. First draw a imperfect circle which is similar to face. Then draw ears which is curve shaped, sharp at its edges. Then draw its mouth part. The upper jaw must be bigger than the lower one. Now move to the eye part joining from the mouth part. Draw teeth and to make more attractable draw whiskers on each side. Draw an attractive belt in the neck side and in order to look real, draw hair portion on the head part and also on the side edges. Now erase th...

How To: Draw multiple 3D cylinders

Mark Kistler teaches you how to draw 3-D cylinders. Mark's how-to draw video teaches you how to draw in only 8 minutes a day. Even if you don't know anything about drawing, you'll learn with Mark's easy step-by-step instructions and guidance. All you need to get started is a pencil and paper, and you can follow along with this video. Mark shows you how a cylinder is drawn starting with just two dots and a "squished circle." He then takes you through the entire "sketching phase" of drawing cyl...

How To: Draw a rose step by step with pencil

In this video you will see how to sketch a picture of a rose using a pencil. You will start from the but and work your way outward adding petals. Each line is shown slowly so that it is easy to recreate what is being drawn. This is a basic rose that you can vary to your own esthetic because just like no two flowers re the same neither are two flower sketches.

How To: Do a simple drawing of Shy Guy from Mario Brothers

In this how-to video, you will learn how to dry a simple version of Shy Guy from Mario Brothers. You can use a pen or pencil on paper, or even software such as Illustrator or Photoshop. First, start off by making a circle. This will be the face of the character. Draw in the two elongated ovals for the eyes and shade in with black. Next, draw a small black circle for the mouth. Now, draw the hood and robe of the character. The arms and feet are next. Draw the belt and buckle of the character a...

How To: Draw a manga fox girl

co23ghttoe is here to show you how to draw a manga fox girl. You first start with a circle and two lines to line up the eyes on the face. The eyes can come out looking pretty rough but with the proper use of eyebrows, it can make a "cuter" expression. You then outline the bottom half of the face, like the cheeks and the chin. Follow up with the hair by dashing your lines down her face. Finish up with her neck and shoulder line. Now is time to add the fox ears. Erase some of her head as demons...

How To: Draw the letter "A" as a 3D block letter

In this tutorial the viewer is taught how to make a 3D letter "A". You will need a piece of paper and two different colors so the 3D letter is more dramatic. The directions from the video state to draw the letter "A" just as you would normally. Continue by coloring the "A" to make it a solid letter. Next you need to make lines from the "A" to make it appear as if its popping off the page. These lines should be parallel from the "A" this way it comes across as a 3D letter. As you connect the l...

How To: Draw Luigi on a snowboard

The video demonstrates how to sketch the cartoon character of Luigi on a snow board. First the character is drawn with a soft pencil using faint lines. The action of the character on the snow board are detailed ,even the minute details like the hand ,legs, eyes and its expression are slowly etched out. Once the faint sketch is complete the features are highlighted with a dark pencil or sketch pen. A depth to the sketch is given by shading the parts and giving it third dimensional feeling. A d...

How To: Draw an eagle with an American flag

Michael Weisner, a 2D illustrator and graphic designer teaches us how to draw a majestic Eagle on a waving American flag. To start, you should box in the area for the flag. It should be roughly centered on the page, add a bit of a wave to box to simulate the wind on a flag. Complete the rough outline with the flag pole on the left side. Now you can begin with the Eagle. Use an oval to draw the chest of the Eagle and allow you to easily place the wings and other important features. You should ...

How To: Draw the letter "B" as a 3D block letter

This is a clear video showing how to easily draw a 3D letter 'B'. First of all you start by just writing the letter 'B' normally; and then you double outline all of the lines you have drawn, both inside and outside of the letter. Color it in with a block color for a 2-dimensional letter. Then its time to make it 3D! In the middle you just add lines parallel to the 2D letter, and also around the top and left sides of the shape; color this in with a darker color, and voila! You should now have ...

How To: Draw an anime fox step by step

This video illustrate us how to draw an animated fox step by step. Here are the following steps:Step 1: Take a piece of paper and pencil.Step 2; Draw a small oval shape, this is the face of the fox and within this face draw two lines representing the eyes. Draw a small circle between and a bit lower then the eyes representing the mouth.Step 3: Draw the body of the fox by drawing a hands free semicircle and extend the semicircle with two very small circle on the lower side representing the leg...

How To: Draw a face with guide lines

How to draw a face with guide linesIn this video we are about to see how to draw a face with guide lines. Even though the tutorial don’t get into the full details of how to draw a face it guides us with the basics. To start with is drawing the outline of the face and the guide lines. The focus mainly is on placing the eyes, nose and lips on the right spots. The center vertical line to cut the head to two halves and horizontal line in the middle for our eyes. Draw horizontal lines for the nose...

How To: Draw Kaname Kuran from Vampire Knight

First of all you have the draw the outline sketch of the body. Draw the head, neck, shoulders and then the upper portion of the body. Now draw the long hair. You have to darken the eyes and the eyebrows. Now darken the outline of the face, hair, ears and the lips. Now draw the collar in the neck. Draw the tie below the collar. Then you have to draw the front portion of the shirt with buttons. Draw the collar of the coat and the top pocket. Now darken the outline of the cat and then draw the c...

How To: Draw a leopard

Start with a faint outline of the leopards head which is an oval shape and is body which is connected to the head, then add the outlines of the legs ears and tail. In the oval draw the proper perspective lines for the face of the leopard. Now draw the outline of the tree or branch the leopard is laying on. Begin to darken the outlines, drawing with proper perspective, while adding the outlines for facial features. Add your shading depending on your light source then begin to erase the faint l...

How To: Draw the Clone Troopers from Star Wars

In this video, you can see how to easily draw the Storm Troopers from the Star Wars movies. Start out with the feet, which are a couple of easy circles. Then draw the lower half of the legs, with basic shapes again to form up to the knee. For the knees themselves you draw a shape somewhat resembling an animal hoof right above where you stopped before. The upper legs look somewhat like the lower half, but with a line down the middle. Add the belt and torso, then move onto the head. Finish it o...

How To: Draw Boo from Mario 64

In this video he just draws a simple picture of boo. It maybe takes two or three minutes to make the sketch. First you just draw a circle roughly, and add ears to that. Next add tongue which is very long and outside of the mouth. You just have to give importance to the teeth in this drawing to make your sketch great. Next you just add teeth, which is wide. Next make the teeth highlight. Next draw two small circles like eyes and highlight it with the pencil. Next make the rough sketch into the...

How To: Draw the letter "D" as a 3D block letter

Drawing the letter D as a 3D block letter is easy and fun. To start simply draw the D like you normally would. Next, you need to draw another smaller D inside the first D. From there, draw another D on the outside of the first D. Color in the 3 stacked Ds with your first color. To continue, choose a darker version of your original color. In the bottom left hand internal corner of the D draw a short line that extends at about a 30 degree angle in reference to the bottom of the D. From the end ...

How To: Draw Goomba from Super Mario Brothers

This video is about drawing Goomba mushroom, a game character from the Super Mario Brothers. The materials required is a sheet of paper and sketch and coloring pens. The video begins by drawing the eyebrows, the eyes, the pupils, the mouth and then the face. Then you add in the rest of the body and legs. At the end coloring is done to the sketch to make it real life like and attractive. This is a great video for die hard fans of Super Mario brothers and those who want to pin up a neat picture...

How To: Draw a duck or swan the easy way

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw a duck or a swan in the easiest way possible. To do this, you will need a writing tool such as a sharpie, pen, or pencil and a piece of paper. First, draw a v like shape smoothly. Next, Follow the shape once more, except make the outline of the swan. Next, fill the top in to complete the drawing, as well as the eye of the swan. You can add water to the drawing with a blue pen or marker. This video shows just how easy it is to create this drawing.

How To: Draw Dead Bones Brook from One Piece

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Dead Bones Brook from One Piece. First, draw the skull that is the face of the character. This will include the eyes and nose socket. You can move onto the suit and instrument of the character. Next, draw the hair of the character. You should remember that he is wearing a hat on top of his hair. Once this is done, you can fill in the shadings of the character to complete the entire look. This video shows how easy it is to draw Dead Bones Brook ...

How To: Draw Yoshi from Mario Brothers in MS Paint

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Yoshi from the Mario Brothers universe using MSPaint. First, have a reference photo ready. Open the program and use the line, curved line, and freehand tools to draw the outline. Start off with the face. Outline the body, and then move on to the eyes and mouth. Move on to the outline of the body. Just as with the head, move on to the interior details of the body. Once the outline is finished, fill in the basic green color of the body. You can a...

How To: Draw green Yoshi from Super Mario Brothers

Ian shows us how to draw Yoshi from the Mario Brothers video games. First, you draw three quarters of a circle, for the snout. Next, on the top right edge of the circle, before the opening you've left, you draw two ovals on top of it for the eyes. Next, finish out the circle (snout) by connecting the bottom end with back of the farthest-right eye, using a outward-bulging line. Draw a smile at the bottom of the circle, then fill in the eyes with a black oval in the bottom right corners of both...

How To: Draw an anime Fox Furry

This video shows how to draw an anime Fox Furry. First, draw the outline of the face, neck and straight-up ears. Then draw the eyes with eyebrows and make them prominent, to look nice and real. Then draw the nose and mouth. Then give borders and shades to ears to look prominent. Then outline and draw the hairs over the head, a little on the face and also side hairs. Then for finalizing the eye part, adding pupils to the eyes to look a little real, and more bordering the eyebrows. Then, draw t...