18 Fun & Spooky Halloween Drawing Ideas to Try This October

This post is all about things to draw for Halloween and easy and scary Halloween drawing ideas.

Tips for Drawing These Halloween Drawings

To make these Halloween drawing ideas yourself, you don't need any fancy art supplies. 

Just a pencil is more than enough to get started. For most of the drawings I included, I only used a regular pencil to draw them.

But if you do like to turn your drawings into clean line art, you should definitely check out this Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen. I use it all the time. It's great for outlining your sketches to turn them into a more clean-looking drawing instead of just a simple doodle.

And if you want to add some spice to your drawings, I highly suggest adding some color using alcohol markers. They don't need to be the most super expensive premium Copic markers, and you don't need all 320 colors. You can just buy a set of the more affordable Ohuhu Honolulu markers, which I love to use. Just buy the 48 set, and you're good to go. You don't need all colors.

Again, for these Halloween things to draw, you don't need fancy art supplies. You can just use what you already have, and a simple graphite pencil is more than enough to get started.

One more thing: don't worry about trying to make the perfect drawing. This adds a ton of unnecessary pressure and sucks all the fun out of it. 

In my drawings, you'll probably notice tons of mistakes. And that's okay. It's better to have fun and make some drawings than to get stuck right away because you don't know how to make the perfect jack-o'-lantern drawing.

Now, let's get into the Halloween drawing ideas, starting with some classics!

Classic Halloween Drawing Ideas

1. Jack-o'Lantern

Jack-o'-lanterns are a classic Halloween symbol. They're spooky, silly, and full of personality. You can make them look happy, super angry, old and scary, and so on. 

Jack-o'-lanterns are also great for experimenting with facial expressions, settings, and decorations. And if you really want to go all out, I highly recommend you check out my Halloween pumpkin drawing ideas post. 

You don't have to stick to just simple pencil doodles. You can use a brush pen to outline your pumpkin and color it using some alcohol markers like I did with this one:

Want to know how to draw a jack-o'-lantern like the one above? I made a full step-by-step guide showing you exactly how to draw one yourself for Halloween. Make sure to click the link and check it out.

2. Spider Webs

Spider webs instantly create that spooky, haunted vibe and are super fun to draw because of their delicate, geometric shapes.

They're also a perfect background or extra detail to make any Halloween drawing more eerie, as I did with the decorated Halloween door a bit further down this list.

For a simple step-by-step explanation of how to draw these organic but geometrically shaped spider webs, check out this tutorial I made.

3. Spider

Spiders are classic Halloween creatures. They’re creepy, crawly, and can look either frightening or surprisingly cute depending on how you draw them.

This tarantula, for example, turned out more cute than scary, but maybe that's just me as I love spiders. The spider I drew crawling on a pumpkin over on my pumpkin drawing ideas post already looks a lot more creepy.

4. Flying Bats

Bats are classic nighttime creatures that instantly make your drawings feel more Halloween-themed. You can draw them on their own, but they also make for great additions to a graveyard or a haunted mansion drawing to make them look more scary (yes, I did include both of these drawings further on in this list).

You can show them as cute or menacing silhouettes, and if you want to go all the way, you can add them as silhouettes in front of a full moon.

I also made this cute cartoon bat drawing, and again, I did turn it into a step-by-step guide. So be sure to check it out if you want to create this cute bat drawing yourself!

5. Black Cat

Black cats are mysterious and magical symbols often associated with witches and Halloween night.

Their sleek shapes and bright yellow eyes make them perfect for striking, bold drawings. Just look how much they stand out in my drawing!

Check out my full step-by-step guide on how to draw a black cat here.

6. Witch

Witches are iconic Halloween characters that let you play with fun details like pointy hats, flowing cloaks, and magical potions.

You can make them mysterious, scary, or even friendly. For this example, I chose to make the witch more friendly and mysterious, flying on a broomstick. But you can also make yours super creepy and scary like this drawing below.

If you want to know how to draw this scary witch yourself, make sure to check out this step-by-step witch drawing guide I created last year.

7. Decorated Halloween Door

This is a fun one: a decorated door for Halloween and trick-or-treat.

When starting your own decorated Halloween door sketch or drawing, I highly recommend starting with a plain door first. From there you can add all sorts of decorations, like some jack-o'-lanterns (of course!), some spooky spider webs with a spider hanging from it, a bat, and maybe even a sinister black cat. Honestly, the possibilities are endless. This is a great one to let your imagination go wild.

What would your decorated Halloween door look like?

8. Potion Bottles on a Shelf

Potion bottles are mysterious and magical, perfect for creating a witchy or alchemist vibe. You can experiment with different shapes, labels, or even smoking ones (hope it doesn't blow up). 

One thing this drawing could benefit from is color. Imagine what all the different potions would look like! The one with the skull would definitely be an acid green with lighter green bubbles. The smoking potion would be purple. The one with the moon symbol would be a beautiful dark blue. The one with the star would be a golden yellow. And so on. 

Spooky Halloween Drawing Ideas

9. Haunted Mansion

Haunted houses are full of spooky atmosphere. Crooked windows, creaky doors, and scary gravestones make them so much fun to draw.

You can go as detailed and imaginative as you like. I kept mine pretty simple so you can also draw it if you'd like. But this sketch also forms a great base to outline and then color in with markers, for example. That will create a whole different atmosphere. Yellow light from the windows, the dark outside of the mansion, the bright moon with bat silhouettes. 

10. Vampire

Vampires are classic Halloween creatures, elegant yet terrifying and creepy.

Honestly, this simple sketch of a vampire with a big cape and sharp fangs already looks majestic and creepy, but you can also experiment with adding colors. You could add beautiful glowing red eyes as if they're filled with blood. In the image below, I outlined and colored this vampire sketch. It does look quite cool, doesn't it? 

Also, you'll notice that I made it more of an anime-style vampire. I like this one better than the conventional ones. If you like the conventional vampire more, you can check it out in my monster drawing ideas post. (It's worth checking out.)

Btw, if you also like this vampire drawing and would like to know how I drew it (and how you can draw it), make sure to check out the complete step-by-step guide I wrote on it. It's a fun one!

11. Graveyard

Graveyards instantly bring that chilling, haunted feeling. They’re full of atmosphere and mystery. And I very much would not like to be there, especially if it looks like the one I've drawn.

To make your graveyard drawing look really creepy, add some broken tombstones and make it look like they've moved from where they were originally placed. Have some bats flying around. Of course, the moon would shine its light over the graveyard. And a scary graveyard isn't complete without an old abandoned church or chapel and an old tree that's been there for decades.

12. Scarecrow in a Pumpkin Patch

A scarecrow standing guard in a pumpkin patch is a classic autumn and Halloween image. You can make it cute, spooky, or even sinister. (Mine turned out pretty cute or sinister depending on how you view it.)

I also made another version of this scarecrow, but instead of a burlap sack head, I gave it a pumpkin head. I really like it!

Btw, I also made a step-by-step drawing guide for this scarecrow drawing. Be sure to check it out (if you're interested)!

13. Dancing Skeleton

If you like the skull drawing, you might also like this one: a dancing skeleton. It's not scary or anything, but it sure does remind me of Halloween. It reminds me of someone in one of those skeleton costumes dancing to the music, but in this case it's a real skeleton, not a person.

When you try to draw this dancing skeleton, don't worry too much about anatomical accuracy. I kinda vibed my way through this one. Plus it would be super hard to get all 206 (or more) bones individually. I sketched the most important ones and made it look like a skeleton rather than focusing on getting a perfectly accurate representation of a real one.

Scary Halloween Drawing Ideas

14. Ghosts

Ghosts are simple but super expressive Halloween drawings. You can make them spooky, silly, or even adorable.

They’re great for quick sketches or adding a floating, eerie touch to a scene. They are great for drawing a graveyard or anything spooky.

Or, of course, you could draw the cutest ghost you've ever seen, like this one.

15. Mummy

Mummies are creepy and fun to draw with all their wrapped bandages and mysterious undead vibe. 

I found the bandages super fun to draw. Some go over the top of others, others go below. And every now and then there is a loose end. You don't even need to draw their faces!

You can play with poses, expressions, unraveling details, maybe even showing parts of the body, or maybe it's missing part of its arm. 

16. Skull

Skulls are great fun to draw, and they teach you something about the human anatomy.

They are classic Halloween symbols that can be scary or decorative (like sugar skulls). They’re fun to draw because you can play with cracks, glowing eyes, and patterns. I added tons of cracks to make it look weathered and old, which I think fits Halloween pretty well.

You could also draw a skull in a more perfect shape, like this one, and add outlining and some basic coloring.

If you're not sure how to create a skull sketch with realistic proportions, I highly recommend you check out this skull drawing guide I made. It shows you step by step how to create an accurate sketch of a human skull and then how to outline and color it with markers.

17. Zombie Hand Rising from the Ground

This might be my favorite from this whole list, together with the next one. 

This zombie hand that emerges from the ground turned out super well (and so did the coloring page I've made of this one). I love the weathered look that it has, making it look like a zombie hand instead of just a human hand rising from the ground. Although drawing a human hand rising from the ground might even be more sinister, if you think about it.

18. Scary Clown

As I said just above, this scary clown drawing is also one of my favorites from this list. Never thought I would say that.

Clowns are already a bit scary even when they're the happy kind, but this creepy one that's staring straight into my soul is on a whole different level of being scary. The smile, the eyes, the bald head with just some hair on the sides. It makes me feel super uneasy. Luckily, it's just a drawing, right?

I hope these Halloween-themed drawing ideas inspired you to create something! 

And thank you for visiting my website!

If you're feeling inspired and want to start drawing, I’ve created several Halloween-themed step-by-step drawing tutorials, as you probably know by now, as I've listed almost all of them in this post. So make sure to check them out! I especially like this one.

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