How To Draw Pikachu - Simple Step-By-Step Tutorial
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw Pikachu.
I've broken the whole drawing up into easy-to-follow steps so you can easily follow along and create your own Pikachu drawing fan art.
Let's get started!
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Drawing Supplies I Used To Draw Pikachu
To make this Pikachu drawing, I used Ohuhu Honolulu markers in the colors Lemon Yellow (Y6), Melon Yellow (YR33), Rouge Orange (Y5), Coral Pink (R1), Carolessence (R200), Geranium (R8), and Black (120).
I also used a black fineliner, a graphite pencil, and an eraser.
And I made this drawing on A4-sized Canson Illustration Manga paper, which I cut in half.
How To Draw Pikachu?
Step 1: Sketch The Base & A Box
To sketch Pikachu, I first marked his bottom edge with a short straight line.
I also sketched a tilted box for his head just above the center of my paper. I only sketch the left, top, and right sides of the box.
Step 2: Round The Corners Of The Box & Add The Side Of His Body
Next, I rounded the edges of the box to shape it more like his head and I added the sides of Pikachu.
The sides are round at the bottom and curve upwards towards his head.
Step 3: Sketch Pikachu's Ears & Feet
After that, I sketched his ears which are long and pretty pointy, and I sketched his feet which are short and more round.
Step 4: Sketch Pikachu's Arms
Then, I sketched his arms.
I first sketched the side of his arms starting off wider close to his body and becoming more narrow toward his hands.
I also sketched a diagonal line in both of his ears.
Next, I sketched his hands which are basically just long W-shapes with 5 points instead of 2.
I also marked a triangle of shadow below his chin and added 2 lines on each foot to separate his toes.
Step 5: Sketch His Facial features & Tail
After that, I sketched his face, starting with his round cheeks and the 3-shape of his mouth.
Next, I added a dot above the 3-shape to mark his nose and I added the bottom edge of his mouth so he now smiles.
Lastly, I sketched his eyes. First just 2 small circles, then I added 2 smaller circles at the top of the inside.
I also sketched his lightning bolt-shaped tail.
Step 6: Outline Pikachu
To prepare Pikachu for the coloring process, I like to first outline him using a black fineliner.
During the outlining, I mistakenly outlined the shadow below his chin... F :(
But you're smarter than me, so uh, don't do what I did.
Step 7: Color Pikachu With Markers
Next up, I colored Pikachu with alcohol markers.
I started by coloring the base colors first.
To do that, I used:
- Y6 to color the yellow parts of his body. I should've added a second layer to smoothen the color out, but I didn't...
- Y5 to color his bright cheeks;
- Black to color his eyes and the tips of his ears;
- R1 to color his tongue;
- and R8 to color the inside of his mouth.
Next, I added a few bits of shadow.
I used:
- YR33 to add shadow to the yellow bits;
- and R200 to add the shadow on the top half of his tongue.
And that's how to create fan art of Pikachu.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to draw Pikachu!
If you did, you might like some of my other tutorials as well.
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