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Learn four different ways to draw a vampire by following the easy steps in this article. Let's begin!
Steps
Cartoon Vampire
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1Draw a circle for the head and attach a curved shape with a pointed angle below the circle. Add a horizontal line on the center of the circle and sketch a curved vertical line close to the left side of the circle.
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2Draw an oblong below the shape you have drawn earlier.Advertisement
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3Draw a cape extending from the oblong down.
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4Add an elaborate collar to the cape, make the edges look pointed.
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5Draw an outline of the vampire’s body using a square. Draw the vampire’s legs using long lines and draw a circle for the feet.
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6Add details to the face using the crossed lines you have drawn earlier as guide. Draw the eyes using two egg-like shapes and add a slanted line across the eyes for the lids. Draw a small circle for the pupils and a curved line for the eyebrows. Draw the nose and the mouth. Add inverted small triangles for the vampire’s fangs.
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7Draw the vampire’s face and hair. Add the ears, make the upper tip of the ear slightly pointed.
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8Refine the drawing of the cape using the outline.
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9Draw the hands and add details to the vampire’s suit like adding buttons.
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10Refine details on the vampire’s pants and shoes.
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11Erase unnecessary lines.
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12Color the drawing.
Simple Vampire (Head)
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1Draw a circle. Add an elongated angular shape for the vampire’s jaw line. Add a crossed curved line close to the left side of the drawing extending through the jaws.
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2Draw two slanted lines for the neck and add a wide curved line for the shoulders.
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3Draw the collar of the vampire’s cape using curved lines. Make it look elaborate and pointed on each tip.
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4Using the crossed lines as guide, draw the vampire’s eyes and eyebrows. Make it look more intense and mean by adding short lines in between the brows.
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5Draw the nose using small slanted strokes. In this angle, the nose looks smaller than in the usual portrait poses.
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6Draw the vampire’s mouth. Emphasize on their characteristic fangs when drawing the teeth.
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7Draw the outline of the vampire’s face. Add the ears, making the upper tip pointed.
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8Draw the vampire’s hair using slanted and curved strokes.
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9Erase unnecessary lines. You can add long slanted strokes on areas usually darkened with shadow.
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10Color the drawing.
Floating Vampire with Bat
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1Draw the outline sketches for the head and the back.
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2Add the outline sketches of the face.
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3Draw the outline sketches for the cape.
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4Draw the actual lines for the head.
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5Add the actual lines for the cape.
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6Add the outline sketches for the arms through the feet.
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7Add the outline sketches for the bat.
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8Draw the outline sketches for the bat’s bones.
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9Draw the actual lines of the arms through the feet.
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10Draw the actual lines for the wide ears of the bat.
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11Add the actual lines for the face of the bat. Bats should look fierce. The fangs should also show on the bat’s mouth.
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12Draw two curved lines as an initial sketch for the bat’s wings.
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13Continue drawing the upper part of the wings.
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14Add two thin curved lines to show a bit frame on the wings of the bat.
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15Continue drawing the bat’s webbed wings.
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16Add the shapes of the bones to add details on the wings.
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17Draw the body and the feet of the bat.
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18Erase the unnecessary lines.
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19Fill in the basic colors.
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20Add the highlights and shadows.
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21Add a creepy background to finish the draft. Make sure that the background is a little bit blurred to show an atmospheric effect. Both the vampire and the bat are floating so you don’t have to include the cast shadows on the drawing.
Close-Up Vampire with Bats
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1Start with an egg-shaped outline sketch of the head.
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2Add the outline sketches for the face.
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3Draw the actual lines for the ears and the jawline.
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4Add the brows.
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5Draw the eyes and nose.
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6Start drawing the mouth with the actual lines of the upper lip.
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7Add the upper teeth and the fangs.
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8Finish drawing the mouth by completing the teeth and the lower lip.
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9Start drawing the hair from the middle top of the forehead.
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10Finish drawing the hair.
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11Draw outline sketches for the upper body.
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12Draw the actual lines of the neck.
Community Q&A
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QuestionCan you make it easier?Community AnswerAdjust the skill level by thinking of the body and features in shapes, such as a circle for the head, oval for the torso etc.
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser gum
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers or watercolors
About This Article
To draw a simple vampire, start by drawing a circle, then add an elongated, angular shape beneath that for the vampire’s jaw line. Add a crossed, curved line to the left side of the drawing, extending through the jaw. Beneath that, draw 2 slanted lines for the neck and a wide, curved line for the shoulders. Use curved lines to create the vampire’s cape collar, with a pointed tip on each side. Then, draw the vampire’s eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth, using the crossed lines as a guide. Finish by adding in the hair and ears, then erase any extra lines. Keep reading to learn how to draw a cartoon vampire!