Draw Sheldon J. Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants

Fan of SpongeBob SquarePants? Using these easy steps, learn to draw Mr. Krabs' nemesis and owner of the Chum Bucket: Plankton!

Steps

  1. For his body, draw a pickle-like shape (as shown). Add in guidelines, one long vertical and a couple of short horizontals where his eyes and mouth will be.
  2. Draw a large oval for the eyeball. Inside that, draw a circle for Plankton's pupil. Sketch in his single eyebrow.
  3. Give him a smile and add in his antennae. Each antenna should have four notches that go a bit outside the lines of the antennae. Draw thin ovals for Plankton's arms and legs.
  4. Outline and color in your drawing. There you have it--Sheldon J. Plankton himself!

Alternate Method

  1. Draw a large vertical oval. It should look like a seed, or an especially long egg. This will serve as Plankton's body.
  2. Above the oval, draw antennae on either side of Plankton's head. These should point outwards, and almost look like long, curved fangs coming out of his head.
  3. Draw the hands and legs. On each side of the middle of the body, draw a tubular shape with a circle at the end. Under the body oval draw two "V" shapes.
  4. Sketch the face features on the body oval. Draw a big circle in the upper part of the oval. This will be Plankton's eye. Under the circle draw a dropped "D" shape. This will be the mouth.
  5. Outline the body shape over the sketch and add in details. Draw the eye with and iris, an eyebrow above the eye, cheeks, and Plankton's teeth/tongue inside the mouth.
  6. Line the drawing with black ink and add color. Try to make a modular line, which passes from a thin to a thick line and vice versa. Finally, erase any remaining pencil marks and color your Plankton as shown.

Tips

  • Be sure you have an eraser with you AT ALL TIMES.
  • Draw lightly in pencil so that you can easily rub out mistakes.
  • Pencils that you don't need to sharpen work best because the lead is the same size throughout the whole drawing.

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