Draw a Robot
Drawing a robot can be easy by following this step-by-step tutorial.
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A Humanoid Robot
- Sketch the wireframe to represent the robot's figure and pose (each circle represents a joint).
- Use 3 dimensional shapes such as cylinders, box shapes and circles to sketch the body parts needed.
- Use your creativity to sketch robot features over the sketch to create your own design.
- Refine the sketch using a smaller tipped drawing tool to add more detail.
- Outline your sketch to finalize the artwork. before coloring.
- Erase and remove sketch lines to create clean outlined drawing.
- Add color.
A Mechanical Robot
- Design a robot using different kinds of 3 dimensional shapes (different box shapes, cylinders, wedges, etc...).
- Sketch additional details and parts like joints, equipment and tools.
- Refine the sketch by using a smaller tipped drawing tool.
- Create outlines by drawing over the final sketch.
- Erase and remove the sketch lines to create a clean outlined drawing.
- Color your robot.
Simple Robot
- Draw the head and the body. For the body, draw a simple box then draw a curved line on top of it for the head.
- Draw the limbs. Attach curved rectangles to the body for the limbs.
- On the head, draw 2 small circles for the robots eyes.
- Add design on your robot. For this illustration add smaller circles on the top and the bottom of the body as bolts.
- Draw lines on the hand and feet to add design on your robot. Add two curved rectangles on each of the robot's hands.
- Erase unnecessary lines.
- Color your drawing.
A More Elaborate Robot
- Draw quick sketches of robots. By using silhouette drawing you can record your ideas and decide what robot you want to draw. It could be a four legged robot, based on an animal or a battle type robot or just a simple household robot.
- From your drawings, choose a design you like the most. You can also combine some elements present in your other designs.
- Draw your line art. Start with the basic shapes, make it simple and clear.
- Erase your silhouette drawing and add finer details, like the wires, cables, design on the head and chest, etc.
- Color your drawing.
- Finished.
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser gum
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers or watercolors
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Find a picture of a robot and trace it. BOOM.