Draw Zombies
In horror films, Zombies are "undead beings." This tutorial will show you how to draw a cartoon zombie and a realistic zombie.
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Realistic Zombie
- Sketch a silhouette of the Zombie.
- Add fine details like a rugged hair using small slanted strokes that appear like unkempt hair. Draw the eyes using pea-like shapes, add a circle inside for the eyeball. Sketch a broken nose, cheek bone and maybe a little bit of unshaved beard.
- Draw the Zombie’s clothes.
- For an even more rugged and dirty effect, sketch random small lines all over his face and body.
- Color the drawing. Choose the colour palette that makes the Zombie look pale for a more dramatic effect.
- Add a shadow effect by darkening a few areas on the Zombie’s body.
- Adding blue tones especially on the eye sockets and other hollowed areas of the face help make the Zombie look pale and scary.
- For final touches, add streaks of red for the blood coming from the Zombie’s victims.
Cartoon Zombies Smashing a Window
- Draw an outline of the window using two rectangles, one rectangle is smaller and is drawn inside the bigger one.
- Sketch a rough outline of the zombie. Use a circle for the head, a rectangle for the jaw and curved lines for the shoulders.
- Draw the Zombies’ hands. The ball of the hand is shaped a circle. Sketch the fingers attached to the circle while the fingers of the other hand are on the frame of the window.
- Add details to the face. The eyes, teeth, cheek bones and other details that make it appear creepy.
- Refine the details of the hands, you can add long fingernails.
- Draw the Zombie’s clothing, you can be creative here. A suit is used in this illustration.
- Add cracked glass effects on the smashed window.
- You can also sketch silhouettes of more Zombies behind the Zombie.
- Darken appropriate lines from the outline and erase unnecessary ones for a neat finish.
- Color the drawing.
A Standing Zombie Standing
- Draw an oval shaped like a human head.
- Draw a rectangle for the body.
- Draw a series of ovals for the arms and a semi trapezoids for the hands.
- Draw interconnected rectangles for the legs of the zombie and trapezoids for its feet.
- Draw the details of the zombie’s head using the head outlines.
- Draw the body and hand details of the zombie given the body outlines but mak e them easy
- Draw the feet details of the zombie.
- Add details such as flesh marks, ragged details and textures.
- Erase the unnecessary outlines.
- Color your zombie!
A Running Zombie
- Draw an oval shaped like a human head.
- Draw a rectangle for the body.
- Draw a series of rectangular shapes for the arm and hands of the zombie.
- Draw two elongated ovals for the upper legs.
- Draw semi trapezoid shapes for the lower leg and feet.
- Based on the outline, draw the face and body.
- Draw the hand details of the zombie.
- Draw the feet using the outlines.
- Add details such as flesh marks, ragged details and textures.
- Erase the unnecessary outlines.
- Color your zombie!
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser gum
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers or watercolors