How to Draw a Cute Anime Halloween Pumpkin 🎃 | Easy Pencil Drawing, by Mana Art and Drawing on YouTube. 9 min 27 s.
- Video length
- 9 min 27 s
- Time to do it
- 30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 9
What you need
Steps
Place your paper straight and sketch a wide oval for the pumpkin body. Keep the lines light so you can erase them later.
Draw a short curved stem on top of the oval and add two small leaf shapes beside it.
Add two large round eyes with big highlights inside, spaced wide apart for a cute anime look.
Draw a small smiling mouth under the eyes and a tiny triangle nose between them.
Sketch a bow on top of the stem or to one side of the pumpkin, with two loops and two short tails.
Add curved vertical lines down the pumpkin to show its ribs, following the oval shape.
Draw small Halloween extras around the pumpkin: a few bats above, a friendly ghost on one side and a black cat on the other.
Go over your final lines with a darker pencil or fine liner, then erase the light sketch lines.
Shade lightly under the pumpkin and along one side of each rib to give it a little depth.
Tips and common mistakes
Keep your first sketch lines very light so mistakes rub out without smudging the paper.
Draw the eyes large and leave a white highlight in each one to keep the cute anime style.
Shade with the side of the pencil tip and keep it light, since heavy shading can look messy.
Place the bats and ghost away from the pumpkin outline so the main shape stays clear.
Questions
Do I need special drawing paper?
No. Plain printer paper works fine for a pencil sketch. Slightly thicker paper handles erasing better.
Can I draw this with a pen instead of a pencil?
Yes. Sketch lightly in pencil first, then go over the lines with a fine liner pen and erase the pencil marks.
How do I make the pumpkin look rounder?
Curve the rib lines to follow the oval body and shade the outer edges a little darker than the middle.
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