How to Draw a Skeleton Step-by-Step
- 1). Draw a small circle at the top of the page. This will be the skull. Draw a long vertical line from the top of the circle down. It will be the axis on which you build the neck, torso and pelvis.
- 2). Draw six horizontal lines across the vertical axis. Draw the first line across the center of the circle. Draw the second line across the bottom of the circle. Draw the third line under the head. Leave some space and draw a longer horizontal line to make the shoulders. Draw a fifth line across the axis just above the end. Then draw the sixth line across the bottom of the axis.
- 3). Draw a curved, parabola shape above the fifth horizontal line. This will be the bottom of the rib cage.
- 4). Draw two lines on each side of the shoulder line. Draw down from the end of the line at a slight diagonal. Draw a second line from the end of the first, straight down. These will be the arms. Repeat the process on the ends of the sixth horizontal line to create legs.
- 5). Draw a small circle over the joint in each leg to form the kneecaps. Draw a small circle at the end of the lower leg lines to create heels. Add horizontal, rounded rectangles to the sides of the heels to form the feet. Add vertical, rounded rectangles to the bottom of the arm lines to form hands.
- 6). Draw egg shapes in between horizontal lines one and two. These are the eyes. Draw a similar but smaller shape to create the nose on the axis. Draw small arches to shape the skull on the lower side edges of the circle.
- 7). Draw a row of teeth above and below the third horizontal line. This line is the center of the mouth. Shape the jaw line of the skull to finish the head.
- 8). Draw two rounded rectangles on the vertical axis to make neck bones. Draw a vertical oval on the axis to create the breastbone. Draw a small oval below the breast bone.
- 9). Draw seven curved ribs on each side of the breastbone. The ribs should be short at the top and gradually longer toward the middle of the ribcage. Draw the ribs gradually shorter until you reach the seventh and final bone, which should be the shortest ones.
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Draw the upper arm bone by forming the rounded ends of the bones at the shoulder and elbow joints. Then connect each joint with parallel, diagonal lines. Do the same for the lower arm bones. Repeat the process to create the leg bones. - 11
Draw a horizontal line across the middle of each hand. Draw four long, rounded rectangles in each half. Add four finger tips to the end of the hand. Draw a thumb on the side closest to the body in the same three-segment fashion. Draw two lines across the feet. Draw five rounded rectangles in the outermost section. Add five toe tips to the end of the feet. - 12
Draw three football-shaped bones below the back bones on the vertical axis. Draw the rounded M-shapes of the top and bottom of the pelvis. The shape should resemble a whole bell pepper. Draw a teardrop shape on the axis below the backbone. End the shape at the end of the vertical line. This is the tail bone.
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