I began to fascinate with Japanese manga when I was seven. And later when I was grown up,
I started to learn how to draw the character from the manga. Doraemon was the first
character I had learned to draw and thus it was one of the most impressive characters for me.
In this blog, I will show you how to draw Doraemon with just some simple steps. But first,
I would like to provide some backgrounds about Doraemon since you may not know what it is.
Doraemon is a famous Japanese manga series which was created by Fujiko Fujio in 1969
and it had a lot of impacts for children and adult even now because the story of Doraemon
somewhat reflected to the society and human morality. The main character is an intelligent
robotic cat named Doraemon who comes from the future in 2112 which is about
a hundred years later from now. The figure of Doraemon is popular in the standing of the
omnipotence since he has the magical pocket which contains a lots of materials for many
application’s purposes. Many children want to have a Doraemon to be with them. Unfortunately
it is impossible. But we can “have” it by learning how to draw it. I hope you enjoy the drawing
with following instructions.
Since we start to draw it, it is necessary to know what it looks like.
This is our model.
The materials we are using here are a sheet of paper, a pencil , a black marker, and some color tools.
Now let’s begin our instruction.
Step 1. Use a pencil to sketch a good sized circle for his head and then add the facial guidelines.
The horizontal guideline should be divided the area of the circle in the ratio about 1 to 3. And the
vertical guideline should be divided the area of the circle in half.
Step 2. Make some corrections for the shape of circle to match the actual shape of his head.
Then on the center of the facial guidelines, sketch two ellipse for his eye sockets (be sure the
horizontal guideline passes through the eye sockets). Next draw a small circle underneath
two eye sockets for his nose.
Step 3. Underneath the nose, draw a short vertical line which connect the nose to his mouth and then draw his great smile (be sure that the right side and left side balance along with the facial guidelines.)
Step 4. Fill in the eye balls on the horizontal guideline and make the lines which to distinguish the face and outside of the face. Finally draw his three beards casually on both sides of his face. Then his head is done.
Step 5. Now we begin to construct his body. Start under the neck and draw a boxy shape for the torso and
legs. Add a notch between the legs, then draw the arms and cap them with small circles which will be for the paws.
Step 6. Draw his little bell and collar under his neck. Then draw his feet which are simple
enough to like drawing two ellipses. After that you are done on the sketching work.
Step 7 & 8. Use your black marker to trace your sketching and erase the sketching which was
done by pencil. Then use your coloring tools to give him a color to his world!
Closing up: This instruction gives the basic method of drawing Doraemon. It is also useful for
your when you try to draw different other character because all the manga share something
in commons: all of the manga begin with the simple sketching first and then fix it into advanced
shapes. Drawing is fun and is one of the ways to express your feelings. It also the way to share
happiness. I hope you could find some fun on the drawing after you read this post!
By Jia Xin Qian