How to Draw a Cartoon Frankenstein

With Halloween fast approaching - drawing a cartoon Frankenstein is a neat way to celebrate as it'll help you to create cool-looking decorations. Actually - this might just be the ticket for an interesting costume as well!

OK - time to bring this monster to life!

First Step - Here's an Approach to Drawing the Structure

First thing, take a look at the following examples as they'll help you to formulate a simple 'shape by shape' structure from which to help you draw your monster. Adjust it as you see fit - or even... skip this step if you're comfortable without it.

Here's how it looks...

Shapes for drawing a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the limbs on a cartoon Frankenstein

Straight up and down - and symmetrically aligned - this framework will allow you to spend more time on getting creative and developing your character. And this is especially helpful when you're just starting out.

So - ready for round two? Great - let's go...

Second Step - It's ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!

Alright, now it's time to 'create' your monster in the form of a drawing. And surely, these step by step images - outlining the entire process, will help you out. Take advantage - but don't forget to try out some of your own ideas along the way.

Beginning with the head - draw!

Drawing the brow and eyes of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the face of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the mouth and ears of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the head of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the hair of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the head details of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the arms and body of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the arms of a cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the hands of the cartoon Frankenstein Drawing the legs of the cartoon Frankenstein Black and white drawing of a cartoon Frankenstein

And there he (or perhaps in your case she!?) - is, a one-of-a-kind, stitch-sewn monster, similar to the Frankenstein made famous in the movies. Notice all the extra stitches I added in the end... I always love going 'a little overboard' on the details. :-)

Well, that completes another lesson - stay tuned for more Halloween-oriented ones to come!

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