How to Draw Pokémon


How to Draw Pokémon
How to Draw Pokémon

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In this article, I'm going to teach you how to draw Pokémon. I've chosen to teach you how to draw Gastly, Caterpie, and Vaporeon, in that order, starting from the simplest to the most complex.
You will see that overall, they all have the same style with a rather "rounded" base. We will learn how to draw them starting from simple circles.

 

DRAWING THE POKEMON GASTLY

Gastly is certainly the easiest Pokémon to draw. Indeed, it is simply made up of a sphere and smoke.

To start, you will draw a very simple circle.

sketch of a circle to draw Gastly

Next, you will divide this circle into 4 parts.

Start by drawing a vertical line and then a horizontal line. With these lines, you will also define the perspective of the head.

If you want to do it from the front, you need to center your features; however, if you want to do it from a 3/4 angle, offset your features. The intersection of the two lines defines the perspective point.

Sketch of a circle to draw Gastly 2

Once the reference points are finished, we will draw the eyes.

To make them, draw a line that starts from the inside of the face and goes outward, moving upwards. Then draw a curve that will close the shape to create a rounded triangle.

Do the same thing on the other side.

sketch of the eyes of the Pokémon Gastly

 

Next, draw the mouth. To do this, you will need to draw an elongated moon.

Sketch of Gastly's mouth

 

ADDING DETAILS TO THE DRAWING OF GASTLY

Now that the base is finished, we can move on to the details.

Gastly doesn't really have any details. It's just a ball surrounded by smoke. What I consider to be details are the pupils, the teeth, and the smoke.

We'll start by adding the pupils and teeth.

To make the pupils, you will create ovals on the right side of the eyes.

For the teeth, they will simply be triangles, like vampire teeth.

drawing of Gastly's pupils and teeth

We're going to add the smoke that surrounds Gastly.

For this, I have no instructions to give you, it's up to you to feel it out! Smoke is variable and uncontrollable, so let your hand go and make irregular movements around Gastly.

drawing of Gastly's smoke

Now that you have finished applying your base and details, you can go over them in black. Take this opportunity to erase the construction lines.

clean drawing of Gastly

Once the lines are finished, you can proceed with filling them in.

Only the body of Gastly and its pupils need to be darkened. Then, if you wish, you can add hatching on the smoke to create a shading effect.

drawing of the Pokémon Gastly

Your drawing is now finished, we can move on to Caterpie!

 

DRAWING THE POKEMON CATERPIE

You will start Caterpie by drawing a horizontally stretched circle for the head.

Then you will draw a slightly curved line that separates the circle into two.

sketch of the Caterpie's head

Next, you will draw two increasingly smaller circles below the first one, while following the curve.

Sketch of Caterpie's body 1

We will continue with our circles, drawing them on the side.

Draw one close to the head first, then another smaller one just below.

Sketch of Caterpie's body 1

To finish Caterpie's body, you will need to draw a kind of stretched and curved "U" like the end of a banana.

Sketch of Caterpie's body 2

 

COMPLETE THE DETAILS OF THE CATERPIE DRAWING

Now that the base of the body is done, we can move on to the missing details such as the mouth, legs, eyes, etc.

We will start by placing part of the mouth and the legs.

For the mouth, draw a circle that overflows both on the head and on the circle just below.

For the legs, simply make circles at the ends of the body.

drawing of Caterpie's mouth and legs

Add a smaller circle inside the mouth to finish it.

Draw its antennas, which form a horizontally stretched Y, with rounded angles and curves.

For the eye, draw two circles, one large and one smaller.

And finally, add a well-stretched oval at the end to make the tail.

drawing Caterpie's antennae, eye, and tail

To finish with the details, we will add the belly and the designs on its body.

For the belly, simply add curves to divide it into 4 parts.

The drawings are circles on each piece of the body.

drawing of Caterpie's belly and body

You can now move on to inking. Go over all your lines in black and erase the construction lines.

Neat drawing of Caterpie

Finally, you can fill in the eye and the diamond underneath the head in black and add hatching to the shaded areas.


drawing of the Pokémon Caterpie


You've finished your Caterpie!

We will now move on to the last and most complicated Pokémon in this article: Vaporeon.

 

DRAWING THE POKEMON VAPOREON

As with the previous Pokémon, you will start by drawing a circle for the head.

Divide it into 4 parts by drawing a horizontal line and another vertical line. The intersection of the two lines should give you the position of the nose.

sketch of Vaporeon's head

Once the head is drawn, you will need to draw the base of the body.

To draw it, shape it like a potato.

Start on one side of the head, go down making a rounded shape, arrive at the bottom, round it off, then go back up to connect everything on the other side of the head.

Sketch of the Pokémon Vaporeon's body

To draw the tail, follow the curve of the lower body then move up towards the left side, and finish the tail with fins a bit like those of a mermaid.

sketch of Vaporeon's tail and fins

Draw the legs and thigh. To do this, make a Y in the middle of the body and then a K right next to it.

Draw the leg that sticks out beneath the tail and erase any unnecessary lines.

sketch of Vaporeon's legs and thighs

sketch of Vaporeon's legs and thighs 2

 

ADDING DETAILS TO THE VAPOREON DRAWING

Vaporeon is one of the first-generation Pokémon that has the most details.

Indeed, it has a ruff, large ears, a fin on the head, and dorsal scales!

We will start with the dorsal scales.

You will simply draw a lot of small rounded triangles that follow the curve of the tail and then the back.

drawing of triangles Vaporeon's tail and back

Next, we will draw the ruff. To create it, you will need to go around the head creating curves that meet at points.

drawing of the ruff of the Pokémon Vaporeon

First, we drew a circle for Vaporeon's head, but that was just the base.

Vaporeon has a forehead that is formed by two triangles and a squarer chin.

drawingof the forehead and chin of Vaporeon

To create the fin on its head, start by drawing a very thin triangle, then connect the tip of the triangle to the top of the skull with two curves to form the fin.

draw Vaporeon's fin

For the ears, it's the same principle as for the fin on the head.

Start by drawing a very thin and curved triangle, then go from the tip of the triangle to the head, making curves.

drawing of the ears of the Pokémon Vaporeon

For the face, draw almond-shaped eyes (inner tip downwards and outer tip upwards) and make an oval inside each eye.

The nose is simply a point and is located at the intersection of our reference frame.

To draw the mouth, start by making two curves that meet and then draw a "U" for the lower lip.

Finally, draw the tongue by making a simple curve.

drawing of Vaporeon's mouth

You can now move on to inking.

As usual, go over your lines in black and erase the construction lines.

neat drawing of Vaporeon

Add black to the eyes and inside the mouth and hatch marks for the shadows.


drawing of the Pokémon Vaporeon

You've finished drawing Vaporeon!

 

Now you know how to draw 3 Pokémon. In case you would like to learn how to draw another Pokémon, you can find an article on our blog about how to draw Pikachu, feel free to take a look ;)

As you can see from this article, I started with simple shapes (circles) and then gradually sculpted the shape until I achieved the desired design.

Do this for all your drawings, see them as simple shapes like circles, squares, triangles, etc. and draw your base using just these shapes.

Once your base is well established, you can begin to sculpt your design and add details until it is finished.

Have a good drawing session! :)

 

Illustrator and writer: Coralie

 


by Liam

Comment(s)

  • Super useful tutorial for quick training!
  • Quick little test on Pokémon, it's great for training, thank you!
    • you drew them super well 😉 !
    • Honestly, bravo, super beautiful, you have an amazing talent, it almost looks like a tracing, it's so beautiful.
    • super well done bravo👍
  • Great tutorial! It looks easy: I will try 🙂 I will send you the result...
    • Honestly, well done, super beautiful, you have amazing talent, it almost looks like a tracing it's so beautiful.
  • copying pokemons is the best way to train :)
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