How to Draw Charmander

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Co-authored by Kelly Medford

Last Updated: June 19, 2022

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Charmander is a Kanto Pokémon in a first stage evolution. It evolves to Charmeleon and the third stage of the evolution will be Charizard. Here are the steps on how to draw Charmander.

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1. 1
   Start by forming the character by adding basic shapes.
2. 2
   Draw the eyes.
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3. 3
   Draw the lines for the head.
4. 4
   Draw the mouth.
5. 5
   Add the body.
6. 6
   Draw the right arm.
7. 7
   Draw the left arm.
8. 8
   Draw the left leg.
9. 9
   Draw the right leg.
10. 10
    Draw the tail.
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    Add the fire on the tip of the tail.
12. 12
    Add lines for detailing the character.
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    All lines are done.
14. 14
    Clean up and remove the guidelines and you are done. Great job!
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1. 1
   Draw an oval on top of a vertical line.
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   Draw a triangle around the vertical line. Add a slanted rectangle on each side.
3. 3
   Draw four ovals—two at the bottom of the image and two to mark the eyes.
4. 4
   Add two rectangles at the bottom for feet. Also add a trapezoid and an oval (these will become the tail).
5. 5
   Draw another oval on top of the tail. Begin drawing an outline around the shapes.
6. 6
   Finish outlining. Add facial features and other important details.
7. 7
   Erase unnecessary guidelines.
8. 8
   Color the drawing, using a lot of orange.
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  If you have two ways of drawing Charmander, could you have two videos of "how to draw Charmander"?

  

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  What does he have on his tail?

  

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  Charmander has a flame on his tail.

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  Why did you erase the nose lines on the first one?

  

  Belle K.

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  It was a simple mistake by the artist, they just forgot to include his nose holes in the final drawing.

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