How to Draw a Monster

Reviewed by Kelly Medford

Last Updated: December 14, 2021

A monster is a hideous creature that is usually found in legends, stories, films and other types of entertainment. This tutorial will show you how to draw some different types of monsters and has some steps you can adapt to draw your own totally unique monster.

Method 1

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Big Foot Monster

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Draw another square, make the top part wider than the bottom and replace the edges with curves lines instead of angled.
For the legs, use curved strokes and add a C shape for the feet.

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Draw two small circles for the eyes. Draw a smaller circle inside the big ones and shade a part of the small circle with black. The shaded part would look like a crescent moon. Add the nose. Use two small circles for the nostrils and add a curved line on each side. Draw the mouth using a horizontal line with a triangle on each side for the fangs. Add the ears on each side of the head using C shapes.
Use small strokes that shape into angles as you draw the arms to make them look furry. When drawing the fingers, you can use small sausage shapes and a small circular shape on each tip for the fingernails. Add a few horizontal and slanted strokes on the chest of the monster.
For the toes, use shorter U shaped curves and then add the toenails using small circular shapes.

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Eye Monster

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Attach triangle shapes on each side of the circle.
Add a small circle inside surrounded with two layers of broken line circles. Sketch a small shape at the upper right corner of the eyes where light usually is reflected. Sketch out curved strokes on the upper and lower border of the eye for the eyelids.
Add a zigzag line across the mouth to make it look like a sharp set of teeth.
Add two inverted V shapes on the arch of each wing.

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A Cartoon Sea Monster

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Method 4

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A Realistic Sea Monster

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How can I draw a sea monster?

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You can draw a sea monster by looking at a few videos on YouTube and looking some step-by-step guides online. You should choose the best ones and then copy features from them to make your very own monster inspired by other sea monsters.

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How would I make #1 through #3 realistic?

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Try looking at some reference pictures and add detail. For the big foot monster try giving it a scarier face. The eye monster you can add more detail and put some bigger teeth. Make the eye small too. For the Cartoon sea monster just use the realistic monster.

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How do I make a realistic shade effect?

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Think about where the light source is and look at reference pictures. Maybe even try recreating the scene in real life!

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