Drawing a Cartoon Lion, King of the Cartoon Jungle docx

Drawing a Cartoon Lion,
King of the Cartoon Jungle

This cartoon lion is really easy to draw so let's not waste any time and
get right into this. Remember to draw lightly so if you need to erase
something later it will easily come off the page.
Step 1 - The Head and Body
The head is an oval shape that is stretched a little bit from top to
bottom. The body is just two curved lines connected by a straight line
along the bottom. Notice that the head is wider than the body and this is
because we'll be adding a big mane to the lion.
Step 2 - Ears, Nose, Tail and Details
First add two curves for the ears. The right ear is a little jagged along
the top while the left ear is smooth. Once you have finished with the
ears, go ahead and roughen up the lion's mane.
Add a small rounded upside down triangle near the middle of the head
for the nose. Notice that its placement is slightly off center which will
help add some depth to the cartoon lion's face.
Draw the tail as it appears in the step to picture. See how the tail looks
like it curves around the body?
Step 3 - The Mouth and Ears
Start at the bottom of the nose and draw a line downward. Draw a curve
on both sides of this line to make the top of the mouth. Notice that one
of the curves continues up right until it meets with the side of the nose.
Draw a curve to make the bottom of the mouth and then add two curves
above the nose. These last curves will be the starting point of the eyes
which you will draw the next step.
Draw the inside of the ears as they appear in the example image.

Step 4 - Finishing Off the Head Area
This is an easy step. Draw the eyes as they appear in the example image
to the right and then make some whiskers along both sides of the
mouth.
Draw some zigzag lines to the chest, just under the part where the lion's
mane connects to the body.


Step 5 Legs and Feet
Make a line coming down from the chest that you drew at the end of
the last step to define the middle of the legs.
The feet are really simple - there are only three toes on each foot and
the drawing bumps out at the top and bottom for each toe. Look closely
at the drawing if this is not clear and copy it exactly.
Add one small curved line to the top of left foot to indicate the back leg
a little bit.
Now that you're finished you might want to color this king of the jungle
or add some speech or thought balloons to him so you can see what he's
thinking - it's up to you.