How to Draw a Cartoon Gorilla (the Easy Way) doc

How to Draw a Cartoon Gorilla
(the Easy Way)



It's time to beat your chest and grab a bunch of bananas as you learn
how to draw a cartoon gorilla! There's no time for monkey business,
especially as a gorilla isn't a monkey at all – this mean-looking dude
belongs the family of primates known as apes. So, grab your pencils,
come out of the mist and let's get sketching!

STEP-1: Go go Gorilla! Sketching out the Basic Sh-ape!
The first part of learning how to draw a cartoon gorilla is to sketch out
the basic sh-apes (geddit?) of our very own King Kong! First of all,
draw a large teardrop shape as in our illustration, followed by a small
oval on the right-hand side just a little above the middle. It may not
look much like a gorilla yet, but once you've followed our easy steps,
you'll soon be the king of the swingers!


STEP-2: Create a Rumble in the Jungle by Adding More Details
Now we've got our basic shapes, let's add to our cartoon gorilla by
sketching in some instantly recognizable features!First of all, make the
line at the top of the head jagged to represent fur.
Then, draw a shape like a pair of sunglasses just above the small oval.
While we're here, draw a box shape at the top of the oval as in our
illustration - -this will eventually form our awesome ape's nostrils!
For the next step in how to draw a cartoon gorilla, draw a small curved
shape for the ear, followed by a hand with three fingers on the right-
hand side of the body. Finally, draw another large, slightly jagged
curve in the bottom left of the body for our big buddy's leg.

STEP-3: Let's Give Our Cartoon Gorilla Some More Features
Wow, our cartoon gorilla is really starting to look awesome! Let's now
add some more features to this jungle giant to make our drawing really
stand out! Remember the sunglasses shape you drew in the previous
step? Let's now give our gorilla some eyebrows by drawing two short
horizontal lines.
Next, draw two small shapes for the nostrils, followed by another small
curve inside the shape you drew for the ear. Gorillas use their
amazingly strong arms for swinging, climbing and beating their chests
as a warning to others – this bad boy is not to be messed with!
Add the arm on the right-hand side by drawing a curved shape which
meets up with the hand. Then, draw a short horizontal curve just to the
left of this shape – our cartoon gorilla is now bending his arm! For the
other arm, draw two vertical lines – one almost straight and the other
made up of two curved lines. Finally, sketch in a foot at the bottom,
followed by a curved 'W' shape to give our cartoon gorilla's body some
form.


STEP-4: Adding Personality to our Jungle Giant
The next stage in learning how to draw a cartoon gorilla is to add some
expression and personality to our awesome ape. Did you know that the
DNA of gorillas is incredibly similar to humans?
So, let's start adding some features to our jungle relative by sketching
in two small circles for the eyes, right beneath the eyebrows we drew
earlier. Add two small dots in the middle of each for our big buddy's
pupils. Next, draw a horizontal curve for the mouth – make this curve
downwards at each end to give our jungle giant a mean expression!
Then, draw a jagged line at the base of the arm on the left-hand side

and the leg on the right to represent fur or hair, then add another curved
line for the belly, followed by a belly button at the bottom. Finally, add
some more detail to the left-hand foot by sketching in three toes.


STEP-5: Finishing Features of our Awesome Ape!
Get some bananas peeled and ready – our cartoon gorilla is nearly
ready to swing down from the trees or scale a skyscraper! All we need
to do now is draw the hand on the left-hand side, adding three fingers
like the one on the right.
Did you know gorillas have fingerprints similar to ours and have even
been seen to create tools in the wild to help them cross rivers and go
about their daily business? Finally, add another foot on the right-hand
side, drawn as if seen from the side as in our illustration. Our cartoon
gorilla is almost good to go!



STEP-6: Let's go ape With Color!
The final part of how to draw a cartoon gorilla is to go ape with color!
Draw around the outline in dark brown, then rub out any lines you don't
need.
Next, take your favorite orange pen and color in the body, leaving the
ear, belly, face, hands and feet blank – we'll go crazy with those in a
second. Use a light tan color for our jungle giant's face, then use a black
pen for the eyebrows and nostrils. Then, use a darker tan for the ear,
belly, hands and feet and use another darker shade for the belly button,
inner ear and the toes on the right-hand foot.
Our cartoon gorilla is ready to rock and he sure looks awesome! Now
that you've impressed your friends and family with your epic artistic

skills, why not try drawing some trees around our jungle giant? You
could also draw some more gorillas to keep our big buddy company –
just like us, gorillas love to hang out with their friends!