Lions are well known for their formidable reputation as the kings of the jungle – and we have the proof that they deserve this moniker thanks to their fearsome, majestic appearance; read on to bring this to life!
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Grab a pencil, and add a “teardrop” shape to the left of your page to create your lion’s mane.
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Add another, smaller shape inside this, with a slightly angled bottom. Then, draw a small square just above this section, and add two lines heading up in the center.
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Add a small curved line to the bottom left of the mane, and then bring a curved line across to the right, down to create a tail, and back in and up.
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From here, bring a curved line down to a point, then take it in, across for a foot, and up.
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Add another leg just in front of the first.
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Now, bring a curved line across to the left, and extend the line at the top of the mane to a point, before bringing this up and across to the right.
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Bring a line down from the bottom of this, and add a “hook”.
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Take the end of this up to form a front leg, and then add another leg to the back of this, before connecting this to the line of the tummy.
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Join the back legs up completely.
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Add two small, slightly jagged shapes to the mane, on either side of the face, for ears.
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Use an orange pen to add color to the back of the lion’s body, including the tail, and to the two inside legs.
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Use a black pen to shade the nose…
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And use the same color for the eyes and the mouth.
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Shade the face and ears with the same orange color.
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Now, use a brown pen for the mane around the face…
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Shade the mane and tip of the tail with a darker brown pen…
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And then the bottom of the face with a light brown pen.
And there we have it – a king of the jungle, looking our way – we wouldn’t want to make him angry!
