How to Draw Goku
Learn how to draw Goku step by step and easy enough for beginners, start a sketch with this understandable guide.
Good day! Today, we will tell you how to draw Goku – the key character of the anime and manga called “Dragon Ball”. The creation of this character was made possible by the author’s inspiration from one of the four classic Chinese novels, Journey to the West. Despite this, the image of Son Goku has undergone significant changes and has peculiar differences. The character Goku is loved by both children and adults in many parts of the world. He is strong, agile, purposeful, kind-hearted and optimistic. Goku trains hard to develop and perfect his extraordinary abilities. Drawing Goku will help develop excellent drawing skills! Let’s get started!
Time needed: 20 minutes
How to Draw Goku
- Draw the head.
Start by drawing the shape of Goku’s head and face. In addition, you need to draw a line for the mouth and nose.
- Parts of the face.
Move on to drawing parts of the face, and you need to start with the eyes and eyebrows of the character. After the eyes draw, the rounded ears of Goku.
- Add hair.
On Goku’s head, draw the pointed hair of the character.
- Shape the body.
Now you need to draw the shape of the torso and legs as shown in the example.
- Add details.
Draw a neck under the character’s head. Other than that, you need to detail the upper part of Goku’s suit by adding shoulder details, a collar and a belt.
- Draw the arms.
In this step, you need to add bent arms to the shoulders of the character. Also, don’t forget to add costume details as shown.
- Add details.
Draw Goku’s hands, which are clenched into fists. In addition, draw bracelets on the character’s forearms and a ribbon on the belt.
- Draw the shoes.
Goku shoes are similar to oversized socks or wide boots. To draw one of these elements, lower two oblique lines from the pants and connect them with an arc that is shaped like the toe of a sock. The second element of the shoe is depicted in the same way, but its toe will be turned in the opposite direction. Draw a curved line inside the shoe, as if dividing it into two parts—narrow and wider.
- Shoe details.
In the center of Goku’s shoes, draw ribbons that divide the character’s shoes into two parts.
- Color your artwork.
Use orange to color in the main body of Goku’s costume. Color the belt, shoes, bracelets and other details blue as in the example.
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