How to Draw a Vampire

How to Draw a Vampire

Drawing a vampire can be as complex or as simple a procedure as
befits your drawing skills. You'll need a good idea in your mind of
the type of vampire you'd like to depict, as well as taking your
level of drawing skills into account. Here are some suggestions for
drawing a vampire.

_Note: Each image can be clicked on to enlarge._

!! Steps !!

!! Punk Vampire !!

Draw a punk vampire. Punk lends itself well to the vampire genre as
you can take some of the slick punk hair-do and fancy clothes to
dress up the vampire's overall appearance.

* Focus in particular on creating strong, jagged lines for the hair,
darkened eyes (perhaps glowing if colored), long hands with long
nails, an elongated face. For the clothing, either a long cloak or
a cape is ideal, and maybe some studs or other "punk"
paraphernalia.

!! Female Vampire !!

Decide what type of female vampire you'd like to draw. You could draw
a seductive, burlesque female vampire, a super fit female vampire, or
a fairly straightforward and simple female vampire who gives little
away other than her fangs. Here are some possible interpretations;

* Black and white Painted version This female
vampire is almost an ordinary girl, apart from her fangs and the
blood dripping from her eyes. This is a simple line drawing, and
you'll need to know how to draw a face well, along with hair. The
additional touches are the fangs and blood. You might also
consider bloodshot eyes, or a neck with fang marks.

* A more "vampish" vampire, with a V shape suggesting a
very vampiric shape! When creating this drawing, keep the "V"
design flowing through, including an angular face, angular eyes,
and angular lips. Long, dark hair is best for this look.

* Draw a female vampire about to take a bite. In this
image, the focus is on the open mouth with the fangs showing
clearly.

!! Trick Or Treat Vampire !!

This is a fairly standard style for a vampire, the type you'd see out
trick or treating.

* Follow the example provided in this image. Draw a
slickly designed vampire in the old-fashioned mold with a cape,
high collar, slicked hair, and the typical widow's peak comb-back
for the hair. Add a bat bow-tie.

!! Vampire Face !!

When you need to concentrate just on the face of the vampire, here is
a good suggestion.

* When developing this face, concentrate on making the
eyes well-defined, and a smirk for a smile, with the fangs
showing. The hair should be swept off the face, and dark in color.
Make the ear pointed.

!! Vampire With Outstretched Cape !!

* When creating a vampire where the focus is heavily on
the cape, concentrate on drawing its folds and a high collar, with
an elegant evening shirt under the cape, as shown here.

!! Bat !!

Some believe the vampire can change into a bat and fly away. Drawing a
bat based on vampire legend is fairly stylized.

* Trace around the design or copy it by site. Color it in
one color (black is best but you're not restricted to one color).
Color the eyes differently or leave blank.

!! Message Vampire !!

If you need to make a vampire for an invitation or sign, this
design is a good one that allows you to add a message.

* Leave the cape wide open with a white or light colored space where
you'd normally draw the drapes, clothes, and body. Fill this in
with your message.

!! Smiley Vampire !!

This is a cute depiction of a vampire, suitable for adding as a
smiley.

Decide how you'd like to "draw" this icon. You could draw it by
hand, or draw it using a computer drawing program that allows you
to create smooth lines and shapes. Things to focus on include:

* Draw a circle for the body, draw a cape like the one here, add
fangs and dominating eyes. Perhaps some drops of blood are
appropriate, depending on how you style the Dracula smiley.

!! General Characteristics For Drawing Vampires !!

When drawing a vampire, consider some of the more typical depictions
of vampires to add in to your drawing:

* Some images for inspiration Dark eyes, darkened
under-eyes, or around eyes. A vampire has dark eyes when he or she
is thirsty. This will make your character look scarier. Lighter
eyes are suitable for when the vampire is happy. Alternatively,
you can draw eyes with slits in them to give them a more feral
look.

* Slicked back hair, often dark in color; Widow's peaks are
commonplace, and bangs or fringes don't tend to be used much
(allows for more of the face to show).

* If coloring, keep a whitish, or pasty look to the face, and stick
with dark colors for the clothing. Most vampires look pale but not
all do; and not all vampires have dark hair; try black hair with
white streaks, white hair, or any other variant suited to your
depiction.

* Draw the vampire with a gaunt, skin-and-bone look. Focus on
creating emphasized cheekbones to bring out the gaunt look.

!! Tips !!

* If liked, draw a few lines under the vampire's eyes. Smudge them
so it looks like the vampire has circles under his/her eyes,
because he or she doesn't sleep at night.Don't smudge the features
too darkly or it can appear excessive and "drug-addicted".

* Don't make the vampire look too cheerful unless you're doing a
humorous depiction. Generally, vampires aren't really that
cheerful all the time.

* Remember that you can use your artistic license. When you get
better at drawing vampires, feel free to change the way you draw
them!

!! Warnings !!

* Don't make the eyes too wide.

!! Things You'll Need !!

* Drawing medium

* Pens, pencils, charcoal, crayons, markers, paints and brushes,
etc.

!! Related WikiHows !!

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* How to Get the Vampire Look

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