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Monster Mashup • Ernie Harker
Foxilla
Block out plenty of time to draw Foxilla! He’s a complicated fella with
the body of a gorilla, the horns and feet of an ox and the tail of a fox.
It looks like he’s happy to be made up of all those different parts.
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Start the Body, Head and Legs
Lightly draw a large oval leaning to the right for a
body with a circle overlapping the top for a head. Then
add two fat ovals overlapping the bottom for legs.
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Draw a Center and Feet Guidelines
Lightly sketch a center line between the eye bumps and
the top and down through the center, bulging at the belly.
Then, lightly draw two L-shapes to guide you with the feet.
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Develop the Arms and Hand
Add a horizontal arc to block in the lower right arm
and a triangular shape to block in the left hand.
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Clean Up
Erase the overlapping lines inside the body, but leave
the center guide.
Start the Eyebrows and Tail
Add two bumps for eyebrows on the top of the large
leaning oval and a crescent shape for a tail.
Start the Arms
Lightly draw two large curves that begin at the top of
the body for the arms. The arm on the left overlaps the
arm on the right directly over the center of the belly.
Draw the Heels
Draw dark lines for the heels of the hoofs.
Finish the Hooves
Finish the hooves as slightly bulging triangles that are
flat on the bottom and angled more steeply on the toe side.
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Draw the Horns
Lightly draw in the horns all the way through the
head. Then darken the protruding part of the horns.
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Start the Eyes and Ears
Draw the eyes and ear shapes.
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Add the Nose, Lips, Fingernails and Toes
Add the nose, the bottom of the top lip, the bottom
of the bottom lip, fingernails and a toe on each foot.
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Add the Final Details
Erase the center guideline and add the eyes, ears
and teeth.
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Add Color
Use your favorite
materials to color your monster.
No wonder he looks so confident.
Foxilla is clever as a fox, strong as
a gorilla and stubborn as an ox.
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Add Fingers and Fur
Draw the fingers and confidently draw fur on all
the lines, excluding the horns, eyes, ears, hands and feet.
Note: Fur almost always hangs down from top to bottom.
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Add a Smile
Draw a big smile.
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Bonus Feet and Tentacle Demos
Pig Foot
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Draw Two Lines
Draw two curved lines that are
slightly wider at the bottom.
Sneakers
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Draw an Upside-Down V
Draw an upside-down V-shape at
the bottom.
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Draw a Horizontal Line
Draw a horizontal line across the
top of the V.
Draw a Wedge
Lightly draw a wedge shape
that’s flat on the bottom with a slight
bulge on the large end.
Draw the Ankle
Add the ankle shape at the top.
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Finalize the Lines
Darken the lines you want and
erase the guidelines. The bottom of
the sneaker should be the darkest.
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Draw Two Curves
Draw two flat parallel curves that
drop down at the toe side and up
on the heel side. Be very subtle. The
curves should be barely noticeable.
Two Toes
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Draw Flat and Curved Lines
Draw a flat horizontal line. Next,
draw a curved line above that begins
at the left end but falls short of the
right end.
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Draw a Second Curve
Draw another curve to the right
that reaches the end of the flat line.
This is the second toe.
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Draw the Leg Lines
Draw a curved line from the
heel of the foot for the back of the
leg and another line that curves up
between the two toes.
Add the Toe and Ankle
Curves
Add a curve for the toe and an arc
between to connect the ankle to the
top of the foot.
Add the Details
Add the wrinkles on the sock, a
curved heel, laces and a circle at the
ankle.
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Tentacles
Bunny Feet
touches
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Draw Two Circles
Lightly draw a large circle with a
little circle inside that’s up and left of
center.
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Draw Two More Circles
Very lightly draw another circle
that’s nearly the same size as the
larger circle and that touches the
edge of the first little circle. Draw
a smaller circle inside that one that
touches both the bottom right edge
of the new big circle and the bottom
edge of the first big circle.
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Draw an Upside-Down T
Draw an upside-down T-shape
that’s leaning to the right.
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Add Vertical Dashes
Add three vertical dashes on
each end of the T.
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Darken the Tentacle
Darken in the tentacle shape as
shown.
Draw a Second Curved Line
Do the same thing on the
opposite side.
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Add the Toes
Add the toes on the other
dashes.
Draw a Curved Line
Draw a curvy line that’s narrow
at the top of the curves to the inside
dash.
Add the Toenails and Ankles
Draw little ovals for toenails and
ankles.
space closer
as it gets smaller
close
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Add a Center Line
Draw a center line to the
tentacle.
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Draw Ovals
Draw ovals on the perpendicular
lines that are darker on one side.
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Mark Points on the Center
Lightly mark points along the
center line that get closer towards
the end.
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Add Perpendicular Lines
Draw perpendicular lines
through each point along the
center path.
Clean Up the Tentacle
Erase all the lightly drawn lines.
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