How to Draw Robots

Anyone who can draw basic geometric shapes can easily draw a robot. Robots in drawings are made from different squares, circles and tubes. Drawing robots is easy for artists of all ages.

Things You'll Need

• Drawing Paper
• A number 2 pencil
• A ruler
• A kneaded eraser
• A set of ink pens
• A plastic eraser
• An idea for a cool robot

Instructions

Sketch the Robot's Head

1. Sketch the robot's head first. Start about one third of the way down the drawing paper to give you room to draw the robot's head. Drawing a rectangle on the drawing paper is the first step to drawing a robot. Make the rectangle by drawing a horizontal line with the ruler. Keep the ruler straight and move it down to use as a guide to draw another horizontal line for the bottom of the rectangle. The robot head can be as big or as small as you want, as long as it fits on your drawing paper.

2. Transform the rectangle into a box for the robot's head. Add one angled line from the top left hand corner, and a matching one on the right side. Use the ruler to make the lines straight. After you draw the first line, slide the ruler over to the top right-hand corner. This will help you achieve the same angle when you are turning a rectangle into a box. Slide the ruler down to the bottom of the box and draw a third line parallel to the two lines you just drew. Top off the box with a straight horizontal line. Finish the box by drawing a vertical line from the top right corner to the bottom right-hand corner.

3. Draw a small tube on the right-hand side of the box to make an ear for the robot. Draw to small lines parallel to each other. Make the lines go slightly outside of the outside line of the box. Make the lines into a tube by drawing a slightly curved line on the left-hand side of the lines. Close off the outside of the tube ear by drawing another curved line. The curve of the lines should be on the outside. Erase the extra horizontal line in the ear that was drawn when you drew the box in Step 2. Draw two more short lines on the other side to make the other ear. These lines should be shorter because this side of the robot head is not as visible. Draw one curved line to finish the ear.

4. Draw the face of the robot with more geometric shapes. Use the ruler to draw two small squares for the eyes. The size of the squares can be big or small. On the bottom inside line of each square eye, draw another small square. These will be the robot's eyeballs. The eyes can be round or even triangles, if you want to make a different robot. Add a line or a long and narrow rectangle for the mouth. For an open mouth, draw a wide rectangle.

5. Enhance the robot's face and head with any other shapes or designs that you like. Add antennas to the top of the robot head by drawing two straight lines with circles on top. Make the ears more interesting by adding squiggly lines or layers of cones to the ears. Make the robot your own by adding any extra shapes you like.

Create the Robot Body

1. Create the robot body with one long rectangle. Place the ruler on the same line as the first vertical line of the robot's head to line up the body. Leave a space about the size of the head, then draw a straight line for the robot body. Move the ruler and line it up with the other inside line of the robot's head. Draw another vertical line for the other side of the body. Draw a horizontal line at the top of the rectangle. Finish the primary robot body rectangle by drawing another horizontal line.

2. Turn the rectangle into a box for the robot body. Line up the ruler with the first angled line on the robot head in the top left-hand corner. Move the ruler down to the body, keeping the same angle. Draw a small angled line. Keep the ruler in the same direction and move to the top right-hand corner of the robot body. Draw another line. Move the ruler down to the bottom right-hand corner of the robot body and draw a third and final angled line. Close up the body with one horizontal line one the top. Draw the final line horizontally to complete the box that makes the robot body. The final line of the robot body needs to line up with the robot's head. Adjust if needed.

3. Give the robot some movable arms. Draw simple spiral shapes on each side of the body to give him arms that look like wire. Add a circle to make a hand. Draw small rectangles for fingers. The fingers can be drawn with one long rectangle, or they can be more detailed. Use two or three small rectangles to draw each finger. Look at your own fingers for inspiration. They bend in three segments.

4. Design the body of the robot. The design can be based on the robot's function. Draw a small TV screen for a communication robot. Make a door for a robot, in which he can create objects. Use your imagination and use geometric shapes to add buttons and lights to the robot body.

5. Attach the robot's head to the robot's body by drawing a series of small squares and rectangles. Or repeat the tube shaped used for the ears. The shapes can stack on top of each other. Leaving space between each one and adding a small line is another option for adding a neck when drawing a robot.

Make the Legs and Feet

1. Place the ruler on the left-hand side of the robot. Line it up with the left-hand side of the robot body. Draw a short vertical line to start the left foot. Draw a second short vertical line for the right foot. Draw a horizontal line connecting the two lines. Finish off the square for the foot.

2. Turn the small square into a box for the foot by drawing parallel lines as you did back in Section 1 for the head. Add wheels or any decoration you like to the box to make it into a robot foot.

3. Draw a light guideline horizontally across the paper, using the bottom of the left foot. This will help you line up the right foot on the horizontal lines. Use the inside line of the robot body as the vertical guideline to make the square on the robot's right foot. Turn the square into a box and design it to match the left foot.

4. Sketch in some legs for the robot. Use different geometric shapes including tubes, squares, circle and rectangles. Stack them or leave spaces to add lines of wire. Give the robot big round knees to make him appear more flexible.

5. Erase any and all guidelines and stray lines from the drawing. Use the kneaded eraser to gently pick up some of the graphite from the paper, leaving lighter lines on the robot drawing. Use ink markers to draw over the light pencil marks to finish the robot drawing.

Tips & Warnings

• Use the inch and half-inch marks on the ruler to help make proper rectangles

• Make sure that this robot head is the right size for the robot drawing you want. The rest of the robot's size will be based on the size of this rectangle head.

• The more shapes you draw, the more intricate the robot will appear

• Do not stop your imagination from drawing robots out of different shapes

• Do not draw the initial pencil lines too dark at first