How to Draw Monkey Skeletons

Whether it’s for anatomy class or designing tattoos, drawing monkey skeletons is a good skill to pick up. These illustrations can also come in handy for Halloween. Monkey skeletons are very similar to human skeletons, so beware you don’t end up with a hybrid-looking beast.

Things You'll Need

• Paper
• Drawing instrument

Instructions

1. 

   Draw the monkey skull. Unlike a human skull, the monkey skull will have a very bulky jaw area that juts out like a circle. Draw slanted circles as eye holes and a small triangle for the nose hole. Make sure to include a few squares or triangles for teeth and a rounded bottom jaw.

2. 

   Add long, thin arms. The only thing that really differentiates monkey skeletons from human skeletons are the bulky jaw, tail and arms that are long enough to scrape the ground. Draw a small square for a neck bone and a rectangle for a clavicle. On each end of his clavicle, add a series of lines with a knob in the middle for each arm. The knob is his elbow. At the end of each arm, make some bent lines to illustrate fingers resting on the ground.

3. 

   Illustrate his torso and hips. Draw more small squares as vertebrae interrupted by rectangle shapes that are his ribs. Draw a roundish shape with dents in the middle and two circles on either side for the monkey’s pelvic bone.

4. 

   Give him legs. Make two small circles at the bottom edge of his pelvic bone where each leg will be attached. Draw two lines with a knob on the end for each thigh. Finish off his legs with two more lines that end in rectangular shapes for stubby toes.

5. 

   Make the tail. Draw a series of squares that appear to jut out from his backside to serve as the bones in his tail. The end of his tail looks good if it’s curved.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want him to look extra creepy, add some spider webs and insects all over his body.

• If you want him to look less evil, draw round circles for his eyes instead of slanted ones.