How to Draw Kyubi Naruto

When Naruto is under great stress, angered intensely or protecting the life of a loved one, he becomes incredibly vicious. Part of the reason for this is that Naruto has a gigantic demon magically sealed deep within his being. This demon has the form of a twisted and evil fox, and when Naruto gives into his anger and desperation, the demon inside of him begins to emerge. At first, the demon only appears as ghostly aura around Naruto. However, this initial stage can spell disaster for any foe that chooses to battle Naruto in this enraged state.

Instructions

1. 

   Draw the downward-facing head of the character with a circular shape. Draw a small, triangular shape at the bottom of the circle to create the jaw and chin. Add a vertical line running down the face and intersect this with a horizontal line across the middle of the face to create a guideline for the facial details. Draw the chest of the character with a large, rectangular cube shape. Attach hunched shoulder guidelines to the chest with two circles, just smaller than the head, on the left and right side of the upper chest. Add the arms with straight lines coming out of the bottom of the shoulders. Add elbows to with small circles halfway down the arm lines.

2. 

   Draw the facial details on the character of Naruto. Draw the eyes with two triangular shapes that have slightly rounded corners. Add a circle inside the eyes for the iris and create the demonic pupil with a vertical line.

3. Add the nose with a "U" shape under the eyes. Create the snarling mouth with a curved line under the nose. Add two cones to the right and left end of the line to create fangs. Add another shorter curved line under the first to create the bottom row of teeth. Add three short horizontal lines to the left and right side of each cheek to show Naruto's scars. Add the headband with a rectangular shape across the top section of the character's head. Draw a smaller rectangle inside this.

4. 

   Draw a parallel line around each side of Naruto's arms to give his limbs form. Add his hair with a large, flame-like shape. Do this by drawing jagged triangular lines that start at the right and left corners of the top of his head and plume out and then back in and up to form a point at the top. Draw the zipper on his shirt with two parallel lines coming down from Naruto's chin and going down his body. Add his ninja insignia to this headband with a lead shape that has a spiral in the center. The shape should come to a triangular point at the bottom left side and have a stem coming out of the upper right side.

5. 

   Draw the energy of Naruto's demon spilling out of his body with ghostly shape of a fox surrounding his form. Do this by drawing a wavy line around his arms, shoulders and head but add two large triangular shapes coming out of the upper left and right corners of the shape to create the demon's ears.

6. 

   Erase the guidelines that you used to build the form. Leave behind only the lines on this illustration that you wish to keep. Trace over the illustration of Naruto with a black ink pen to make the illustration crip, clean and permanent. Let the ink dry and erase the pencil lines.

Tips & Warnings

• You can color the illustration of Naruto going into Kyubi form by using art markers. Make sure that you photocopy the line work so that you can start over if your coloring goes haywire.

• Be sure to let the ink dry completely before erasing the pencil lines.

References

• NarutoImages.net
• Hell Beasts, Jim Pavelec, 2007

Resources

• Visit the Monstropedia for a list of mythological Japanese demons.