How to Draw a Simple Car
This is a basic car shape, to be used in cartoons and comics. For a more precise drawing or for a drawing of a more specific type of car, find a model of the car you would like to draw; use this drawing only as a jumping-off point and make modifications as necessary.
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Instructions
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Draw the outline of the body of the car, starting at the hood. Put your pencil on the paper and draw a 1-inch horizontal line angled up slightly for the hood. Curve upward sharply at the windshield, and make the windshield slightly less than 1 inch long. At the end of the windshield, draw a horizontal roof 1 inch long, then angle downward sharply at the back window, which will be the same length as the windshield. At the bottom of the back window, draw a line angled slightly downward for the trunk (1 inch long). Draw a vertical line 3/4 of an inch long for the tail end of the car, then double back underneath the car to draw the underside. The underside of the car will be long and straight, with two half-circles (1/2 inch wide) inserted at the front and rear for the tires. The underside of the car stops at the front of the hood. Draw a vertical line connecting the hood to the underside of the car. You have drawn the outline of the body of the car.
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Draw two full circles for the tires, beneath the semi-circles cut into the underside of the car. Draw a second circle inside the tires to represent the hub-caps.
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Draw a circle 1/4-inch wide at the front of the car just beneath the line of the hood. This represents the headlight.
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Draw two squares just beneath the roof of the car (just slightly less than 1/2 inch wide) to represent the front and back side window.
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Draw a small rectangle, 1/4 inch long, poking out from the rear underside of the car, to represent the exhaust tube.
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Tips & Warnings
To give the car a less boxy shape, round out some of the curves and corners.
