How to Draw Naruto Manga

Naruto Uzumaki is the main character in the anime show and manga comic book "Naruto," created by Japanese cartoonist Masashi Kishimoto. With your favorite pictures of Naruto and a few basic drawing tools, you can make Naruto art in a few steps, breaking the figure down into basic shapes and then adding detail and color.

Things You'll Need

• Pencil
• Eraser
• Drawing paper
• Naruto Uzumaki reference image
• Black fine point drawing marker
• Black medium point drawing marker
• Colored pencils or watercolors

Instructions

1. Put your reference image of Naruto Uzumaki by your drawing area to check as you work. Pencil sketch the shapes of the Naruto figure, starting with a circle for the head. Draw a halo over the upper part of the head; this will become the hair. A rectangle can represent the torso and waist, while the forearms, upper arms, thighs and lower legs can be a series of oblong ovals. Hands and feet can start as small ovals, with details to come later. Draw, erase, and redraw until your shapes come together for a sharp-looking Naruto figure.

2. Add the shape of Naruto's spiky hair and his bandanna. Draw the large eyes and the shape of the jaw, coming to a rounded point for the chin. Add the details of his jacket, pants, and sleeves sketching in lines to represent creases and wrinkles.

3. Detail the eyes: Draw circles for the iris and dots for the pupils. Angle the corners of Naruto's eyes upward, pointing slightly to the outside edges to capture the character's almond-shaped eyes. Create a rectangle with rounded corners to the front of his bandanna and add the symbol inside it. Finish his face with detail lines and shadowing for the nose and mouth.

4. Draw the details of Naruto's hands inside their small, oval shapes, using lines for fingers and thumbs. Sketch in Naruto's open-toe shoes and add arched, banded details. Add toenails if you can fit them in.

5. Sketch the top dark area of Naruto's jacket, the patch on his left shoulder and the strap on his right thigh. Copy the details of Naruto's sleeves and pants and sketch them in, keeping your drawing hand and wrist loose for finer line strokes. Draw details in the face, such as the lines on his cheeks that look like whiskers.

6. Finish your drawing by tracing over the pencil lines in ink. Draw over the main lines of the figure with a medium-point marker, and the smaller details with a fine-line marker. When the ink is dry, erase remaining pencil marks.

7. Add color to your Naruto Uzumaki drawing with colored pencils or watercolor paint.

Tips & Warnings

• Scan your line art into Adobe Photoshop or other graphics program and color on your computer.

References

• How to Draw Naruto
• How to Draw Anime and Manga