How to Draw a Vampire

Learn four different ways to draw a vampire by following the easy steps in this article. Let's begin!

Method 1

Method 1 of 4:

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Draw a circle for the head and attach a curved shape with a pointed angle below the circle. Add a horizontal line on the center of the circle and sketch a curved vertical line close to the left side of the circle.
2
Draw an oblong below the shape you have drawn earlier.

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3
Draw a cape extending from the oblong down.
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Add an elaborate collar to the cape, make the edges look pointed.
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Draw an outline of the vampire’s body using a square. Draw the vampire’s legs using long lines and draw a circle for the feet.
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Add details to the face using the crossed lines you have drawn earlier as guide. Draw the eyes using two egg-like shapes and add a slanted line across the eyes for the lids. Draw a small circle for the pupils and a curved line for the eyebrows. Draw the nose and the mouth. Add inverted small triangles for the vampire’s fangs.
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Draw the vampire’s face and hair. Add the ears, make the upper tip of the ear slightly pointed.
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Refine the drawing of the cape using the outline.
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Draw the hands and add details to the vampire’s suit like adding buttons.
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Refine details on the vampire’s pants and shoes.
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Erase unnecessary lines.
12
Color the drawing.

Method 2

Method 2 of 4:

1
Draw a circle. Add an elongated angular shape for the vampire’s jaw line. Add a crossed curved line close to the left side of the drawing extending through the jaws.
2
Draw two slanted lines for the neck and add a wide curved line for the shoulders.
3
Draw the collar of the vampire’s cape using curved lines. Make it look elaborate and pointed on each tip.
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Using the crossed lines as guide, draw the vampire’s eyes and eyebrows. Make it look more intense and mean by adding short lines in between the brows.
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Draw the nose using small slanted strokes. In this angle, the nose looks smaller than in the usual portrait poses.
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Draw the vampire’s mouth. Emphasize on their characteristic fangs when drawing the teeth.
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Draw the outline of the vampire’s face. Add the ears, making the upper tip pointed.
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Draw the vampire’s hair using slanted and curved strokes.
- Darken and add details to the vampire’s clothing like a bow tie or anything you want.
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Erase unnecessary lines. You can add long slanted strokes on areas usually darkened with shadow.
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Color the drawing.

Method 3

Method 3 of 4:

1
Draw the outline sketches for the head and the back.
2
Add the outline sketches of the face.
3
Draw the outline sketches for the cape.
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Draw the actual lines for the head.
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Add the actual lines for the cape.
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Add the outline sketches for the arms through the feet.
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Add the outline sketches for the bat.
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Draw the outline sketches for the bat’s bones.
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Draw the actual lines of the arms through the feet.
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Draw the actual lines for the wide ears of the bat.
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Add the actual lines for the face of the bat. Bats should look fierce. The fangs should also show on the bat’s mouth.
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Draw two curved lines as an initial sketch for the bat’s wings.
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Continue drawing the upper part of the wings.
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Add two thin curved lines to show a bit frame on the wings of the bat.
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Continue drawing the bat’s webbed wings.
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Add the shapes of the bones to add details on the wings.
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Draw the body and the feet of the bat.
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Erase the unnecessary lines.
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Fill in the basic colors.
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Add the highlights and shadows.
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Add a creepy background to finish the draft. Make sure that the background is a little bit blurred to show an atmospheric effect. Both the vampire and the bat are floating so you don’t have to include the cast shadows on the drawing.

Method 4

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