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Elephants are the largest sized terrestrial animal. Africa and South Asia are inhabited by elephants. They eat a large amount of plants and are outstanding with large ears, long trunks, pair of ivory and excellent memory. Here's a basic tutorial on how to draw this adorable animal. Let's get started!

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Draw a cartoon elephant

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   Draw a circle and an oval connected to the circle. Oval shape overlaps the circle slightly.

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   Draw the hose with curves, drawing the ears with an inverted C.

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   Draw the legs of the elephant using parallel lines.

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   Draw a small circle for the eye and draw the eyebrows with small strokes.Draw a large tooth protruding with a curved stroke and add a few strokes on the upper part of the nozzle.

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   Draw the entire head of the elephant based on the sketch.

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   Draw the body and legs of the elephant from the previous sketch.

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   Draw two curves for the tail and add some hairs at the tip of the tail.Add pedicure curves.

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   Erase unnecessary lines.

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   Color the drawing. advertisement

Method 2 of 4: Draw a simple elephant

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   Draw three linked circles.Connect the circles with a shape like the surrounding membrane.

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   Draw the hose in front of the first circle and a fan shape for the elephant's ear.

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   Draw diagonal lines to make the legs of the elephant.

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   Draw eyes with curved lines.Add a tooth protruding just below the ivory.

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   Adjust details on the elephant and ivory ears.

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   Draw the entire body based on the outline and add the tail.Don't forget to draw curves at the elephant's legs for the manicure.

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   Draw short random lines on the elephant's body, especially in the shaded areas.

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   Erase unnecessary lines.

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   Color the painting. advertisement

Method 3 of 4: Draw the elephant head looking straight from the front

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   Draw a medium-sized circle and add a large oval for the head.

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   From the intersection of the circle and the oval, draw two downward arcs and a wavy line from the bottom of the circle to make the nozzle.

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   Draw an elephant trunk and a pair of tusks.

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   Draw the elephant ears from the upper intersection of the oval and circle.

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   Point to add details on the elephant's face.

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   Color the elephant. advertisement

Method 4 of 4: Draw chibi elephants

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   Draw a medium sized circle and add a large oval to make the body of the elephant.

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   Draw 2 pears from the center of the circle to the middle of the oval. These will be elephant ears, ideal when drawing baby elephants.

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   Draw the elephant's eye in the middle of the circle.

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   Draw the hose and the eyebrows.

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   Draw two halves of the elephant legs using two "U" shapes to create the frame. The other half looks like a square with rounded corners.

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   Add details to the elephant's leg and draw the other two legs based on the legs. Draw more elephant tail.

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   Use the ink pen to refill and erase unnecessary strokes, and add small details as desired.

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   You can color cartoon elephants in any color you like! advertisement

What you need

• Paper
• Pencil
• Pencil sharpening tool
• Eraser
• Crayons, crayons, markers or watercolors