Cartoon Hippo drawing in just 6 Easy Steps!
Hippos are some of the most impressive animals that you’re free to see in the African wilderness!
You will also discover just how fun it can be as well.
How to Draw A Cartoon Hippo Lets Get Started!
Step 1
This guide will begin with the head outline of this cute hippo!
The top of the head is rounded, and two small curved ears poke off of the sides.
Thats all there is to it for now, so lets proceed!
Then, add some small rounded square shapes onto the roof of the mouth for some teeth.
The eyes themselves are rounded with a black circle within a slightly larger circle inside.
Then, we added curved lines between and above the eyes to finish off the facial expression.
Try your best to follow the reference image as closely as you’re free to for this step!
Use some slightly curvy lines for the outlines of the legs.
The knees will be rather curved with some line details around them to show how they bend.
Lastly for this step, we will then add the toenails to the feet.
Once the legs and feet are complete, we can move to the fourth part of the guide!
First, we will draw the belly for this hippo.
This will be made up of a curved line with a smaller curved one near the end.
We will also see one of the back legs on the other side of the body underneath the belly.
This means that we will be drawing the back leg.
This leg will look rather similar to the front legs, but it will be a bit more bent.
Otherwise, it will also be short and squat with small, thick toenails at the end.
With this final leg drawn, you’re able to then add some details of your own!
These could include some background details.
In our reference image, we showed you how we would color this drawing.
We used various shades of light greys to color the majority of the hippo.
How you color this drawing is up to you, though!
You could use many different colors for this drawing, and it all depends on your personal preference.
This adorable drawing of a cartoon hippo looks like it is portraying a baby hippo.
You could do this by following through the guide again and adding a few more of these cute creatures.
You could even change their facial expressions and poses to make it look like they are playing together.
What sorts of activities would these hippos be enjoying in this scene?
This adult would look similar to the baby except for the fact that it would be much larger.
You might even find some cartoon hippos you could use to help you as you draw!
Another fun way of populating this cartoon hippo drawing would be by adding some other cartoon animals.
Even if you stick to African animals, you would have so many to choose from.
For example, maybe there could be some baby giraffes, elephants or lions.
Anything you choose will look so cute!
Once again, you could use photos of the real animals you choose to help you as you draw.
Which animals would you like to add to finish off this image?
Lastly, it would finish off your cartoon hippo sketch wonderfully if you added a background.
You could use some mediums such as watercolor paints to create some soft water effects around the cartoon hippo.
Then, you could obscure certain parts of the drawing to make it look like the hippo is submerged.
What other options could you use for this hippo?
Your Cartoon Hippo Drawing is Complete!
we hope that the steps showed you how easy it can be!
We cant wait to see how you finish off this drawing!
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