Sketch a big, rounded head in front of the pig’s legs, and draw along to smooth the pig’s body, filling in over the shoulders and between the body and hip. Sketch a little curly tail in place at the back.
How to Draw a Pig – 10 Steps & Some Tips & Techniques
Source: https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-draw-a-pig–cms-30794 If you’re struggling to draw a pig, that’s no surprise ““ they are very challenging animals to draw. Their body shapes don’t seem the most intuitive sometimes, and they have tricky ears and faces. Their legs are awkward too ““ all in all, it’s not easy to draw a pig. Fortunately, you can learn some great techniques that will make it easier ““ so let’s take a look at pig drawing easy tricks and tips.
Materials
- A sharp pencil
- A good black fineliner
- Plain white paper
- A flat surface to lean on
- A ruler
- An eraser
To start off your little pig, you want to draw its body. Aim for a rough oval around the center of your page. The oval doesn’t need to be neat, and if you can make it slightly wider at the front, this will give your pig more perspective in the later steps. The wider part will be the front of the pig’s body.
Step 2: Add The Shoulders And Hips
Next, draw a long, thin oval overlapping with about one-fifth of the front of the pig’s body. This should be a bit taller than your first oval, but only a little. This is going to help you shape the pig’s front legs later. Next, draw a rough circle overlapping at the back of your pig’s body. This should be just under half the size of the body itself, and about half of it should overlap with the body (or a little under half). This is going to help with the pig’s rear legs as you continue drawing.
It may help to give your pig something to stand on at this point; this doesn’t need to be fancy, but it will make it easier to get the legs in the right places. Use the ruler to draw a line straight down through the pig’s body, completely vertical. When you get to where the pig’s feet should be, draw a cross to show yourself how the floor will look. One line should run parallel with the pig’s body, while the other will give you depth. Have a quick look at some perspective tutorials if you need a hand with this.
Pig Drawing.
Pig Drawing like any other animal art is best broken down into shapes. Below are four separate drawings done from life. My subjects were from a local petting zoo. I am going to concentrate on particular features which, when learned, make drawing pigs quickly a simple exercise.
1, I started off with the head and back of one animal.
2, Two rough triangles for the ears. I find with pigs the ears can be triangular or squared off depending on the way the ear is moving. It’s worth remembering when drawing pigs that the ears are floppy and bend over very easily.
3, The snout is made up of a triangle, an oval and to show the angle of the snout I dash in two parallel lines.
4, Change of plan now because the pig decides to get up and walk so I quickly sketch in a trunk and.
5, . a single shape for the neck and head.
6, Legs and ears and an eyeline.
7, The pig moves again so I take the chance to draw in the body from another angle.
8, Now the head and eyeline.
9, Third the ears. Now I already have enough information to start a reasonably accurate drawing.
10, Armed with my proportionally correct sketch I patiently add detail to each view of the pig.
11, Traced off I end up with an accurate and simple drawing.
12, Now I switch to a much easier task. I came across a little family of piglets warming under a lamp. I approach the sketch as if drawing distant hills. Simple rounded lines work well.
13, I have the leisure of taking my time to draw in the details of each piglet, showing their closed eyes and relaxed ears. The straw oddments give an impression of where they are laid.
14, I continue on until the sketch is done.
15, The drawing traced off
16, I wanted to capture the curiosity and vulnerability of a lone piglet so I very quickly sketched in an oval for its head.
17, Body and rear leg with a tail.
18, Front leg that was quivering and a little unsteady.
19, I drew in the details hurriedly but I think got what I was after.
20, In the next pen while mother slept two youngsters were sizing each other up. These guides were sketched hastily. A pill shaped body.
22, Ears and then onto the second animal.
24, Head, concentrating on how it was turned toward its sibling. Putting the eyeline helped with that.
27, Now I have enough to hang a few details on.
28, Finished pig drawing.
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How do I do the second part?
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Draw an arc or a part of a circle within the other circle, and draw two lines. If it gets frustrating, keep trying until you’ve finally done it.
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How do I do the legs?
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Make a rectangle with two right triangles at the bottom, forming a “V.” Make sure the ones on the far side are darker and only half of them show.
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