Sketch lightly with a pencil so that you can erase any mistakes or extra lines at the end.
Since this is a cartoon fox, you can adjust the proportions to your liking. If you want the head to be larger than the body, go for it!
There are only 3 legs visible due to the viewing angle for this cartoon fox In other words, the far-side rear leg is hidden behind the near-side rear leg.
Make the tail nearly the same size as the head and at about the same level.
Since this is a cartoon fox, there’s lots of room for individuality here. You can make your fox look a bit more human, a little more realistic, or any other way you like!
You can use the layering technique to blend colored pencils. For example, you can color the area red. Then color yellow on top of it to create orange. [9] X Research source If you like to see the texture of the pencil marks, just add one color on top of the other. Otherwise, rub those colors with your finger to blend them. [10] X Research source
Do all of the preliminary sketching in pencil and use a light touch. This way, you can easily erase any unnecessary pencil lines as you flesh out the details of the drawing.
The narrower “tops” of the egg shapes should protrude beyond the circular outline of the head. About two-thirds of the left ear, one-third of the right ear, and half of the muzzle should extend beyond the head.
The body oval should be about 1. 5 times taller than the neck circle and about 3 times wider.
After finishing the outline for the near-side front leg, sketch in the front portion of the leg and foot ovals of the far-side front leg. Make them extend just a bit in front of the near-side leg.
A fox’s back knees bend towards its tail, not towards its head. As with the far-side front leg, create overlapping elements of the far-side rear leg in similar proportion to the near-side rear leg.
Sketch the tail at roughly the same angle as the upper rear leg. Make the tail about the same length as the body oval, but more narrow by about half.
Foxes have narrow, somewhat football-shaped eyes, lean muzzles with slightly-rounded noses, and angular but slightly-rounded ears. Refining the facial features may be the toughest part, so refer to images of foxes for guidance.
If you sketched lightly in pencil, the lines should vanish without any trouble.
Make the curved line about 3 times as long as the diameter of the circle.
Draw 2 tall, pointed arcs—roughly the shape of wishbones—for the ears. Imagine the circle as a clock face and place them at about the 10 and 2 o’clock positions.
Don’t center the rear thigh straight below the head. Rather, off-set it so it’s roughly centered under the left ear.
For the near-side front shoulder, draw a circle that’s slightly smaller than the head and place it right between the 2 curves that outline the body. Extend a line down from the circle at about a 30 degree forward angle, then draw a parallel line that extends from the curved line that represents the abdomen. The two parallel lines establish the positioning of the fox’s front legs.
Draw in 2 football-shaped eyes that are attached to the underside of the horizontal line of the T shape. Center the circular nose inside the U-shaped muzzle. Make the mouth a simple horizontal line across the bottom quarter of the muzzle.
Foxes have off-white areas of fur as well, such as the insides of the ears, the bottom half of the muzzle, the underside of the neck and front of the chest, the rear third of the tail, and (sometimes) the paws and the bottom halves of the legs.
