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How to Draw a Dik-Dik
Draw a dik-dik in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top left, draw a big head, a little taller than wide, narrowing down into a long snout.
Step 2: Eyes and snout
Draw 2 big eyes. From one snout side, draw an upside-down U across to the other. Add nose and smile.
Tip The long snout is the big clue: keep the nose at its tip.
Step 3: Tuft, horns and ears
Draw a hair tuft and 2 tiny horns on top. Give each side a leaf ear with a leaf inside.
Step 4: The neck
Draw 2 neck lines: from behind the head down to the back, from under the jaw down to the chest.
Step 5: The body
From the neck draw a bean body: a long back, a round bottom, and a tummy up to the chest.
Tip A bean, not a loaf: the bottom is rounder than the chest.
Step 6: Two legs
Draw a ground line. Add a front leg under the chest and a back leg under the bottom, with hooves.
Tip Each leg gets thinner as it goes down. The back leg has a round thigh and a little bend.
Step 7: The far legs
Draw a far leg peeking out behind each near leg, with a hoof on the ground.
Step 8: The tail
On the top corner of the bottom draw a little leaf tail pointing up and back, like a flag.
Step 9: Cream snout, peach ears
Go over your lines. Colour the snout cream and the ear insides peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 10: Colour it sand
Colour the head, ears, neck, body, legs and tail sand, around the snout and ear insides.
Step 11: Hair, horns and hooves
Colour the hair tuft and horns wood brown, and the hooves slate grey. Your dik-dik is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dik-dik, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
