How to Draw a Kraken Attacking Ship

Step 1: Kraken's head

Right of the middle draw a tall soft cone. Start low on the left, round the top, stop low right.

Step 2: 2 fins

Near the top of the head draw a fin sticking out on each side, like a rounded triangle.

Step 3: Big round eyes

Below the middle of the head draw 2 big round eyes. Add a black dot in each, with a tiny white shine.

Step 4: Happy grin

Under the eyes draw a wide curved grin, from one side to the other. Add a small oval cheek at each end.

Step 5: The sea

Draw a wavy sea line right across the paper, through the 2 bottom ends of the head.

Step 6: Little boat

On the left, start on the sea. Draw a small hull with a pointy front. Stop on the sea. Add a rim line.

Step 7: Mast and sails

Draw a mast and a ball. For each sail start high on the mast and stop at the boat's end.

Tip Join each sail's bottom corner back to the mast with a straight line.

Step 8: Flag and portholes

Under the ball draw a little pointy flag streaming left. Draw 3 round portholes in a row on the hull.

Step 9: First tentacle

Left of the boat, start on the sea. Draw a fat tentacle up to a curled tip. Stop on the sea.

Tip Wide at the sea, thinner and thinner to a small curled tip.

Step 10: Second tentacle

Between boat and head, start on the sea. Draw a taller tentacle curling towards the boat. Stop on the sea.

Step 11: Third tentacle

On the right, start on the sea. Draw the tallest tentacle up to a tip curling right. Stop on the sea.

Step 12: Suckers

Draw 2 little round suckers up each tentacle, 6 in all.

Step 13: Pink suckers

Colour the 6 suckers and the 2 cheeks pink.

Step 14: Blue sea

Colour the sea under the wavy line blue, right to the edges and the bottom of the paper.

Step 15: Purple kraken

Colour the head, fins and 3 tentacles purple, around the pink suckers. Leave the eyes white.

Step 16: Red boat, brown mast

Colour the hull and flag red and the mast and ball brown. Leave the sails and portholes white.