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How to Draw a Microchip
Draw a microchip in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 chip.
Step 1: The chip
In the middle of your paper draw a square with soft corners for the chip.
Tip A microchip is a tiny computer brain with little metal legs like a bug.
Step 2: Two big eyes
On the chip draw 2 big egg eyes an eye apart. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a shine.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile, and a small flat oval cheek beside each end.
Step 4: Legs on the sides
On the left and right edges draw 4 short flat legs each, sticking straight out, evenly spaced.
Step 5: Legs top and bottom
On the top and bottom edges draw 4 short legs each too, sticking straight up and down.
Step 6: The inner square
Inside the chip draw a smaller square, a little in from the edge, going round the face.
Step 7: The notch
In the top left corner, inside the inner square, draw a tiny circle for the notch.
Step 8: Circuit lines
From the top left leg and the bottom right leg, draw a bent wire out to a dot.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw a sparkle in the air above each side of the chip.
Step 10: Yellow legs and dots
Colour all 16 legs and the 2 wire dots yellow.
Step 11: Pink cheeks
Colour the cheeks pink.
Step 12: Slate chip
Go over your lines, then colour the chip slate grey around the face, leaving the eyes white. Beep boop!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a microchip, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
