How to Draw a Person Talking

Step 1: Head and ears

Near the top draw an egg head. Add a C ear on each side, starting and stopping on the head.

Tip Leave room on the right for a speech bubble.

Step 2: A talking face

Draw 2 big eyes with dots and shines, a U nose and 2 eyebrows. Add an open mouth.

Tip The open mouth has a flat top and a round bottom.

Step 3: Tufty hair

Start above the left ear. Draw round tufts over the top, stop above the right ear. Add a hairline curve.

Tip Soft round bumps, the middle ones tallest.

Step 4: Neck and T-shirt

Draw 2 neck lines under the chin. From the left one, draw a short-sleeved T-shirt ending at the right one.

Step 5: Arms

From each sleeve draw an arm down to the wrist. The left hangs, the right bends out at the elbow.

Tip Both arms get thinner toward the wrist. The right one bends at the elbow.

Step 6: Hands

From one side of each wrist draw a round mitten with a thumb. Stop at the other side.

Step 7: Speech bubble

Beside the head draw a big oval. Add a pointed tail at the bottom left, pointing at the mouth.

Tip Keep the tail off the ear.

Step 8: Words

Inside the bubble draw 3 straight lines for the words, the last one shorter.

Step 9: Trousers

From the T-shirt's left corner draw 2 long trouser legs with a gap between. Stop at the right corner.

Tip Each leg is nearly as wide at the ankle as at the knee.

Step 10: Shoes and ground

Under each leg draw a shoe, toe pointing out, with a curved toe line. Draw a ground line underneath.

Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks

Colour 2 pink cheeks and the mouth pink. Colour the skin peach around them. Leave the eyes white.

Step 12: Orange shirt, blue trousers

Colour the T-shirt orange and the trousers blue.

Step 13: Brown hair and shoes

Colour the hair and the shoes brown. Leave the speech bubble white. Your talker is done!