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How to Draw a Pixel Heart
Draw a pixel heart in 10 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 top bumps.
Step 1: The top bumps
Start on the left. Step up to a bump, dip, up to another bump, and down. Stop on the right.
Tip Only up, down and across: no curves at all.
Step 2: The pointy bottom
Start low right. Step down and in to one square at the point, then up and out to the left.
Step 3: Two square eyes
Draw 2 big square eyes, one under each bump. Put a black square in each, leaving a white corner.
Step 4: A blocky smile
Under the eyes draw a blocky U smile out of steps: down, across, down, across the middle, up, across, up.
Step 5: Square cheeks
Beside the smile, under the outside of each eye, draw one small square cheek.
Step 6: A shine square
Inside the top-left bump of the heart, draw one small square for a shine.
Step 7: Floating squares
Around the heart, draw 4 little squares floating in the air, 2 on each side.
Step 8: Floor line
Just under the pointy bottom, draw a straight floor line from left of the heart to right of it.
Step 9: Pink cheeks, yellow squares
Go over your lines. Colour the two cheeks pink and the 4 floating squares yellow.
Step 10: Red heart
Colour the heart red, going around the cheeks. Leave the eyes and shine white. Your blocky heart is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pixel heart, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
