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How to Draw a Radioactive Symbol
Draw a radioactive symbol 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 round sign.
Step 1: The round sign
Draw a big round circle that fills most of the paper. Go slowly, back to the start.
Tip Turn the paper as you go to keep the circle round.
Step 2: The border
Just inside it draw a second circle, the same shape, to make a thin border all the way round.
Step 3: The middle dot
Right in the middle of the sign draw a small round dot.
Step 4: The bottom blade
Under the dot draw a fan shape, narrow near the dot and wide at the bottom. Leave a small gap.
Tip Each blade is like a slice of pizza with the tip bitten off.
Step 5: The left blade
Draw the same fan shape pointing up and to the left. Leave a gap as wide as a blade.
Step 6: The right blade
Draw the last fan pointing up and to the right, so all 3 blades match.
Tip The 3 gaps are the same size as the 3 blades.
Step 7: Yellow sign
Colour the sign yellow inside the border, around the dot and the 3 blades. Leave them white.
Tip Yellow goes first so the black stays clean.
Step 8: Black dot
Colour the middle dot black.
Step 9: Black blades
Colour the 3 blades black. Press hard so they are dark.
Step 10: Black border
Colour the thin border black and go over your lines. Your radioactive symbol is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a radioactive symbol, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
