How to Draw Taekwondo

Step 1: The head

Near the top of your paper, in the middle, draw an egg head, a little narrower at the chin.

Tip Leave most of the page below for the body and legs.

Step 2: The face

Below the middle, draw 2 big eyes with black dots and shines. Add a tiny nose and a smile.

Step 3: Padded headgear

Draw a headgear over the top of the head, from eyebrow to eyebrow. Add a double band across the forehead.

Tip A soft padded helmet, like a thick hat with no brim.

Step 4: Neck and dobok

Draw 2 neck lines, then a sleeved top from the left one round to the right. Add a V collar.

Step 5: Punching arm

From the left sleeve, draw 2 arm lines out to a thin wrist. Add a round fist with a thumb.

Step 6: Guard arm up

From the right sleeve, draw the arm down to a round elbow, then up to a fist by the shoulder.

Tip Bent like a V, thicker at the sleeve than the wrist. Draw a thumb across the fist.

Step 7: The red belt

Start at the left side, draw 2 belt lines across, stop at the right. Add a knot and 2 tails.

Tip Keep the tails short, above the legs.

Step 8: Kicking trousers

Start at the dobok's left corner. Draw a leg down, then a kicking leg out, stopping at the right corner.

Tip Fat at the top, thin at the ankles. Add a little crease behind the knee.

Step 9: Bare feet and floor

Draw a foot under the standing leg, toes pointing left, and a foot on the kick. Add the floor line.

Tip Give each foot a round heel and round toes. Run the floor line under the standing foot.

Step 10: Pink cheeks, peach skin

Colour 2 pink cheeks, then the face, neck, arms, fists and feet peach around them. Leave the eyes white.

Step 11: Red headgear and belt

Colour the headgear red, and the belt, knot and tails red too.

Step 12: Black collar

Colour the V collar black. Leave the dobok white. Go over your lines, and you are done!