GRID STEP. You can print out the base construction lines and start drawing on tracing paper, or you can draw the grid layout yourself using the following steps.1) Draw a rectangle that will define the conditional proportions and boundaries of the chosen drawing. 2) From the middle of the rectangle, draw one vertical and one horizontal line equally dividing the shape. 3) Draw another horizontal line equally dividing the upper half of the rectangle. Similarly, draw a horizontal line equally dividing the bottom half of the rectangle. 4) Draw a vertical line equally dividing the left half of the rectangle. Similarly, draw a vertical line equally dividing the right half of the rectangle.

STEP 1. Mark off the width and height of the picture. Draw Pikachu’s head. Draw lines, one of which will act as the center of its head and another will define the places of her shoulders.

STEP 2. Draw the shapes of Pikachu’s body. Add a smooth guideline for its tail.

STEP 3. Define with guidelines the places for Pikachu’s legs, snout and ears.

STEP 4. Sketch the shapes of the tail, feet, ears and mouth of the Pokémon.

STEP 5. Add the toes, tail shape and eyes of the character.

STEP 6. Finish with Pikachu’s tail. Draw its tongue, blush, toes and fur pattern.

STEP 7. Work on the whole figure, paying special attention to detail.

STEP 8. Contour Pikachu, trying to vary the thickness and darkness of the line. Add more detail and add the ground. Erase all guidelines