How to Draw a Baboon

1. Begin the cartoon baboon outline by drawing the animal’s face. Use curved lines to enclose the rectangular eyes, and shade a small oval inside each.

From one eye, extend a long curved line to outline the snout. Draw curved lines at the tip of the nose for the nostrils and at the corner of the mouth. Shade two triangular nostrils at the tip of the nose.

2. Use curved lines to sketch the details of the face - the lower jaw, sides of the face, upper eyelids, and brows.

3. Use a series of short, curved lines that meet at jagged points to draw the furry ruff on each side of the baboon’s face.

4. Continue to sketch using connected, curved lines in a jagged pattern. Indicate fur at the side of the face, then sketch the primate’s chest and shoulder.

5. From the shoulder, extend a pair of long lines to form the arm. Connect them at the bottom with a series of jagged lines. Then use overlapping curved lines to draw the paw.

6. Use a series of jagged curved lines to draw the torso and the rear leg.

7. Use a series of jagged curved lines to sketch the remaining foreleg. Then, use overlapping curved lines to draw the paws.

8. Draw the remaining rear leg. Again, use jagged, curved lines for the furry leg and overlapping curved lines for the paw.

9. Complete the paw, using overlapping curved lines for the toes. Then draw the long tail, completing the outline.

Note the jagged fur at the tip of the tail. Finally, draw a series of jagged curved lines around the base of the tail.

Your cartoon baboon outline is now complete. Color your character.

Baboons are typically tan in color, but their fur can range from almost white to dark brown. The skin of their face and hands ranges from pink to gray.