How to Draw a Jellyfish

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Learn how to draw a great looking Jellyfish with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions, and video tutorial.

By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Jellyfish.

Step by Step Instructions for Drawing a Jellyfish

How to Draw a Great Looking Jellyfish for Kids and Beginners - Step 1

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 01

1. Begin by drawing a circle to form the jellyfish's body.

Easy Jellyfish Drawing - Step 2

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 02

2. Extend a long, curved line from the bottom of the circle. Without lifting your pencil, make the line wavy before connecting it to the opposite side of the circle.

Easy Jellyfish Drawing - Step 3

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 03

3. Erase the guide lines left by the original circle. You should be left with a shape resembling one of the ghosts from the classic Pac-Man game.

Easy Jellyfish Drawing - Step 4

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 04

4. Begin to draw the jellyfish's stinging tentacles. For each tentacle, extend a pair of wavy, curving, parallel lines. The lines should be close together and end in a sharp point. Repeat for each additional tentacle.

Easy Jellyfish Drawing - Step 5

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 05

5. Continue drawing tentacles, using two curved, parallel lines for each. Make your tentacles of different lengths, curving in different directions.

Easy Jellyfish Drawing - Step 6

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 06

6. Draw additional tentacles, crossing over the first. For each tentacle, use a pair of curved, parallel lines that meet in sharp points.

Easy Jellyfish Drawing - Step 7

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 07

7. Erase the guide lines from the points where the tentacles cross.

Add More Details to Your Jellyfish Picture - Step 8

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 08

8. Detail the bell, or top, of the jellyfish. Draw irregular spots of various sizes.

Complete the Outline of Your Jellyfish Drawing - Step 9

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 09

9. Continue to detail the jellyfish. Draw a wavy, curved line parallel to the bottom of the bell, and draw curved lines of various sizes down the length of the bell.

Color Your Jellyfish Drawing

How to Draw Jellyfish Step 10

10. Color your jellyfish. In the the wild, jellyfish display a range of colors, from white to green to red. Some deep sea jellyfish even have bioluminescence, putting on a rainbow tinted light show.

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Learn More About The Jellyfish Drawing

Jellyfish are among the most interesting animals in the ocean. Hundreds of species have been described. Jellyfish have no brain, skeleton, or blood, yet they are living creatures that hunt, eat, and move with purpose.

Jellyfish are well known for their stinging tentacles. In the wild, jellyfish use their tentacles to capture prey and defend themselves from predators, such as sea turtles and sunfish.

The tentacles are lined with thousands of nematocysts, each able to inject poison. Most jellyfish are harmless to humans; contact with others causes irritation, while a few are deadly.

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Did you know? Check out these amazing jellyfish facts to learn more:

  • A group of jellyfish is called a smack; a really big group of jellyfish is known as a bloom.
  • In many Asian countries, jellyfish are regarded as a delicacy. They are dried to prevent spoiling, and rehydrated and seasoned before serving.
  • Some jellyfish are so small that they are hard to see with the naked eye, while others weigh hundreds of pounds.
  • Most jellyfish live for less than one year, and some for only a few days. Yet, fossil evidence shows that jellyfish have been around since before the dinosaurs

Jellyfish have enjoyed the spotlight of popular culture as well. In Nickelodeon's animated sitcom Spongebob Squarepants, the title character enjoys the hobby of jellyfishing - catching jellyfish in a butterfly net, and often getting stung by them.

Jellyfish characters also played a role in Disney's Finding Nemo. The blue tang Dory first finds a small jellyfish which she names "Squishy," then finds herself in trouble amid a swarm of stinging jellyfish.

Would you like to draw a jellyfish? Now you can, with the help of this simple, step-by-step drawing guide.

All you will need is a pencil, a sheet of paper, and an eraser. You may also wish to use crayons, markers, colored pencils, or other implements to shade your finished drawing.

If you liked this drawing tutorial, see also the following guides: Shark drawing, Cartoon Fish drawing, and Nemo drawing.

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