How to Draw a Shark Outline

1. Begin the shark outline by drawing the animal’s snout. Use a long curved line, doubled back on itself, to draw the rounded rectangular snout.

Draw an oval in the middle of it, with another oval inside it. Shade between them. This is the shark’s eye.

2. Continue the top of the snout to form the shark’s back. Extend a curved line from the bottom of the snout, at a sharp angle, to form the lower jaw and belly.

3. Draw a short curved line on the snout to form a nostril. Extend a curved line from the shark’s back to form the fin. Double it back on itself at a sharp angle, giving it a triangular shape.

4. Draw the shark’s pectoral fin, extending the line from inside the outline and doubling it back on itself. Extend a curved line from the back side of the fin to form the tail.

5. Draw the tail fin. Extend long and curved lines from the top and bottom of the tail. Connect them with two more curved lines that meet in the middle.

6. Draw a large triangular pectoral fin under the shark’s head, and two smaller triangular fins, one above and one below the tail.

7. Draw one more small triangular fin on the shark’s tail. Then draw sharp, triangular teeth inside its mouth.

8. Draw more triangular teeth along the bottom jaw. Contour around the eye with curved lines.

9. Draw long, curved lines across the face and tail, separating the shark’s lighter underbelly from its darker top half. Then draw four nearly vertical curved lines to form the gills.

Your shark outline is now complete. Color your cartoon animal. Sharks are generally bluish-gray or brown, with darker shades on top and lighter shades on the bottom.