How to Draw a Unicorn

1. Begin the cartoon unicorn outline by sketching the face. Use curved lines to contour the brow, snout, mouth, and jaw.

Then draw the eye. Use curved lines to create a double-pointed shape. Enclose a partial circle within it, and use short lines to sketch eyelashes at the corner.

You can learn more about how to draw a realistic horse head here.

2. Next, draw the unicorn’s horn. Use curved lines to enclose the narrow triangle shape.

Then, use pairs of curved lines that meet at points to draw locks of the mane on each side of the horn. Contour the nostrils and the side of the face with short lines.

3. Draw the animal’s ears. For the far ear, draw three lines that meet at a blunt point. For the near ear, start with a double-pointed shape.

Then use a long curved line for the outer edge of the ear and the horse’s neck.

4. Draw the mane along the neck. Use long and short curved lines that meet at jagged points.

5. Draw the unicorn’s front legs using long curved lines. Note the bulges of the shoulder, knee, ankle, foot, and hoof. Also, notice the “V” shaped cleft in the hoof.

6. Use a long curved line for the belly and contour the shoulder with shorter lines.

7. Draw the rear leg, again using a pair of long lines. Connect them at the bottom with short curved lines and a “V” shaped line, forming the hoof.

8. Draw a long curved line from the horse’s snout to its rear leg, completing the outline of the body.

Then draw the remaining rear leg, again using two long, curved lines connected by a short line at the bottom.

9. Draw the unicorn’s tail. Use curved lines of different lengths that meet at jagged points. Texture the tail with curved lines.

Your cartoon unicorn outline is now complete. Color your mystical friend. Often, unicorns have white fur and candy-colored manes and tails. We’ve given ours a pink mane and tail with blue eyes and a blue horn.