Learn how to draw a great looking Achilles with easy drawing instructions and video tutorial.
By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Achilles.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing Achilles
How to Draw a Great Looking Achilles for Kids and Beginners - Step 1
1. Begin the Achilles outline by drawing his helmet. Use curved lines to sketch the basic bell shape of the Spartan helmet drawing.
Shade a "Y" shaped split in the front of the helmet. Use curved lines to enclose the curved triangular shape at the base of the plum and use long curved lines that meet at points to draw the plume itself.
Draw lines on the front of the plume and base to give them a three-dimensional appearance.
Drawing Step 2
2. Draw the soldier's armor. Enclose partial ovals below the helmet to hold the cape. Then use curved lines to draw the cape, breastplate, sleeve, and arm.
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Drawing Step 3
3. Use curved lines to complete the cand and draw the remaining sleeve and arm. Contour the muscles with curved lines.
Drawing Step 4
4. Draw two successively smaller ovals around the arm, creating a shield.
Draw two curved rectangles over the arm and hand, and use curved lines to complete the fingers, contour the biceps, and continue the torso.
Drawing Step 5
5. Enclose the torso, and draw five long, narrow pentagons extending from it. These metal pieces were called baltea and protected the upper legs.
Use curved lines to enclose the bottom of the tunic and begin drawing the leg.
Drawing Step 6
6. Use curved lines to draw the remaining leg, foot, and sole of the sandal. Band the leg and foot with curved lines to indicate the straps of the sandal.
Drawing Step 7
7. Draw the remaining foot and sandal.
Add More Details to Your Achilles Picture - Step 8
8. Use long, overlapping curved lines to enclose the shape of Achilles' cape. Then draw arrows protruding from the shield and from the man's heel.
For each arrow, use a pair of straight, parallel lines for the shaft and parallelograms for the fletching.
Below Achilles' leg, draw a round shape with two lines protruding from it. This is the pommel and handle of his sword.
Complete the Outline of Your Achilles Drawing - Step 9
9. Complete the sword drawing. Use curved lines for the crossguard and blade, and straight lines for the fuller - the lines on the blade. Texture the plume, armor, fabric, and arrow fletching with short lines.
Color Your Achilles Drawing
Your Achilles outline is now complete. Color your fallen hero. In our illustration, we've given him golden armor and a red cape.
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Learn More About The Achilles Drawing
Drawing skills don't have to be your Achilles' heel. You can learn how to draw Achilles with the aid of this simple, step-by-step mythology drawing tutorial.
According to ancient Greek myths, Achilles was the son of a human king and a sea nymph or minor goddess. He was a mighty warrior in the Trojan War.
Why has this hero been struck by an arrow in this picture? The story says that when Achilles was a baby, his mother dipped him into one of the rivers of the underworld.
This made him invulnerable to attack. But she held him by the heel, which did not get wet - or become invulnerable.
Achilles eventually died in battle when he is shot in the heel, his only weakness. This is depicted in our drawing.
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