How to Draw an Easy Cartoon Crab

1. Begin the easy cartoon crab outline by drawing its large eyes. Draw two circles. Inside each circle, draw two successively smaller ovals. Shade between the two ovals.

2. Draw the eyestalks. Draw two curved lines beneath each eye - one connected to it, and one not. The lines should meet at a point at the bottom. Then, use a curved line to draw a partial circle shape around the eye that meets the unconnected line.

3. Draw a curved line above each eye to indicate the eyebrows. Then, use curved lines to draw a football shape around the bottoms of the eye stalks. The lines should meet at a gentle point on each end. Then, use a curved line to enclose a half-circle shape below the football shape. This will become the crab's body.

4. Use curved lines to trace the crab's smiling mouth and the heart-shaped tongue inside it. Then, extend two curved lines from the side of the body to begin sketching the crab's arm.

5. Draw a series of shapes at the end of the arm - a half-football shape, a crescent moon shape, and a curved triangle. These form the crab's large claw.

6. Draw the remaining claw. Use curved lines to sketch a curved triangle, half a football shape, and a gently pointed crescent moon.

7. Draw a curved triangle to finish the claw. Then, begin sketching the crab's legs. Use curved lines that meet at gentle points to enclose the irregular crescent shapes.

8. Draw more legs, again using curved lines that meet at gentle points.

9. Draw the crab's final leg, again using curved lines that meet at gentle points. Band the joint of each leg with a curved line.

Your easy cartoon crab outline is now complete. Color him. We've shaded ours red in classic cartoon style.