Cartoon Soccer Ball

1. Begin the cartoon soccer ball outline by drawing a pentagon. This is the first segment on the soccer ball’s surface.

2. Draw a hexagon, allowing it to share one side with the pentagon. This is the second segment of the soccer ball’s surface.

3. Use two sides of the previous shapes to form another hexagon. Notice that this shape is flattened as it nears the curve at the edge of the ball. Extend a line from the pentagon to begin another segment on top of the existing shapes.

4. Use three slightly curved lines to complete the hexagon. Then, enclose a partial pentagon at the bottom of the shape. Notice how two “sides” blend together in a curved line.

At this point, your image should look a bit like this honeycomb drawing. Soccer balls and honeycombs both use hexagon shapes.

5. Complete another pentagon, using two sides from existing shapes. Then, use a curved line to indicate a hexagon that bends around the side of the ball.

6. Use curved lines to enclose flattened shapes at the bottom of the ball. This also forms the outline of the ball itself.

7. Continue the circular outline of the ball. Enclose flattened hexagon shapes.

8. Continue the circular outline of the ball at the top, enclosing partial hexagon shapes in the process.

9. Finish enclosing the circular shape of the ball. Enclose the rounded hexagons and the triangles that are the corners of the next shapes in the line.

Your cartoon soccer ball outline is now complete. Most soccer balls are black and white in color, but they can also be made in team colors or neon shades. Remember, the pentagons are the black shapes, and the hexagons are white.