How to Draw Toothless Dragon | Easy Kawaii Step-by-Step Drawing Tutorial

Start by drawing a large, wide oval for Toothless’s head.

Add a light vertical guideline down the center of the face and a curved horizontal guideline across it. These will help you position his eyes, nose, and mouth later.

Under the head, draw a small rounded U-shape for the body.

Keep your sketch lines light because we’ll erase these construction lines when we clean up the final drawing.

Now let’s build Toothless’s basic shape.

At the top of the head, draw two large curved horn-like fins. Then add smaller fins extending outward from both sides of his head.

Under the head, refine the rounded body and add four short legs using simple curved shapes.

Keep the legs small and chunky to create the cute kawaii Toothless proportions.

Next, based on the sketch, begin refining with smoother and cleaner lines.

Adjust the head, fin, ears and leg shapes and draw the cute little toes.

Now let’s add some of Toothless’s most recognizable dragon features.

Draw one small wing extending from each side of his body. Use soft curved lines for the upper edges and a few pointed sections along the bottom to create the wing membrane.

At the end of the tail, add two leaf-like tail fins.

You can also refine the legs and add tiny curved toes to each foot.

Draw big sparkling eyes

Trace the outline with clean lines.

Erase the sketch lines – now it’s ready for coloring!

Time to bring Toothless to life!

Color his body a very dark charcoal or black, keeping some slightly lighter dark tones for the wings, tail, and smaller details.

Use bright yellow-green for the areas around his large eyes and keep the eye highlights white. Add a little soft peach-pink to his cheeks for an extra cute expression.

Finally, color one of his signature tail fins a warm red-orange while keeping the other dark.

And your kawaii Toothless Dragon drawing is complete!