Muscle fibers coiling up his right arm signal exactly what kind of villain Muscular is, and capturing that in a drawing means working through some genuinely demanding linework. This tutorial on how to draw Muscular adds another villain to the My Hero Academia roster of guides on the site.
What Makes Drawing Muscular a Technical Challenge
The guide runs through 17 steps and ends with a fully colored result, so both the line art and the color pass are covered. The trickiest section is the quirk augmentation on his right arm, where the tendon-like fiber bundles layer over his natural arm shape. The wide-stance pose also introduces some perspective to work through at the leg construction stage.
Muscular’s Key Visual Traits
- Short spiky blonde hair, scar over one eye
- Dark red tank top, muscular upper body
- Dark baggy pants, loosely tied at waist
- Black boots, wide confident stance
- Fiber augmentation wrapping the right arm
If you want more My Hero Academia characters to practice with, Ochaco Uraraka’s face is a good contrast since it focuses on softer, rounder features, while Izuku Midoriya in his Hero Costume puts the emphasis on costume detail and hero posing. For another villain-side character, Pixie-Bob is worth a look.
Reading the Step Colors
Each step image uses a three-color system to make it clear what to draw and when:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Muscular: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Muscular Sketch? Share It
Once you have the fiber augmentation worked out and the colors blocked in, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. Seeing how different artists handle the linework on that right arm is always useful. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are live, a new YouTube video based on existing guides posts every single day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. For more villain-heavy or action-oriented My Hero Academia characters, check out Tomura Shigaraki or Shoto Todoroki in his action pose. If you want to support the site and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages in the process, the Patreon page is the place to do that.