How to draw the face of Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)

Capturing a face portrait with this much layered detail, from the masked lower half to a Sharingan eye with a blood streak running down from it, is the skill this guide practices, and the Naruto series gives no better subject for it than learning how to draw the face of Kakashi Hatake. The tutorial works through the asymmetry of the design one section at a time, so nothing feels like it arrives all at once.

What Makes This Portrait Worth the Extra Attention

The walkthrough covers 13 steps and ends on a fully colored result, which means the final stages include color decisions on the Sharingan, the silver hair, and the flak jacket. The face is framed as a close portrait, so proportions and the placement of each feature relative to the headband carry most of the weight. The blood-streak detail below the right eye is subtle but specific, and getting it right requires steady linework at that scale.

Kakashi’s Key Design Elements

• Spiky silver-white hair swept upward
• Konoha headband with spiral emblem
• Dark face mask covering nose and mouth
• Red Sharingan with scar and tear streak
• Green flak jacket with white buttons

If you want more Naruto face practice before or after this one, the guides for Deidara’s face and the full Deidara character sketch cover similar portrait-scale challenges with different hair and expression work. For a contrast in pose complexity, the Sakura full-body drawing shifts the focus entirely to figure proportions.

Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial

Each step image uses a three-color system to show exactly what changes at each stage:

• Red Color: lines added in the current step.
• Black Color: lines completed earlier.
• Gray Color: base sketch for structure.

How to Draw the Face of Kakashi Hatake: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Finished the Drawing? Share It and Keep Going

Once the Sharingan is colored and the linework is cleaned up, drop your finished drawing in the comments section below. Seeing how different artists handle the blood-streak detail and the hair direction is genuinely useful for anyone working through the same steps. All new tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes up every single day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly if that is your preferred platform. For more Naruto portrait and figure work, the step-by-step on Shikamaru Nara and the guide for Kakashi as a Funko Pop figure are solid next steps. If you want to support the site and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is where those are posted.