A towering figure gripping a massive scythe with one arm raised defines this guide to how to draw Death, the ruler of Death City from the Soul Eater anime. The stylized cartoon version used here strips the design down to its most graphic elements, making it a solid line-art exercise with a lot of jagged edge work.
What Makes This Death Drawing Worth Slowing Down For
The tutorial runs 11 steps and stays in line art, so there is no coloring phase to worry about. The silhouette is where most of the work happens: the robe tears outward at sharp angles and the lower body dissolves into spikes, which means keeping consistent jagged shapes across several steps takes some attention. The scythe blade adds another round of irregular curves on top of that.
Death’s Visual Design at a Glance
- Skull-like face with hollow eye markings
- Tattered jagged black robe silhouette
- Holds large scythe with jagged blade
- One arm raised gripping long staff
- Shadowy lower body dissolving into spikes
If you are building out your Soul Eater collection, Death the Kid is a natural next step after this one, and Franken Stein covers another heavily stylized character from the same roster. For something with a softer silhouette to balance the practice, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa is worth trying as well.
Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial
Each step image uses a three-color system to show what is new and what came before:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Death: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished the Sketch? Show It Off
Once the line art is done, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. It is always good to see how people handle those jagged robe edges and the scythe blade. New tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video goes up every day based on existing guides, and Pinterest stays updated regularly if that is where you save references. If you want to keep practicing with Soul Eater characters, Maka Albarn is a good follow-up, and Maka with Soul Evans as a Death Scythe ties directly back to the weapon seen in this tutorial. Supporting the project on Patreon helps keep new guides coming and gets you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages.