Soul Eater built its cast around obsession and asymmetry, and no character carries that tension more visibly than Death the Kid, whose compulsion for perfect symmetry sits at the center of both his personality and his design. This step-by-step guide walks through how to draw Death the Kid in 11 steps, pulling from the Soul Eater roster of tutorials on the site.
What Makes This Character Worth Drawing
The tutorial runs 11 steps and ends on clean line art with no color, so the entire focus goes toward getting the shapes and proportions right. The pose is a straightforward upper-body portrait, which keeps the background out of the picture entirely. Most of the detail work lands on the hair and collar area, where the asymmetric stripe markings and skull necktie require steady, deliberate line placement.
Key Features of Death the Kid’s Design
- Short dark hair with three white stripe markings
- Heavy-lidded eyes with a serious expression
- Formal jacket with rectangular badge details
- Skull-shaped necktie at the collar
- Hair falls asymmetrically across the forehead
If you are working through the Soul Eater cast, the guides for Tsubaki Nakatsukasa and Maka Albarn with Soul Evans cover two more central characters from the same series. For practice with a similarly formal anime art style, the Kirito from Sword Art Online tutorial is worth a look as well.
Reading the Color System in the Step Images
Each step image uses a simple three-color system to show what has changed and what stays fixed:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Death the Kid: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Sketch? Share It
Once the lines are clean, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. Seeing how different artists handle the hair stripes and collar details is always useful for anyone else working through the same steps. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are published, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes live every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly as well. For more Soul Eater practice, the guides for Tsubaki and Maka and Soul are good 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 available.