A wolf’s back carries a rider in this side-profile composition, and that stacked two-figure silhouette is exactly what makes drawing Moro and San together a different challenge from a single-character sketch. Both figures appear in the Studio Ghibli catalog as one of the more structurally complex pairings you can attempt.
Two Figures, One Composition: What This Tutorial Covers
The tutorial runs through 19 steps and ends on clean black and white line art with no coloring applied, so the focus stays entirely on building the forms and getting the proportions right between the human figure and the wolf. The side-profile arrangement means you are essentially drawing two overlapping subjects where San’s body has to sit convincingly on Moro’s back, which takes some care with the structural sketch in the early stages.
What Moro and San Look Like in This Drawing
- Short dark hair with a simple headband
- Fur cape and plain tunic outfit
- Single round earring on visible ear
- Large wolf with pointed ears
- Wolf’s forward gaze in strict side profile
If you want to keep working through Ghibli characters after this one, the guide to Haku from Spirited Away is a good next step for practicing flowing forms, and Kiki on her broom covers another figure-in-motion setup worth comparing. For something lighter, chibi White Totoro is a quick follow-up that focuses on rounded shapes and simple structure.
Reading the Step Colors
Each step in the tutorial uses a three-color system to make it clear what is new and what is already done:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Moro and San Together: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished the Drawing? Share It
Once you have the line art done, drop your finished version in the comments below. Seeing how different people handle the wolf’s fur texture or San’s proportions is genuinely useful for anyone working through the same steps. 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 gets updated regularly too. If you want more paired-character practice in the same style, Chihiro and No-Face is a close match for this one, and Chihiro with Haku in dragon form is worth attempting if the two-figure composition clicked for you here. Supporting the project on Patreon keeps new tutorials coming and gives you access to hand-drawn coloring pages you will not find anywhere else on the site.