The solid black demon mark spreading across Meliodas’s forehead is the centerpiece of this portrait, and getting its edges clean while keeping the rest of the face readable is the main challenge in learning how to draw Demon Meliodas. This close-up portrait tutorial is part of the The Seven Deadly Sins drawing collection on the site.
A Face Built Around One Dominant Shape
The tutorial runs through 21 steps and ends on black and white line art with no color added. Since this is a portrait rather than a full-body pose, all the focus goes into the face structure, the hair, and the heavy contrast of the demon mark. The solid fill of that mark creates a value anchor that everything else in the composition has to work around, so the linework around the eyes and brow needs to be precise.
Key Features of Demon Meliodas
- Wild spiky hair with top ponytail
- Solid black demon mark on forehead
- Narrowed eyes with sharp angular brows
- Ruffled collar shirt with emblem brooch
- Serious, hardened facial expression
If you want to practice more characters from the same series, Diane and Gowther are both covered on the site, and the standard Meliodas portrait makes a useful comparison to see how the demon form changes his look.
Reading the Color Coding in the Step Images
Each step image uses a three-color system to show exactly 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 Demon Meliodas: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished the Drawing? Share It
Once the line art is done, drop your finished Demon Meliodas in the comments. Seeing how others handle that forehead mark and the spiky hair is genuinely useful for anyone 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 site guides goes live every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. For more Seven Deadly Sins portraits, the Zeldris and Meliodas duo and Hawk are worth checking out next. If you want to support the project, Patreon is where unique hand-drawn coloring pages are available.