A perfectly round balloon body and a permanent squinting scowl sum up Snowball from the 101 Dalmatians Street roster, and this guide covers how to draw Snowball in just 8 steps. The design is stripped back to a near-circular silhouette with a handful of facial features clustered in the center, which makes it a focused exercise in proportion and placement rather than complex linework.
A Round Shape That Requires Precise Feature Placement
The tutorial runs 8 steps and ends on clean line art with no color fill, so all attention goes toward getting the circular outline right and placing the face elements accurately within it. The character has almost no body structure beyond the outline itself, which means small shifts in where the eyes or beak sit will noticeably change the expression. That placement precision is where most of the work happens.
Snowball’s Key Visual Traits
- Large round balloon-like body outline
- Heavy-lidded, squinting narrowed eyes
- Thick dark furrowed eyebrows above eyes
- Small beak or snout centered below eyes
- Chin indentation at base of body
If you are working through the 101 Dalmatians Street character set, a few other sketches pair well with this one. Cadpig Dearly-Dalmatian and Dee Dee Dalmatian both practice compact character proportions, while Fergus Fox adds a bit more structural complexity if you want a step up after finishing Snowball.
Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial
Each step uses a three-color system to show exactly 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 Snowball: Step-by-Step Tutorial
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