How to draw Scrooge McDuck (2017)

DuckTales 2017 rebuilt its cast with sharper designs and harder edges, and Scrooge McDuck got one of the biggest overhauls in the reboot, trading his classic blue coat for a darker red one that fits the show’s grittier tone. This step-by-step tutorial on how to draw Scrooge McDuck walks through his 2017 redesign, covering the full character from hat to webbed feet across other DuckTales 2017 character guides on the site.

What This Drawing Covers and What to Expect

The tutorial runs 19 steps and ends with a fully colored result, so color placement is part of what gets practiced here. Scrooge is drawn in a standing pose with his cane, which keeps the figure relatively upright and symmetrical, but the coat details, belt, and hand holding the cane add enough layered complexity to make the later steps slower going. The color contrast between the red coat, black accessories, and orange bill means each element needs clean separation in the final stage.

Scrooge McDuck’s 2017 Design at a Glance

• Black top hat with gray band
• White fluffy sideburns, orange bill
• Red long coat, black belt and cuffs
• Black cane held in right hand
• Orange webbed feet, black shoes

If you are working through the DuckTales 2017 cast, the tutorials for Huey Duck and Selene are good companions to this one, and Dewey in his new look follows a similar full-body structure if you want more practice with the show’s character proportions.

Reading the Step Colors in This Guide

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 Scrooge McDuck: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Finished Your Scrooge? Share It With the Community

Once the cane, coat, and hat are all inked and colored, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. It is always worth seeing how different artists handle the red coat color and the sideburn detail. 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 single day, and Pinterest gets updated regularly too, so there are plenty of ways to stay current. While you are here, the guides for Gyro Gearloose and Webby Vanderquack round out more of the main DuckTales 2017 cast if you want to keep going. If you want to support the project and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is the place to do it.