How to draw Raven Queen’s portrait

The updo with its spiked crown and the wide feathered collar are the two elements that make drawing Raven Queen’s portrait tricky, because both demand clean outlines to read properly against the dark dress. This step-by-step guide covers the full portrait of the Ever After High queen, and you can find her alongside other Ever After High characters on the site.

What to Expect from This Portrait Tutorial

The guide runs 16 steps and ends on a fully colored result, so the final few steps shift from linework into color fills. The portrait is a bust-style composition, meaning the hair framing the face and the feathered collar take up a large portion of the drawing space. Most of the structural work happens in the early steps, with the detail passes on the crown, lashes, and brooch coming in the second half.

Raven Queen’s Key Visual Features

• Dark magenta hair in large updo
• Spiked crown headband on updo
• Large purple eyes, dramatic lashes
• Black dress with white feathered collar
• Purple gemstone brooch at neckline

If you enjoy drawing Ever After High characters, Kitty Cheshire and Lizzie Hearts are good follow-ups since both have similarly detailed headpieces and strong costume elements. Bunny Blanc is a softer option if you want something with less crown work after this one.

Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial

Each step image uses a three-color system to keep track of progress:

• Red Color: lines added in the current step.
• Black Color: lines completed earlier.
• Gray Color: base sketch for structure.

How to Draw Raven Queen’s Portrait: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Finished the Portrait? Share What You Drew

Once the coloring is done, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. It helps other artists see how the steps translate in practice, and every version comes out a little different. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are published, a new YouTube video based on these guides goes live every day, and Pinterest gets updated regularly too. If you want to keep working on Ever After High characters, Duchess Swan has a similarly formal costume to practice, and Poppy O’Hair is worth trying for the hair volume work. Supporting the project on Patreon gives you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages that do not appear anywhere else.