This guide walks through how to draw Pandaba full body in 10 steps. Pandaba is Sanrio’s giant panda girl from Iwayama in China, known for her love of rap music and her habit of ending sentences with “~daba”. The design is very simple and bold: big panda markings, a flat expression and a short frilly skirt.
Recognizing Pandaba’s Look
- Large round head with panda ears
- Dark eye patches with half-closed eyes
- Tiny oval nose and small mouth
- Rounded body with simple limbs
- Short red frilly skirt around the waist
- Mostly black-and-white color scheme with one strong red accent
After finishing this Pandaba drawing, a nice follow-up is to sketch Hana-Maru, Monkichi or even Badtz-Maru, building a small group of Sanrio characters that share the same bold lines but each show a different attitude and silhouette. And don’t forget to check My Melody guide posted yesterday.
Color Key for the Pandaba Drawing Steps
The step images use a clear color key so every stage of the sketch stays easy to read and build upon.
- Red Color: lines drawn in the current step
- Black Color: lines kept from previous steps
If your version of Pandaba the Rap-Loving Panda looks a little different from the guide, that’s completely fine, honestly that’s just how drawing works, and the practice itself is what moves you forward. Nobody nails a new character perfectly the first time, so keep the sketch and try again whenever you feel like it. There’s a pinned post for this how to draw Pandaba the Rap-Loving Panda tutorial over on Pinterest where people drop their work-in-progress drawings in the comments, so feel free to share yours there too.