The curly hair is the main challenge in this how to draw Eep Crood tutorial. Getting those voluminous reddish-brown spirals to read as natural and full takes more passes than the rest of the figure combined, and the rest of the steps from The Croods character guides are comparatively straightforward.
What the 13 Steps Actually Cover
This is a full-body standing figure with color, so all 13 steps move from a rough structural sketch through to finished flat coloring. The hair occupies a large portion of the figure’s silhouette, so the middle steps slow down considerably to build it out. Everything else, the dress, the hands, the feet, follows a fairly direct line.
Eep Crood’s Key Visual Features
- Voluminous reddish-brown curly hair
- Green eyes, wide open smile
- Brown and tan animal hide dress
- Barefoot, sturdy build
- Slight forward-leaning stance
If you want to keep sketching the family, there are guides for Belt and Thunk Crood already on the site, and Guy is there too for a bit of contrast in figure style.
Reading the Step Colors
Each step image 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 Eep Crood: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Share Your Eep Crood Drawing When You’re Done
Once the hair finally comes together, the rest of the figure tends to feel rewarding to finish. Drop your completed drawing in the comments so others can see how it turned out. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram the moment they are published, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes live every day, and Pinterest gets updated regularly as well. For more of the family, check out Grug Crood or Ugga Crood to keep building the full cast. If you want to support the project and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is the place to go.