This tutorial explores how to draw Jack Skellington as Santa, keeping the shapes clean and focusing on the contrast between the skeleton features and the classic Santa suit. The design is narrow and elongated, so the difficulty feels medium.
Key Parts of Santa Jack Skellington
- Round skull with large hollow eyes.
- Thin stitched smile stretching across the face.
- Santa hat with soft trim and a pom-pom.
- Long pointed beard in simple tapered shapes.
- Red Santa coat with fur-trim edges.
- Black belt with a square buckle.
- Very thin arms ending in bony hands.
- Only the upper part is shown.
For similar holiday drawings already completed, good matches include the Nutcracker, or other popular characters in festive style like Homer and Lisa Simpson, a minion, Grinch, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Mr. Bean and SpongeBob, Bluey and Bingo.
How This Santa Jack Drawing Guide Works
- Red Color: shows the lines to add during the current step.
- Black Color: shows the lines completed earlier.
- Grey Color: marks the initial placement sketch.
Your first attempt at how to draw Jack Skellington Dressed as Santa in 20 Steps probably won’t look exactly how you pictured it, and that’s completely fine, because most people’s early tries are a little rough around the edges. Keep that sketch around as a reference point, then try again, since Jack Skellington’s angular features and Santa’s robes are the kind of combo that actually gets easier with each pass. New guides drop regularly, so follow SketchOk on Pinterest, Facebook, or check the YouTube channel for video versions of some guides when you’re ready for the next one.