How to Draw a Chicken Jockey from the Minecraft Movie

This is how to draw a Chicken Jockey from the Minecraft Movie — the baby zombie riding a chicken. You’ll probably recognize this from one of the movie’s most remembered scenes. It’s short, weirdly calm, and funny in a way only Minecraft can pull off. The drawing itself is pretty light, with soft features and rounded lines. I’d say it’s beginner-friendly, especially if you keep it cartoony like in the scene.

What to Notice When Sketching

• Round baby zombie face with wide cheeks and soft jawline
• Big black eyes tilted slightly down, giving a sleepy or sweet expression
• Short, rough black hair
• Small green hands holding onto the chicken from both sides
• The chicken has a boxy white body, square eyes, and flat beak
• The whole build leans toward a cuter version of the in-game mob

Other Minecraft mobs from the movie worth drawing after this include a Bee, a Ghast, or a Llama to contrast the tiny Jockey. There’s also a full body guide for this Chicken Jockey.

How the Steps Are Marked in the Guide

To keep things simple, I followed the usual 3-color line format:

• Red Color: current lines for the step you’re on
• Black Color: lines that are already completed
• Grey Color: rough sketch layer to guide proportions

Each layer builds off the one before, so the zombie and chicken come together without needing to draw everything at once.

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Now that you know how to draw a Chicken Jockey, I’m curious what you drew it with, whether that was pencil and paper, a drawing tablet, or some app on your phone. The range of tools people use for these guides is always interesting to see. Drop your version in the comments on the pinned Pinterest post for this tutorial and show everyone how it turned out.