The Octotrooper’s mechanical body breaks down into several distinct geometric shapes, but keeping the rivet-studded torso proportional to those three stilted legs is where most sketches go sideways. This step-by-step guide works through how to draw an Octotrooper from the Splatoon roster, covering everything from the helmet-shaped head down to the rounded feet.
What This 31-Step Walkthrough Actually Covers
The tutorial runs 31 steps and delivers clean line art rather than a colored finish, so the focus stays on shape accuracy and proportion throughout. The segmented hose arm holding the megaphone-like device introduces some asymmetry that takes a few passes to get right, and the three-legged stance requires careful spacing to keep the character from looking unbalanced. Most of the detail work lands in the torso and arm sections.
Octotrooper’s Key Visual Features
- Rounded rectangular helmet head with large eyes
- Cylindrical torso with visible rivets
- Segmented hose arm holding megaphone device
- Three thin stilted legs, rounded feet
- Small frowning mouth on face plate
If you want to build out a fuller Splatoon character lineup, the guide pairs well with Inkling Boy and Agent 4, both of which share that same clean line-art style. For a contrast in complexity, Callie is worth trying once the mechanical proportions here feel comfortable.
Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial
Each step image uses a three-color system to show exactly what is new versus what is already done:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw an Octotrooper: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished the Sketch? Share It and Keep Drawing
Once the line art is done, drop your finished Octotrooper drawing in the comments below. Seeing how different people handle the hose arm and the leg spacing is genuinely useful for anyone working through the same steps. New tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video goes up every day based on existing guides, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. If you want to keep the game character theme going, Inkling Girl is a natural next step, or you can stretch further with Talos from God of War for more practice on mechanical-looking figures. Supporting the project on Patreon also gets you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages that are not available anywhere else.