The curved snout and that raised leg pose are the two parts of this drawing that need the most attention, and the rest of the 12-step tutorial falls into place once those proportions click. This guide on how to draw Birdo covers the full-color result and walks through each stage of building this Super Mario character from a basic sketch to a finished piece.
What to Expect Across These 12 Steps
The tutorial runs 12 steps and ends on a fully colored result, so line confidence and color placement both come into play. Birdo is a full-body standing pose with one leg raised, which introduces some asymmetry to manage. The snout shape is the trickiest structure here because it widens and rounds in a way that is easy to flatten if the initial sketch is too stiff. The small blue ball near the mouth adds a secondary focal point, so its size and placement relative to the face matter more than it might seem at first.
Birdo’s Key Visual Features
- Pink dinosaur body with white belly
- Large red bow on top of head
- Blue eyes with feminine lashes
- Red spiky ridges along the back
- One leg raised, small blue ball near mouth
If you enjoy drawing characters from this franchise, Dorrie and Banzai Bill are both covered in the Super Mario guides and share some of the same rounded cartoon structure. Princess Peach from The Super Mario Bros. Movie is another option if you want to practice a more upright full-body figure after this one.
Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial
Each step image uses a three-color system to show 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 Birdo: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Birdo? Show It Off
Once the coloring is done, drop your finished drawing in the comments section below. It is always good to see how different artists handle the snout shape and the pose. New tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes up every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. If you want to keep building out your Super Mario roster, the guides for Princess Daisy and Mario himself are solid next steps. Supporting the project on Patreon helps keep new content coming and gives you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages available there.