Gru from "Despicable Me". Drawing, photo, pictures for copying

The cartoon Despicable Me made a real splash in the world. The secret of success is simple. The creators of the cartoon came up with a clumsy villain named Gru, who dreams of conquering the whole world day after day. If you look at the photo of this character, at first it seems that he is really evil, and also does not have the most attractive appearance.

But if you get to know him better, it becomes obvious that he is actually a "good" villain. To learn how to draw such a complex character, you first need to understand what he is.

Who is Gru from the cartoon Despicable Me

Since childhood, Gru was not the most cheerful person. His mother always laughed at him and did not believe that he could succeed. It was from that moment that Gru decided to become a real villain, whose name is known all over the world. He acquires loyal companions - numerous minions, who are even more popular characters than Gru himself.

The main character of the cartoon tried out a variety of villainous acts. For example, he was even able to steal the British crown. But his rating as a villain quickly fell when one of his competitors was able to steal the entire pyramid. Then Gru decided to go to the next level and steal the moon at once. But for this he needed a shrinker.

True, another villain named Vector had already stolen it. Gru did not despair and decided to take the necessary device from his competitor. However, getting into Vector's home was not so easy.

While observing his rival's house, Gru noticed that he willingly lets orphan girls into his house to sell cookies. Then a villainous plan came into his head, according to which he would adopt the girls and then send them to Vector's house. Instead of cookies, Gru decided to use miniature robots. But everything did not go according to plan.

Having gotten to know the girls better, Gru suddenly realized what true love and family mean. Gradually he realized that their happiness and safety were much more important to him than worldly acquaintance. Gradually he turned from the main villain into the one who helps find the villains, he even began to help the special services, having met a nice girl at work.

Gru from Despicable Me, whose photos and images are presented in the article, is not exactly a villain, but he cannot be called good either, because he sometimes does funny, but rather bad things. Therefore, you need to take this into account when drawing. This is a kind of borderline hero who fights with his inner self.

How to draw Gru

The second question that needs to be decided is what exactly to use in the drawing process. You will need A4 sheets or a drawing album. But you also need to decide on the tools and drawing technique.

Drawing tools	Peculiarities
Colored pencils	Children like them because they can create colorful images. In addition, colored pencils can be easily erased with an eraser. But they require a little more time to color the image and you need to stick to the correct shading to get a good result.
Simple pencil	This is the best option for beginner artists and those who have been drawing for a long time. It is convenient to make sketches with a simple pencil, it is easily erased with an eraser. If necessary, you can shade and get a gradient in a few minutes. But with the help of such tools you can only create single-color images, which may not be very interesting for children.
Watercolor paints	Paints allow you to quickly paint over an image. If you use brushes of different thickness, you can draw a variety of elements. But it is quite difficult to work with them. Firstly, it is impossible to correct any errors in the image. Secondly, if you make several strokes in the same place with such paints, the sheet of paper will begin to wear off and unpleasant pellets will appear on the image.
Felt-tip pens	With the help of felt-tip pens you can create very bright and interesting drawings. Their main disadvantage is that they dry out quickly and, unlike colored pencils, they cannot be erased with an eraser.
Colored pens	Gel pens can be classified as drawing tools. They can be used to create a variety of images, and thanks to the variety of colors, interesting gradients can be easily obtained. But they are quite expensive and also dry out over time.
Crayons	You can draw with colored chalk on almost any surface. Images on rough dark paper look especially impressive. However, they get dirty easily and are very difficult to draw with. Another disadvantage is that it is very difficult to draw thin lines with chalk. You have to stand the chalk on its edge or buy specialized chalk for drawing, which is much thinner, but also more expensive. We are talking about pastels.

Once you have decided on the drawing tools, you can begin the process itself. There are not many variations of the described character on the Internet. Usually, Gru is depicted in drawings with the previously described shrinker or in a thoughtful pose.

How to draw gru with shrinker

Gru from Despicable Me (photos and frames from the cartoon will help you understand how the character moves and what poses he takes most often) was literally obsessed with the Vector Shrinker, so he is often drawn with this device in his hands.

To create such a drawing, you need to draw in the following sequence:

• First, draw a circle (slightly flattened) as the character's head. From its middle, you need to draw a rhombus of irregular shape. Draw it immediately so that it does not intersect with the head or first draw the rhombus entirely and then erase the extra lines. For the same reason, it is much more convenient to first do the main drawing with a simple pencil.
• Now detail Gru's face. To do this, draw a smile and slightly closed eyes. This character often looks with a skeptical look, slightly raising his rather expressive eyebrows. And we must not forget about Gru's prominent nose, which gives him such a comical look.
• The next step is to give the head a more defined shape. It is worth noting that the character's raised eyebrows may even extend slightly beyond the head. This gives a greater effect. After this, it is worth depicting the ear, as shown in the figure below.

• Gru almost always wears a long striped scarf that is wrapped around his neck several times, so this step is worth depicting this accessory.
• Now we can move on to the jacket. The character has a rather strict one, with a zipper. You should start with the collar. To do this, you need to draw the corresponding triangles under the scarf. Again, for convenience, you can draw lines that will intersect, and then remove the excess with an eraser.
• With a fairly large body, the legs and arms of the character are completely disproportionately long. Therefore, the limbs need to be drawn accordingly. When Gru says something he is sure of, he is very pleased with himself and pretends to be examining something in his hand. This is exactly how the upper limb should be depicted.

The fingertips should be at the level of the "good" villain's nose. Also at this stage, you can slightly round the shoulder so that it does not look so angular.

• The second hand is placed on the hero's side and bent at the elbow. Later, a weapon will be depicted in it.
• Now it's time to draw the shrinker. Gru holds it as if he doesn't really need it and maybe he's using it or just shrunk something. The shrinker itself is done in the style of the cartoon, that is, it doesn't look like a regular weapon. At this stage, you can use your imagination or do as shown below.
• When the arms are ready, it is worth drawing the character's jacket more clearly and diversifying the shape of his body a little. It is also worth drawing 2 parallel lines that will indicate the zipper. In the upper part, it is necessary to draw the zipper. A simple geometric shape will do for this - a circle or a small rhombus.

• The disproportionate thin legs look like they were attached from another character. One leg is slightly bent at the knee, which gives the overall pose more casualness. At this stage, detailed drawing of the lower limbs is not required. Simple lines are enough. There is no need to make the legs perfectly straight.
• Gru's feet are even smaller than his limbs. This looks funny, especially considering that we are talking about a villain who is planning to steal the entire moon. The boots are drawn extremely simply.
• All that remains is to add parallel lines to the character's scarf.

Gru from Despicable Me (photos of drawings made according to this instruction can be found on thematic forums) turned out very realistic. Now it is worthwhile to outline the drawing with a black marker or more clearly mark the lines with a pencil.

The resulting drawing is ready for coloring. This can be done using any tools, for example, today beginners and advanced artists often use specialized graphic tablets.

They are very convenient to work with using a pen, which can draw like absolutely any tool. It is enough to download additional brushes or use those that are in the selected drawing application for PC.

In clothing and weapons, it is worth sticking to a dark color scheme. It is worth remembering that Gru initially wanted to become a villain, so he always preferred almost black clothes. Although the shrinker can be made brighter, for example, orange.

How to Draw a Smiling Cartoon Villain

Gru from the animated film Despicable Me gradually became a kinder character. As you can see from the photo, his look changed especially when he looked at the orphans, whom he eventually decided to adopt himself. Therefore, you can draw not a sarcastic Gru, but a more kind-hearted one.

To depict a hero in this way, it is enough to follow these steps:

• First, depict Gru's body. To do this, it is enough to draw a slightly asymmetrical square that increases towards the top. Also, at the top, it is worth immediately making more rounded lines.
• After that, add the head. To do this, draw a slightly flattened circle, which should be located approximately in the center of the body.
• The next step is to draw the arms. The hero likes to fold them on his chest. One arm should be drawn slightly higher than the other. Also at this stage, you need to outline the legs. To do this, draw a narrow rectangle from the body, which narrows at the bottom.

• Now it's time to finish drawing the arms and additional lines on the shoulders, which will indicate the collar of Gru's jacket. Additionally, it is worth drawing 2 additional lines, thus dividing the legs.
• Now it's time to move on to the face. At this stage, draw a smile and a nose, which should be placed closer to the top line of the head.
• And now the scarf. From the previous lesson, you need to remember that it is quite long and is wrapped around the character's neck. It is also worth drawing very small boots.
• All that remains is to add the eyes, eyebrows, ears and stripes on the scarf.

Gru from Despicable Me, a photo of which will help you better understand the peculiarities of drawing the hero, turned out to be quite funny. After that, the picture needs to be colored. This is the easiest and most enjoyable process.

Using a similar method, you can draw Gru together with one of his minions. The photo above clearly shows the character when he is not in the best mood. The minion can also be given the same scarf and pose as his owner.

How to draw Gru according to all the rules

If you want to learn how to draw like professionals right away, you need to follow a few standard instructions. For example, artists usually make a sketch, that is, create a sketch with the right proportions and only then begin to detail the images, connecting the sketch lines and removing all unnecessary lines. This is a little more difficult, but you can immediately accustom yourself to the correct work.

The step-by-step instructions for such a drawing are as follows:

• First, draw a slightly flattened circle and draw intersecting lines where the face will be located. For example, the nose will be located at the intersection, and the eyes can be drawn slightly above the central line.

• Now draw the body. Gru will be standing in a pose as if he is preparing for a fight. Therefore, the torso will be slightly tilted.
• Now you can add the arms, tapering to the palms. The circles are the folds. At this stage, it is not necessary to stick to the original, and try to draw it more realistically.
• The same thing needs to be done with the legs. The pose should be quite comical. Gru doesn't know how to fight at all, so he simply copies poses he's seen in movies before.
• The character's eyes are tense, so the eyebrows need to be lowered. Gru is focused and ready for the upcoming fight.

• Next, add the hero's expressive nose. It is quite long and slightly tilted downwards. Also at this stage, the ear is drawn. To do this, it is enough to draw a curl.
• It is also worth remembering about the scarf. It is traditionally very long.
• The next step is to detail the jacket. Its main elements are the zipper and the collar. They can be depicted as shown below.
• Next, it's time to move on to detailing the arms. As you draw, all the guidelines and circles that define the elbows and knees can be removed with an eraser.

Gru from Despicable Me (you can take a photo of the character yourself by creating a screenshot from the cartoon) has rather long hands. Therefore, at this stage it is worth stopping in more detail and demonstrating better how exactly you can draw fingers.

As you can see from the image, the ovals drawn earlier in place of the hands are very helpful in creating the palm. It remains to draw the long fingers and the most difficult part - the thumb.

After that, you can move on to the lower limbs. And again, the guide ovals are very helpful in the drawing process. All that remains is to finish drawing the boots. Since this is a more complex drawing, the shoes should be depicted a little more realistically, and not like in the cartoon. Gru's pants should be made a little shorter, so the drawing will look funnier.

Let's make the details of the legs. The final result is like the image below. Some artists do not delete the simple geometric guides until the last moment in case something else needs to be changed.

If you are completely satisfied with the image, you can remove all unnecessary lines using an eraser. You can also add some additional lines to the image, which will add more detail. All that remains is to color the picture in any way that is most convenient for you.

More Gru Drawing Ideas

Since the cartoon character is very charismatic, he has a variety of facial expressions.

If you find or make frames from the cartoon, you can get many additional ideas, for example:

• You can portray the main character as very gloomy (the name Gru is very consonant with this adjective and very accurately characterizes his personality before meeting the orphans). For example, he can hold another plan for world conquest under his arm, but his face shows that something went wrong.

• In the second part of the cartoon, Gru meets his twin brother, who, unlike him, has a very good-natured character, and most importantly, has gorgeous hair. This literally drives the hero crazy. All this can be shown in one scene, not forgetting about the minions.

• Another idea is to draw a happy Gru, as if he just came up with a brilliant idea (most likely about conquering the world and how else to steal the moon). In this pose, the disproportion of the character's body is very clearly visible. The creators of the cartoon wanted to exaggerate this feature and they did it perfectly. All that remains is to convey this idea in your drawing.

• After Gru failed many times with his plans, he became very suspicious. In the photo below, you can clearly see the hero's long nose and squinted eyes. This facial expression can be used for any of the other images shown above.

You can also clearly see the zipper, which is actually a stylized letter G (the first letter of Gru's name in English).

There are other variations of the main character of the cartoon on the Internet. You can combine them, add other elements or even come up with your own version of Gru. For example, a good idea is to draw two different Gru. The first will embody what the hero was like before. The second drawing can show the serious changes that happened to the character after meeting the orphans who changed his life.

To draw Gru from Despicable Me, you need to have at least basic skills in fine art. But even beginners can try to depict this complex character using the photos and instructions shown in the article. If you feel the hero well and understand all the changes he went through, you can achieve excellent results.

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