Captain Jack Sparrow is the main character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Learning how to draw this character is not difficult. Before you start taking lessons, you need to find out what you need for drawing, as well as read a few master classes and look at photographs of works by other beginning artists.
What do you need to draw Captain Jack Sparrow?
Necessary materials and tools:
- thick paper;
- double-sided eraser;
- sharpener;
- simple pencils.
The picture can be colored with any materials, paints, colored pencils, artistic pastels or felt-tip pens. Depending on the style of the drawing, different colors may be required. The master classes presented later in the article will indicate the palette of shades needed to color a specific drawing.
Step-by-step instructions for drawing, copying
Captain Jack Sparrow (photos of finished works can be used for copying) is a colorful character. His clothes contain many small details. It will be difficult for beginning artists to depict all the elements of a pirate outfit, so you can try to draw only the captain's head.
For work you will need simple pencils of different degrees of hardness:
| Degree of hardness | Marking | Purpose |
| Solid | T (N) | Creating a sketch and marking reference lines |
| Medium or hard-soft | TM (F) | Drawing details |
| Soft | M (B) | Shadow casting |
To prevent graphite from smudging from pencils during the drawing process, place a clean sheet of paper under your working hand.
Sketch
The sketch will help to depict the parts of the face symmetrically. It is drawn with a hard pencil.
Procedure:
- Place an A4 sheet of paper vertically on the table. Draw a large oval in the center.
- Use a thin horizontal line to indicate the position of the eyes.
- Use a vertical line to mark the position of the nose.
- Add 1 more short horizontal line to serve as a guide for drawing the mouth.
- Draw a schematic of a bandana on a pirate's head.
- Also, schematically depict the shape of the hairstyle.
- Draw the eyes with the iris and pupils.
- Finish drawing the nose and mouth.
- Divide your hair into strands using thin, wavy lines.
Use the eraser to remove all auxiliary lines.
Detailing
Details should be drawn with a hard-soft pencil.
Procedure:
- Finish drawing Jack's mustache and hair under his lower lip.
- Shape a short beard.
- Mark the bridge of the nose with 2 short vertical arcs.
- Draw several braids near the face, as well as 2 under the beard.
- On the right side, draw a part of the bandana, as if it came undone and is sticking out carelessly. In the same place, draw 3-4 thick braids.
- Mark the folds on the bandana.
- Use short lines to indicate the hollows on the cheeks, and also draw a scar in the form of a cross on the pirate’s left cheek.
- Draw a short braid over the bandana, decorated with beads of different shapes.
- On the left side, draw another thin braid with beads.
- To highlight individual strands of hair more clearly.
Erase extra lines.
Designation of shadows
The shadows are applied with a soft pencil.
Procedure:
- Jack has lined eyes. This needs to be shown in the drawing. Outline each eye. Draw a shadow under the eyes.
- Darken the folds on the bandana.
- Show the shadow under the nose, shade the hollows on the cheeks.
- Without pressing on the pencil, paint over the hair. The strokes should be applied in the direction of hair growth.
- Paint the beads on the braids, adjusting the pressure on the tool. Where there should be dark beads, you need to press harder on the pencil.
- Trace the outline of the drawing.
Use an eraser to clean the background, erasing any accidentally smeared graphite.
Pattern variations
Captain Jack Sparrow (photos of various variations of the drawing are presented at the end of the article), drawn in the picture, should be recognizable, especially if he is depicted in an unusual style. This pirate has eyeliner, a mustache and a short beard on his face, and a red bandana on his head. Also, Jack Sparrow's distinctive feature is braids with beads and dreadlocks. The clothes can be depicted in different ways, but the belt and pirate shirt with wide sleeves should remain unchanged.
Cartoon Jack
Captain Jack Sparrow (a photo of a finished work done in this style will help you draw a caricature correctly) is a very famous character who has many fans all over the world. They write fan fiction and illustrate them with caricature images. A caricature is a simplified drawing reminiscent of a cartoon style. The peculiarity of such characters is a large head and recognizable features.
How to Draw Cartoon Jack Sparrow:
- Using a simple pencil, draw a square head with rounded corners.
- Draw a short neck, outline the shape of the body. It should be disproportionately narrow and short.
- Draw the arms and legs.
- Place a bandana on your head. Draw folds on it.
- Draw large eyes with a sly squint on the pirate, as well as eyebrows.
- Draw the mouth as a small inverted arc. You don't have to draw the nose at all.
- Add a mustache and beard.
- Draw dreadlocks and braids with beads.
- Add 1 large feather sticking out from the back, from under the bandana.
- Draw Jack's sleeves of a pirate shirt, as well as a vest, pulled tight by a wide belt with a large buckle.
- Add harem pants and pirate boots.
- Draw a sword in a scabbard, as well as a revolver in a holster, placed on the belt.
The picture can be colored with colored pencils.
What colors will be needed and for what purpose:
| Color | Purpose |
| Brown | Belt, boots, hair, eyebrows, holster, sheath |
| Red | Bandana, some beads in braids |
| Blue | Vest, beads |
| Beige | Face, hands |
| Dark green | Bloomers, beads |
Use a black marker or pencil to outline Jack's eyes and also outline the entire drawing to make it brighter.
Captain Jack Sparrow in the Simpsons style
The Simpsons is an animated television series that has been airing on TV for over 30 years. Over the course of 32 seasons, the show has featured a variety of characters, including Captain Jack Sparrow. The characters are distinguished by their yellow skin and large facial features.
How to draw Jack Sparrow in this style:
- Using a simple pencil, draw an elongated, oval head.
- Add a thick neck, narrow shoulders and long arms with large hands. The captain's right hand will be raised up, in which he holds his sword. The weapon should be drawn long and curved.
- Make a sketch of the body, finish drawing the legs.
- First, you need to draw the clothes. Jack in the style of "The Simpsons" is dressed in a cape with many fasteners. A torn pirate shirt should be visible from under the cape.
- On the legs, draw wide trousers and high boots with turn-ups.
- The belt is tightened in 2 layers on the waist. A large buckle should be drawn on the upper belt.
- Draw a strap from the scabbard on top of the cloak, which should be thrown over the left shoulder.
- Place a bandana on your head.
- Decorate the hair. Draw a few braids with beads.
- Place a three-cornered pirate hat over the bandana.
- On the face, highlight the cheekbones. Draw large eyes and a nose.
- Add a mouth in the form of 1 curved line. Draw the mustache and beard.
- Draw the eyebrows slightly frowning.
- Finish drawing a white belt fluttering in the wind, tucked under the straps.
- Use an eraser to remove excess lines.
The picture can be colored with paints.
What colors will be needed and what to paint with them:
| Color | Purpose |
| Dark brown | Hair, belts, scabbard, sword handle, moustache, eyebrows and beard |
| Light brown | Boots |
| Blue | Cloak, some beads on hair |
| Grey | Trousers, sword blade |
| Yellow | Face, neck, hands, cloak fasteners, belt buckle |
| Dark grey | Pirate hat |
| Red | Bandana, some beads on braids |
Using black paint, carefully outline Jack's eyes and then trace the outline of the drawing.
Cartoon style drawing
Captain Jack Sparrow can be depicted in a cartoon style. First, you need to make a sketch with a simple pencil. A tool with the TM marking will do.
Procedure:
- In the center of the sheet, draw an oval, elongated head.
- Finish drawing the bandana. Mark the folds on it.
- Using thin lines, draw a horizontal axis for the symmetrical placement of the eyes, as well as a vertical line, which will serve as a guide for drawing the nose.
- Use a short horizontal line to mark the position of the mouth.
- Draw the neck and narrow shoulders.
- In this drawing Jack is shown from the chest up. His arms will be crossed. You need to draw the hands.
- Add a vest, draw the sleeves of the pirate shirt. The cuffs should be frayed. Their edges can be drawn with a wavy line.
- Design the hairstyle. First draw its outline, then divide it into thick strands. Finish drawing several braids with beads and a couple of twisted dreadlocks.
- Draw 1 small braid with beads on top of the bandana.
- Draw 2 large eyes with irises and pupils.
- Add wide and straight eyebrows.
- Draw a nose with a hump. The bridge of the nose can be depicted with 1 line.
- Draw the wings of the nose wide and the tip sharp.
- Draw Jack a mustache and beard.
- Depict a mouth with thin lips, stretched into a sly grin.
- Highlight the cheekbones with 2 short lines.
- Draw a pistol with a drum in your left hand and a sword in your right hand.
- Erase all auxiliary lines.
- Draw on the nails and wrinkles at the joints on your fingers.
The picture can be colored with gouache.
What colors of paint are needed and what to paint with them:
| Color | Purpose |
| Red | Bandana, some beads in braids |
| Beige (yellow + white in equal parts) | Shirt sleeves and cuffs |
| Blue | Vest, some beads in braids |
| Brown | The handles of the sword and revolver, hair, irises of the eyes |
| Grey | Pistol and sword blade |
| Flesh (orange + white in a ratio of 2:1) | Face, neck, hands |
Use black paint to outline the captain's eyes, highlight the moustache and beard. Outline the drawing.
Jack Sparrow in anime style
Captain Jack Sparrow (a photo of a drawing made in this style can be viewed at the end of the article) in anime style can be drawn with a short haircut, typical for characters of such cartoons and comics. It is important to draw details that will make the character recognizable.
How to draw:
- Make a sketch with a simple pencil. Mark the shape of the head, the position of the arms, the neck, the body.
- Draw the captain's clothes: the sleeves of a pirate shirt, a vest.
- Draw the strap from the sword scabbard, thrown over the left shoulder.
- Use your left hand to depict a revolver.
- Draw a bandana on the head and also draw a hairstyle in which the strands are wide and angular.
- Finish drawing a few braids with beads.
- To arrange the parts of the face symmetrically, you need to draw 2 auxiliary lines vertically and horizontally.
- Draw narrowed eyes, a tick-shaped nose and an open mouth with thin lips.
- Add straight eyebrows, a short beard and a small mustache.
The drawing can be colored with colored pencils.
Necessary colors and places of their application:
| Bodily | Open areas of the body and face |
| Red | Bandana, beads |
| Beige | Shirt sleeves |
| Light brown | Scabbard strap, revolver handle |
| Grey | Revolver barrel |
| Blue | Vest |
Paint the hair, eyebrows, beard and moustache black. Line the lower eyelids with a thick black pencil.
Drawing by cells
Captain Jack Sparrow can be depicted schematically on a sheet of paper in a box. You can use colored pens, pencils or felt-tip pens for drawing. A photo of the finished work, for copying, is provided at the end of the article. Drawing on the boxes is carried out from the bottom up, in rows. The boxes are counted from left to right.
For work you will need tools of 8 colors:
- blue;
- red;
- beige;
- brown;
- grey;
- green;
- yellow;
- black.
How to draw:
- Using a simple pencil and a ruler, mark out a rectangle 20 cells wide and 27 cells high.
- Paint the cells from left to right, in the bottom row: 5 blue, 4 gray, 1 black, 4 gray, 1 red, 4 blue cells.
- Paint the next row in the same way.
- New row: 5 blue, 3 gray, 3 black, 3 gray, 1 red, 4 blue cells.
- 5 blue cells, 9 gray, 1 red, 4 blue cells.
- 2 blue, 2 beige, 1 light blue, 9 gray, 1 red, 2 beige, 2 light blue cells.
- 1 blue, 1 brown, 3 beige, 8 red, 3 beige, 1 brown, 1 blue check.
- 2 brown, 15 cells leave white, 2 brown cells.
- 2 brown, 2 empty, 1 gray, skip 9 cells, 1 gray, 2 empty, 2 brown cells.
- 2 brown, 2 empty, 2 gray, 7 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 2 brown cells.
- Paint the next row in the same way.
- 2 brown, 2 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 1 brown, 1 beige, 1 brown, 2 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 2 brown cells.
- 2 brown, 2 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 1 yellow, 1 beige, 1 blue, 2 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 2 brown cells.
- 2 brown, 2 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 1 brown, 1 beige, 1 brown, 2 empty, 2 gray, 2 empty, 2 brown cells.
- 3 brown, 1 empty, 2 gray, 1 empty, 1 brown, 1 beige, 1 brown, 1 beige, 1 brown, 1 empty, 2 gray, 1 empty, 3 brown cells.
- 4 brown, 1 gray, 1 beige, 1 brown, 5 beige, 1 brown, 1 beige, 1 gray, 4 brown cells.
- 4 brown, 3 beige, 2 brown, 1 beige, 2 brown, 3 beige, 4 brown cells.
- 1 blue, 2 brown, 14 beige, 2 brown, 1 blue check.
- Paint the next row in the same way.
- 1 blue, 2 brown, 3 beige, 1 black, 5 beige, 1 black, 3 beige, 2 brown, 1 blue check.
- 2 blue, 2 brown, 2 beige, 1 black, 5 beige, 1 black, 2 beige, 2 brown, 2 blue cells.
- 2 blue, 15 red, 2 blue cells.
- 2 blue, 3 red, 1 blue, 11 red, 2 blue cells.
- 3 blue, 2 red, 1 yellow, 10 red, 3 blue cells.
- 3 blue, 2 red, 1 green, 10 red, 3 blue cells.
- 4 blue, 1 red, 1 brown, 9 red, 4 blue cells.
- 5 blue, 9 brown, 5 blue cells.
- 8 blue, 4 brown, 7 blue cells.
The result is a pixelated Jack Sparrow. This instruction can be used as a graphic dictation for children from 8 years old. Such activities develop memory, perseverance and attentiveness.
Examples of images for copying, tips for beginners
Tips for aspiring artists:
- When drawing a portrait, it is important to remember that human faces are not naturally symmetrical, so small errors in the size of the eyes and the position of the eyebrows are allowed.
- When drawing a character in a semi-sideways pose, you need to draw the far eye slightly smaller than the near one.
- When painting a picture, you should wait until the first layer of paint is completely dry before applying other shades on top of it.
- The final outline can be done with a thin brush with short bristles. If it is difficult to draw smooth lines, you can outline the drawing with a black felt-tip pen.
- You can use a black gel pen to outline very small details, such as beads. This will make the outline neater.
At first glance, the portrait of Captain Jack Sparrow may seem difficult to perform. Beginning artists should choose simple-style drawings for their first works, such as caricature pictures or portraits with a head, without unnecessary details. For copying, you can use the photographs of finished works presented in the article.
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