In this simple guide, you can learn how to draw a bat. This is a very simple cartoon bat image for beginner artists.

Below you will see detailed instructions on how to draw a bat. This bat is simple in its shapes and will be understood even by kids and beginners.

The bat is an amazing animal about which hundreds of myths are composed. In fact, this is a very harmless animal belonging to the order Chiroptera.

Bat species include many subspecies that vary in shape, size, and appearance, but are united by common features: Wings. They are membranes between the front and hind legs. Consist of skin, elastic veins and muscles. They do not have feathers or wool, and fingers are at the ends of the forelimbs. Big ears. They are used for echolocation, as most bats are nocturnal animals.

Regardless of subspecies, bats prefer a nocturnal lifestyle. It is for this reason that they use echolocation to navigate in space. During the day, they sleep upside down in dark places, just like vampires from movies and cartoons.

Bats live practically all over the world, of course, except for the cold Arctic regions. But most of all, they live in the tropics and subtropics.

Interesting facts? Amazing animals that have become the prototype for the creation of many characters, such as Batman or vampires. Below are pictures and instructions. Let’s start drawing!

Time needed: 20 minutes

How to Draw a Bat

Draw the head.
Begin by drawing the outlines of the bat’s head. The cartoon bat’s head should be narrower at the top and wider at the bottom. Also in this step, you will see how you need to depict the oval eyes.
Add parts of the face.
Draw the mouth of the bat using a curved line. Also add pupils, as in the example.
Draw the ears and teeth.
Draw the big bat ears using connected curved lines. Then draw sharp fangs.
Detail the head.
Depict the nose and mouth of the bat, and add the details of the ears.
Draw the body.
Extend from under the head on both sides two curved lines and form a small bat body.
Add bat wings.
Draw the wings of the bat using curved lines at the top and wavy lines at the bottom of the wings.
Add bones and details.
Detail the webbed bat’s wings by adding curved lines, as in the example. Also add the bat’s thumbs.
Color the artwork.
Use shades of gray to color the body and wings of the bat. Shade the ears with pink, the mouth with scarlet, and the eyes with yellow.