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How to Draw a hammerhead shark: Diagonal Pose and Wide Head
Explore hammerhead shark through four selected drawing stages. Focus on diagonal pose and wide head and a textured crayon finish.
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These 4 pictures show selected moments from the drawing. For every step in between and a guide on your canvas, get the full lesson in LittlePaper.
What you will learn
Practice hammerhead shark with attention to diagonal pose and wide head.
Shapes and proportions
Compare the wide hammer-shaped head with the tapering body behind it.
A common mistake
A rounded head removes the hammerhead silhouette.
How to fix it
Extend the two head ends sideways before joining them to the body.
This hammerhead shark study focuses on diagonal pose and wide head. Compare the wide hammer-shaped head with the tapering body behind it. The exercise is about keeping these visible shapes readable before adding small marks or color.
These are four selected stages, not a complete stroke-by-stroke sequence. Blue guide lines mark additions in the source images. Compare the pictures for the overall shape changes; use the complete LittlePaper lesson for the smaller steps between them.
A few things to start with
Paper, a pencil and crayons matching the example. Leave room around the drawing for proportion checks before making the outlines darker.
A little peek at the drawing
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Selected stages · The complete drawing sequence is in the app.
Shapes, character & color
A look at the drawing stages.
Try the shape tips below on paper. When you’re ready to draw along with each small step, continue in LittlePaper.
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Selected stage 3: early shapes
This picture shows source stage 3 of 9 for hammerhead shark, not the next single stroke. Compare the wide hammer-shaped head with the tapering body behind it. Compare its unfinished edges with the complete outline shown later.
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Selected stage 6: building the outline
This picture shows source stage 6 of 9 for hammerhead shark, not the next single stroke. Extend the two head ends sideways before joining them to the body. Compare its unfinished edges with the complete outline shown later.
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Complete outline: diagonal pose and wide head
Compare the finished hammerhead shark outline with the earlier selected stages. A rounded head removes the hammerhead silhouette. Extend the two head ends sideways before joining them to the body.
Complete outline: diagonal pose and wide head · Preview image 3 of 4 - 04Selected stage
Crayon color: blue-gray, soft gray, cream white
Use the colored hammerhead shark example to compare the palette after checking the outline. The visible palette includes blue-gray, soft gray, cream white. Keep repeated parts consistent and let small light flecks preserve the crayon texture.
Crayon color: blue-gray, soft gray, cream white · Preview image 4 of 4
A little practice goes a long way
Make room for your own ideas.
The example uses blue-gray, soft gray, cream white. Keep matching limbs and repeated parts in a consistent palette. Use light overlapping crayon strokes so the inner outlines stay visible. Extend the two head ends sideways before joining them to the body.
The next little step is yours
Like the idea?
Let’s make it together.
Open the “How to Draw a Hammerhead Shark” drawing idea in LittlePaper for the complete sequence. Follow a guide, pause when you need, and add your own colors.
Download LittlePaper from the App Store, then open the drawing idea inside the app.
Every step, at your pace.
See the full drawing sequence. Pause, replay, and take another look whenever a shape needs practice.
A guide where you draw.
Trace on the canvas, then try your own lines with a finger or Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad.
Make it yours. Keep the making.
Add crayon color, replay your creation, and give your picture a home in a digital 3D book.
