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How to Draw a top-view hammerhead shark: Wide Head and Narrow Tail Base
Explore top-view hammerhead shark through four selected drawing stages. Focus on wide head and narrow tail base 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 top-view hammerhead shark with attention to wide head and narrow tail base.
Shapes and proportions
Keep the two hammer-shaped head ends wide while tapering the body toward the tail.
A common mistake
A body that stays equally wide can resemble a rectangular fish.
How to fix it
Mark the widest head span and steadily narrow the body edges toward the tail.
This top-view hammerhead shark study focuses on wide head and narrow tail base. Keep the two hammer-shaped head ends wide while tapering the body toward the tail. 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 2: early shapes
This picture shows source stage 2 of 5 for top-view hammerhead shark, not the next single stroke. Keep the two hammer-shaped head ends wide while tapering the body toward the tail. Compare its unfinished edges with the complete outline shown later.
Selected stage 2: early shapes · Preview image 1 of 4 - 02Selected stage
Selected stage 3: building the outline
This picture shows source stage 3 of 5 for top-view hammerhead shark, not the next single stroke. Mark the widest head span and steadily narrow the body edges toward the tail. Compare its unfinished edges with the complete outline shown later.
Selected stage 3: building the outline · Preview image 2 of 4 - 03Selected stage
Complete outline: wide head and narrow tail base
Compare the finished top-view hammerhead shark outline with the earlier selected stages. A body that stays equally wide can resemble a rectangular fish. Mark the widest head span and steadily narrow the body edges toward the tail.
Complete outline: wide head and narrow tail base · Preview image 3 of 4 - 04Selected stage
Crayon color: soft gray
Use the colored top-view hammerhead shark example to compare the palette after checking the outline. The visible palette includes soft gray. Keep repeated parts consistent and let small light flecks preserve the crayon texture.
Crayon color: soft gray · Preview image 4 of 4
A little practice goes a long way
Make room for your own ideas.
The example uses soft gray. Keep matching limbs and repeated parts in a consistent palette. Use light overlapping crayon strokes so the inner outlines stay visible. Mark the widest head span and steadily narrow the body edges toward the tail.
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.
