Goombas are little mushroom-like enemies in the Super Mario franchise. They’re easy to kill by jumping on them, and they’re also easy to draw. This wikiHow explains how to draw a Goomba in two ways.
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Method 1
Method 1 of 4:
Modern Goomba
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1Lightly sketch a triangle. This will serve as a guideline for the Goomba’s head.
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2Draw an oval underneath the triangle. It should touch the triangle’s bottom side. This will become the Goomba’s body.
- This oval should be wider than it is tall.
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3Draw two more ovals connected to the body, one on each side. They should be similar in size. These will become the Goomba’s feet.
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4Curve each point of the triangle. This makes the head shape much more accurate.
- You can draw these round lines darker than you drew the triangle. The triangle was a guideline to help you get the shape right. It can be erased after this step.
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5Add some symbols for the Goomba’s features. Place circles to represent its eyes, squiggly lines for its angry eyebrows, a curve for its pout, and triangles for teeth.
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6Refine the drawing. Add details, like pupils and highlights, to its eyes. Thicken its eyebrows. Erase and redraw any parts of the outline you need to until you’re happy with the final product.
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7Darken your outline. You could do this using a pen or ink on paper or protect alpha with a digital drawing.
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8Color. A Goomba has a reddish-brown head, a creamy mushroom-colored body, and darker brown feet. Its eyes and eyebrows are black.
- Shading and highlights make the Goomba look 3D.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 4:
8-Bit Goomba Head
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1Obtain a grid. You could make one yourself using a ruler and pencil, or you could use graphing paper.
- Make sure the grid is at least 16 by 16 squares, so you can fit the whole Goomba.
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2Draw a bold line in the center of the top of the grid. This line should be four squares long.
- Keep your outlines bold so you can see them against the grid.
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3Extend both ends of the line one square downward. It should look like a 4x1 rectangle without a bottom.
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4Trace the grid one square’s length outward and down from the previous extensions. The drawing should start to look like stairs.
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5Add three more “stairs” to both sides. There should now be five total, and the drawing should sort of look like a roof. This is the top of your Goomba’s head.
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6Draw a steeper “stair” at both ends of the drawing. This one should extend outward one square and down two.
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7Draw a bracket shape connected to each side. The brackets should mirror each other. The tops and bottoms of the brackets should be one square long and the sides should be three.
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8Extend the bottom of each bracket one square downward. The drawing will look a bit like a house.
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9Make two bold lines inward. Each should start from the extensions in the previous step, and each will be four squares long. The drawing will look like a very round triangle.
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10Continue each line, this time adding one square length up.
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11Finish the head by connecting these two lines together. The resulting shape will look like the top of a mushroom.
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12Draw two downward lines that are two squares long. Connect them to the Goomba’s head one square away from the concave bit at the bottom.
- These are the outlines for the Goomba’s body.
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Method 3
Method 3 of 4:
8-Bit Goomba Feet
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1Trace the grid in a staircase shape (1x1 per step) from the end of the left downward line. This staircase should travel in the bottom right direction. It should be three “steps” long.
- This is the Goomba’s foot. Up until now, both sides of the Goomba have been symmetrical. The feet are not symmetrical, so don’t repeat this staircase on the right side.
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2Extend both ends of the staircase to the left. The top should be extended by one square and the bottom by three squares. These new lines should be parallel.
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3Draw a line two squares tall down from the top of the foot.
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4Finish the left foot by tracing the grid one square length right and down. It will look like an inverted stair.
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5Attach a new line that is two squares long. It should connect to the middle of the right side of the Goomba’s body and travel to the right.
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6Connect a shape that looks like a sideways hat to the line you just drew. The brim of the “hat” should be one square long. The top should be one square tall and two squares long.
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7Extend the end of the “hat” five squares left/inward. It should start to take the shape of a foot.
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8Add to this line. This addition should extend upward and measure two squares tall.
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9Finish the right foot. This should be done by tracing the grid to draw a “shallow staircase”. The first step should be one square long. The second should be one square tall and two squares long.
- The foot should now be a closed shape.
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10Finish the body. Draw one step that connects the bottom of the left foot to the right foot.
- Your outline should be recognizable as a Goomba by now.
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Method 4
Method 4 of 4:
8-Bit Goomba Face
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1Start the eyebrows. Draw two rectangles measuring 2x1 squares each. They should touch the Goomba’s head’s outline near the middle height wise.
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2Draw the irises. They should the eyebrows at their innermost corners. The irises should measure 1x3 squares.
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3Connect the irises with two straight lines. They should touch the middle of the eyes, not the top or bottom.
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4Add the whites of the eyes. Do this by outlining a space one square thick around each iris. Each outline should start touching its respective eyebrow and end at the rectangle connecting the eyes.
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5Color. A Goomba has black pupils and eyebrows. Its head is reddish-brown and its feet are a darker brown. The eyes and body are the same mushroom off-white color.Advertisement
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