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Uploaded:January 8, 2008
Artist:Dawn
Difficulty:Novice  Novice Skill Level
Steps:7
Updated:March 30, 2010
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Halloween Town is where you’ll find the “Pumpkin King” Jack Skellington. He is the extra long and lanky skeleton character in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is the main character in this movie that has a dog named Zero that has a ghostly body and a skeleton face with a red nose like Rudolf. His lovely lady friend Sally, who is a rag doll that absolutely loves Jack, always tries to get Jack Skellington’s attention. I was just surfing the web and seen a lot of the Pumpkin King everywhere. Yet I didn’t find a place where I could learn "how to draw Jack Skellington" at all online. So of course I said to myself “let me put one up” so I did just that. In this tutorial I will show you "how to draw Jack Skellington" from The Nightmare Before Christmas step by step. The instructions are really easy to read and follow. He is nothing more than a bunch of lines and bones. The hardest part about drawing Jack is making those straight lines in Photoshop, which was annoying. The sketch on paper only took like an hour and a half. But I managed to finally get it done after three hours. I drew him standing on top of the famous hill in the movie that looks like a shriveled up hat. I was going to draw Sally with him, but I thought I would let you decide if you wanted her in the picture. Anyway have a blast "drawing Jack Skellington". After your done upload it online and let me see how it came out, that way there you can comment on mine and I can comment on yours. Peace out people.

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How to Draw Jack Skellington

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how to draw jack skellington step 1

STEP 1.

You will start this first step by drawing out the long limb guidelines as you see here for his body. Start with a circle for his head and then a line from the back of the head all the way down to make a hump back shape. End this step by drawing out the long leg guidelines.
 
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STEP 2.

You will then thicken his body by adding the same shaped lines on the other side starting with the shape of his chest.
 
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STEP 3.

Now draw him some deep eye sockets, a thin line for the mouth and start off with sticks for arms. Almost like a snowman.
 
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STEP 4.

Again thicken his arms with the same lines and he has a collar that resembles a leaf shape, draw that out as well and don't forget his nostrils. Once that is done you will proceed onto the next step.
 
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STEP 5.

Sketch out the stitching on his mouth and draw a tail on the back of his jacket.
 
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STEP 6.

Continue on to draw his hands by starting with simple lines that are going to be his skeleton hands.
 
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STEP 7.

Here is the finished product. See how awesome he looks? I really enjoy the Nightmare Before Christmas movie, and, well, I was inspired to make a really cool and typical Jack Skellington. I hope you enjoyed the tut!
 
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angelcake's comment

 

angelcake ~ Jan 29, 2012, 1:40:37 PM
AWESOME!!! i am his best fan ever!!!!! i absoulutly love his movies i have them all. i also have posters, hats, comic books, and other things too. i love the PUMPKIN KING!!!!! lol inlove innocent
 
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Epic_drawer ~ Dec 21, 2011, 6:23:16 AM
Love jack mine came out nice Jack is the man! yay rock rock hai
 
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kehana509 ~ Oct 27, 2011, 6:38:06 PM
Man, I think this gets more beautiful each time I look at it :) very nice work salute
@wolfgirl583
thanx it took 2 days to draw boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie
 
Spy_vs_Spy's comment

 

Spy_vs_Spy ~ Oct 10, 2011, 10:58:47 AM
Thankyou, It was actually an idea my friend gave me, and i love the idea inlove boogie
 
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selendry ~ Oct 8, 2011, 11:11:23 AM
OMG It's InuYasha. I was just looking for a InuYasha drawing. Great job I wish I could draw him like that. hai hai boogie inlove inlove
 
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wolfgirl583 ~ Oct 1, 2011, 5:20:44 PM
thanx it took 2 days to draw boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie
@Artist101
r u haveing a boy or girl :) omg X3 boogie omgomg omgomg hai ;p yay when u due???? :?
 
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CollinBoud2011 ~ May 31, 2011, 10:24:07 PM
about 12 hours total
 
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ShaneDawsonLove ~ Nov 13, 2010, 3:51:03 PM
SO AWESOMEEE meowla
 
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Zombification ~ Nov 12, 2010, 7:28:43 PM
cool yay yay hai hai hai hai hai hai hai
 
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mileythrowdown ~ Nov 8, 2010, 7:47:06 PM
i made it a while back man ;P check mt tuts :)
 
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