Create a One Line Drawing zebra

One line drawing is a minimalist drawing created with a single line.

A little while ago we gave you a tutorial to draw a portrait (add link to previous article). Today, we’re going to have fun creating a zebra head with our famous Uni Ball EYE rollerball pens (link to product), which is available in 10 colours. In addition to offering a super smooth and perfectly even writing experience, the intensity of the ink makes it the perfect tool for writing, but also for drawing or colouring.

 Want to give it a try? Let’s get started!

Tutorial level: Beginner / Advanced / Expert

1^st step: Materials and reference lines

For this tutorial, you will need:

• Uni Ball EYE rollerball pens in one or several colours
• A Uni Shalaku S mechanical pencil and its small integrated rubber
• A sheet of paper
• Our pattern (downloadable pdf here) which you can use before you’re ready to try on your own

2nd step: Lightly sketch the shape with the mechanical pencil

With your Uni Shalaku S mechanical pencil, lightly sketch the contours of the zebra’s head. If you want, place your printable PDF template under your paper to guide you.

3^rd step: Fill in the traced shape

Now, with the Uni Ball EYE rollerball pen in your choice of colour, fill in the content of the zebra with a single line, by making loops to come back from one edge of your shape to another.

Go a little further to make the zebra’s ear, with two loops, and then continue to fill in the head of the animal up to the nostrils.

4^th step: Erase the sketch

When the ink is dry, with a simple rubber or the little rubber on your Uni Shalaku S mechanical pencil, erase the lines which you used as contours for your zebra head.

5^th step: Colour

Now you can colour in the loops created to reproduce the stripes.

Don’t forget to add a little eye to your zebra.

Share the final result with us using the hashtag #uniballfrance and tag us on Instagram (@uniball_fr) we’d love to admire your work and share them in a story!