how to draw a

hermit crab

Steps: 11

Difficulty:

To create the hermit crab, you’ll draw different sizes and shapes of tube sections. Then you’ll shade the crab darker where the leg sections attach and lighter at the sides to make it look round.

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1 Draw a V that opens to the right.

2 Add curving lines that stretch across the V and then add two longer ones that curve to the right and form a point.

3 For the upper leg section, draw an upside-down U shape with curved ends.

4 Draw a curved opening, followed by the second leg section.

Fun Fact

Hermit crabs can communicate with clicking, chirping, or croaking noises.

5 Complete the leg with a narrow section and a curved V shape.

 

6 Add another leg that is overlapped by the first one.

 

7 Draw two of the foreleg sections using curved lines.

8 Draw the pincer, including its curved tips and wavy inside edges.

 

9 For the eyes, draw ovals with curved sides. Next, draw the largest arm with a bigger pincer.

 

10 To add the antennae, pencil in long double curves with curved stripes. The antennules, or smaller antennae, are each made of three thin sections.

11 Complete the shell around the crab’s body and then shade the body section by section with down strokes as well as side-to-side ones. Add a shadow under the crab.