How to Draw a Rocket Ship in 5 Steps

Learn How to Draw a Rocket Ship in 5 Easy to Follow Steps

Drawing a rocket ship can feel pretty hard when you’re first starting out. However, once you break it down into simple shapes, like cones and spheres, it’s actually much easier than it looks.

I’ve broken it down into 5 easy steps, so beginners can learn how to draw a rocket without overthinking it.

The final rocket ship drawing for people who don’t wanna read the whole thing:

Step 1: Draw a Triangle

If there is one thing you should know about me by now, it’s that I like to keep drawings simple using basic shapes.

And that’s why…

The first step to drawing a rocket is to draw a long triangle, or cone shape. This will be the main hull of the rocket ship.

Step 2: Draw a Rocket Thruster

Draw the rocket’s propulsion system on the back of the triangle. Add a curved ‘C’ shape for the rocket engine at the bottom.

Step 3: Draw the Wings

Are these things called wings? I’m not really sure, but I draw them anyway.

Step 4: Draw the CockPit

Time to add a cockpit to our rocket ship drawing. A circle (or sphere) makes a really good cockpit if you ask me. I also added a line to the front of the rocket ship at this point. It makes it look fancy.

Step 5: Draw the Details

As usual, the last step to any drawing is to scratch it up. Make sure it looks like you know what you’re doing.

Bonus Step: Color and Shade the Rocket Ship

Nothing new here. Pick some cool colors, add some shadows and highlights, and you’ll have a pretty cool looking rocket ship drawing.

If you actually read this that’s cool! If you only looked at the pictures, that’s cool too. I appreciate your time either way.

If you like space make sure you take a look at my other drawing tutorials like how to draw a planet, how to draw a UFO, and how to draw an alien.

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