This one drops the round cartoon shapes for real horse proportions, with a mane drawn strand by strand and a butterfly hovering at the muzzle. It is the most demanding drawing in the collection and the most rewarding to colour, since the strands take shading well. For something far quicker, the walking unicorn starts the collection again.
A horse-like unicorn with a butterfly at its muzzle.
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Here is realistic unicorn in 8 steps.
Draw the head in profile, with the fine muzzle and the arched neck.
Add the long twisted horn above the forehead.
Draw the ear and the eye with its lashes.
Lay the mane down the neck as long separate strands, not one block.
Draw the chest, the back and the hindquarters, keeping the proportions horse like.
Add the four legs, one foreleg lifted and folded.
Draw the tail in the same long strands as the mane.
Finish with the butterfly in front of the muzzle.
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