How to draw mountains

Mountains can create some really dramatic backdrops for your comics. Learn to draw basic and advanced mountains with this tutorial!

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When you break down a mountain to its most basic of shapes it is simply a triangle with a wiggly line down the middle.

How to draw mountains - Step 1

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And to create a mountain range you just layer your triangles behind each other.

How to draw mountains - Step 2

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However, to make your mountains look more realistic use a more random peaked shape.

How to draw mountains - Step 3

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When drawing your outline adjust the angle of your line and vary its width to create crevices and to create texture, mountains aren’t smooth. And again, add a wiggly line down the middle.

How to draw mountains - Step 4

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You can add even more wiggly lines to create contours on your mountain. I tend to do this on just one side of the mountain.

How to draw mountains - Step 5

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Experiment with shapes and contouring to create very different mountains.

How to draw mountains - Step 6

How does yours look?

How to draw mountains - How does your look?
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