In this collection of 30+ marker-friendly drawing ideas, we’ll explore how to make the most of your marker set, whether it’s a handful of basics or a rainbow array of colors. These drawing projects are specially designed to showcase the bold, clean lines and vivid colors that markers do best. Perfect for beginners who want to explore marker art without feeling overwhelmed, each idea can be adapted to work with any type of marker you have on hand. **Credit: All drawing inspiration and tutorials featured in this collection can be found on Tiktok coloringsflow **
Child in Red Cape
The drawing shows a simple character in a red cape and crown blowing a green bubble. The design uses basic shapes with thick black outlines and minimal details. Drawing steps: Start with a triangular cape shape, add round head, simple facial features, boots, and finish with the bubble.
Classic Santa Claus
A cheerful cartoon Santa with a traditional red suit and black belt. The design features simple round shapes, prominent white beard, and raised arms in a welcoming gesture. Drawing steps: Begin with a round body shape, add the suit details, draw the beard, then finish with facial features and hat.
Christmas Tree
A festive evergreen tree decorated with red ornaments and topped with a yellow star. The design uses a simple triangular shape filled in with green and decorated with evenly spaced red circles. Drawing steps: Draw a triangle, add a brown trunk, place ornaments in a balanced pattern, and finish with the star on top.
Chicago Bull Logo
A fierce red bull head with determined eyes and prominent horns. The design uses angular shapes and sharp lines to create an intimidating expression. Drawing steps: Start with the basic head shape, add the horns, then detail the facial features with sharp angles and bold lines.
Cute Mouse
A whimsical blue mouse with a round body and pink accents. The design includes a long tail, small whiskers, and simple dot eyes creating a playful character. Drawing steps: Begin with an oval body, add circular ears, detail with pink elements for nose and feet, then finish with whiskers and tail.
Happy Bee
A cheerful cartoon bee holding a flower, featuring yellow and black stripes with light blue wings. The character has a smiling face and simple antennae, creating a friendly appearance. Drawing steps: Start with oval body shape, add stripes, draw circular head, attach wings, then add details like the flower and face.
Christmas Candle
A traditional red candle with a glowing flame and green holder. The design shows melting wax detail at the top and uses warm colors to create a cozy holiday feel. Drawing steps: Draw the cylindrical candle shape, add dripping wax effect, create the holder base, then finish with the flame.
Fish Bowl
A cute aquarium scene featuring a yellow goldfish with bubbles and aquatic plant. The circular bowl contains sand at the bottom and shows a simple underwater environment. Drawing steps: Draw the round bowl first, add the fish, then include details like bubbles, plants, and sand base.
Colored Pencils
Three colorful pencils in blue, red, and green with sharpened tips. The pencils are arranged at angles with simple shading and wood-colored ends. Drawing steps: Start with basic pencil shapes, add pointed tips, include wood texture at tops, then color each differently.
Boxer Figure
A simplified character in boxing pose with red gloves and gray shorts. The figure shows basic muscle definition and a determined expression. Drawing steps: Begin with body outline, add the boxing shorts, draw gloves at the hips, then complete with facial features.
Baby Chick
A cheerful yellow chick character with orange feet and a wide smiling beak. The design uses simple shapes and bold black outlines to create an adorable, friendly appearance. Drawing steps: Start with oval body, add round head, stick-like legs, then finish with facial features.
Watermelon Slice
A classic semicircle watermelon slice with black seeds and green rind detail. The illustration shows the bright red flesh and two-toned green outer edge in a simple, appealing style. Drawing steps: Draw the semicircle shape, add rind layers, then place seeds in a natural pattern.
Leafy Tree
A full-branched tree with varied shades of green foliage and brown trunk. The design uses cloud-like shapes for the leaves in different green tones to create depth. Drawing steps: Begin with the trunk shape, add main branches, then layer the foliage clusters in varying sizes.
The Grinch
A green character with an exaggerated smirk wearing a Santa hat. The design captures the mischievous expression with yellow eyes and distinctive facial features. Drawing steps: Start with the pointed face shape, add the hat, then detail the expressive features.
Red Lips
A bold red lip design with striking detail and a lollipop stick. The illustration shows dimensional shading and highlights in a pop art style. Drawing steps: Outline the lip shape, add inner details and shading, then include the stick element.
Cute Cartoon Girl
A simple character with big blue eyes wearing a blue striped dress and ponytail. The design uses a chibi-style with exaggerated features and simple lines. Drawing steps: Start with the round head, add large eyes, ponytail, then draw the striped dress and shoes.
Green Pencil
A large pencil design with pink eraser top and wooden base detail. The illustration shows a simple green pencil body with a drawing scribble beneath it. Drawing steps: Draw the pencil shape, add eraser section, create wood texture at bottom, finish with tip detail.
French Fries
A red container filled with golden french fries. The design uses simple rectangular shapes for the fries and a classic fast-food style container. Drawing steps: Draw the container shape, add stripes for fries, include bottom band detail.
Pencil Holder
A brown container holding five colorful pencils in blue, yellow, red, green, and red. The pencils show wood-grain detail at their tips. Drawing steps: Draw the holder first, arrange pencils with varying heights, add pencil details and tips.
Christmas Bells
Traditional yellow bells with holly leaves and red berries decoration. The design features two bells with copper-colored bands and festive greenery. Drawing steps: Draw bell shapes, add bands, top with holly leaves and berries arrangement.
Monkey with Banana
A playful brown monkey character with large round ears and distinctive white mask-like facial markings peeling a bright yellow banana. The design combines simple shapes with bold black outlines, featuring a curved tail and small paws gripping the fruit. The banana is partially peeled, showing lighter green coloring on the inside. Drawing steps: Begin with the circular head and large ears, add the facial features and mask pattern, create the simple body holding the banana, draw the curled tail, then finish with fine details like paw lines and banana texture.
Red Rose Bud
An elegant red rose bud illustration featuring a distinctive spiral pattern that creates depth and dimension. The flower sits atop a thorned green stem with two detailed leaves showing vein patterns. The rose design uses overlapping curves to suggest the layered petals wrapping around themselves, while maintaining a simplified, iconic style. Drawing steps: Create the spiral center first, build outward with petal layers, add the stem with thorns, then complete with leaves showing detailed vein work.
Heart Bird
A whimsical blue bird design incorporating a heart shape for its body in soft turquoise. The character features a rounded head with a small orange beak and circular eye with highlight detail. The wing design shows subtle feather lines, and the bird perches delicately on a simple horizontal line with tiny feet. The color combination creates a peaceful, gentle appearance. Drawing steps: Start with the heart-shaped body, attach the round head, add facial features, include wing details, then finish with perched feet.
Patrick Star
A charming pink starfish character sporting green and purple patterned shorts. The design features large expressive eyes with bold outlines, a simple smile, and small dots scattered across the body suggesting texture. The character’s proportions are deliberately cartoonish, with a larger upper body tapering to smaller legs. Drawing steps: Outline the star-shaped body, add the facial features, draw the shorts with pattern, include texture dots, then finish with leg details.
Nerdy Character
A distinctive character design featuring round glasses, orange wavy hair, and a casual outfit consisting of a bright green shirt and blue pants. The facial expression shows personality through slightly crooked teeth and wide eyes behind the glasses. The character has a unique body shape with thin legs and arms, creating an endearing, awkward appearance. Drawing steps: Begin with the round head shape, add glasses and expressive features, draw the hair details, create the simple body shape, then complete with clothing colors.
Friendly Ant
A charming gray ant illustration with a cheerful curved smile and long antennae. The design features a segmented body with clear divisions between head, thorax, and abdomen, complemented by simple stick-like legs positioned for movement. The body includes subtle striping on the abdomen section, creating visual interest while maintaining a minimalist style. Drawing steps: Begin with three circular segments, add antennae and facial features, attach six legs in dynamic positions, then finish with abdomen stripes and outline details.
Cozy House
A whimsical house design featuring a two-toned exterior in yellow and cream with a bright red roof and curling smoke. The illustration includes charming details like a heart decoration on the yellow wall, a brown wooden door with a blue pathway, and a divided window. Small black dots line the path, adding texture and movement to the scene. Drawing steps: Start with the basic house shape, add roof and chimney, include decorative elements, draw the pathway, then finish with smoke details.
Christmas Candy Cane
A festive candy cane decorated with alternating red and green stripes and topped with a large red bow. The design includes highlights on the red stripes to create dimension, while the bow features multiple loops and a central circle detail. The traditional curved shape is enhanced by bold black outlines that define each element. Drawing steps: Draw the basic candy cane shape, add stripes, create the bow structure, include highlights, then finish with bold outlines.
Watermelon Umbrella
A creative umbrella design that resembles a watermelon slice, featuring a bright red canopy dotted with black seeds in a symmetrical pattern. The handle is colored in a cheerful green, creating a playful contrast with the red top. The umbrella maintains a traditional shape while incorporating whimsical fruit elements. Drawing steps: Create the triangular umbrella shape, add dividing lines, place seeds in a balanced pattern, draw the curved handle, then complete with bold outlines.
Flower Vase
A delicate vase illustration featuring two blooming red flowers with multiple petals and vibrant green leaves. The pink vase has a modern design with a turquoise label or window detail on the front. The flowers are rendered in a stylized manner with curved petals and bold coloring, while the leaves provide natural balance to the composition. Drawing steps: Draw the vase shape, add the label, create flower stems and leaves, form the blooms, then finish with details and shading.
Bubble Gum Girl
A stylized illustration of a figure in a matching green crop top and pants, with black flowing hair and rosy cheeks. The character is shown in profile, blowing a purple bubble gum bubble. The design uses simple lines and shapes while incorporating playful details like the curved hairstyle and casual pose with one hand in pocket. Drawing steps: Start with the profile outline, add clothing details, create flowing hair shape, then finish with bubble gum and facial features.
Yellow Duck
A cheerful cartoon duck rendered in bright yellow with orange beak and feet. The illustration uses simple curved lines to create a rounded body shape with minimal details, capturing the classic rubber duck style. A small black eye dot adds personality to the character. Drawing steps: Begin with the round head and body shape, add the distinctive beak, attach the feet, then finish with eye detail and outline.
Baby Giraffe
An adorable sitting giraffe character in bright yellow with brown spots scattered across its body. The design features large expressive eyes, small horns, pink-tipped ears, and a curled tail. The illustration uses a chibi-style approach with exaggerated proportions for maximum cuteness. Drawing steps: Create the basic body shape, add spots pattern, draw facial features and ears, include horns and tail, then complete with final details.
Cartoon Character
A yellow cartoon character showing an energetic pose with raised arms and an animated expression. The figure wears a red top and blue bottom, with spiky hair and large eyes. The illustration captures movement and enthusiasm through the dynamic pose. Drawing steps: Start with the head shape, add distinctive hair, create facial expression, draw the body and clothing, then finish with final details.
Red Apple
A classic apple illustration in bright red with a detailed green leaf. The design features subtle shading to create dimension and a slight indentation at the bottom, giving it a realistic yet stylized appearance. The stem and leaf add natural detail to complete the iconic fruit shape. Drawing steps: Draw the basic apple shape, add stem and leaf, include shadow details, then finish with highlights and strong outline. For more amazing art marker tutorials and inspiration, check out Tiktok coloringsflow!
