How to Draw Spooky Bats

<p>Adding bats to anything improves the late-in-the-year atmosphere.</p> <p>There are many ways of drawing spooky bats, but this is a good one to start with &mdash; very quick and effective.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*0RiJUAMak2GsWaI8cGLPzg.jpeg" style="height:253px; width:700px" /></p> <p>The shallow curves of an &lsquo;m&rsquo; are frequently used to suggest flying birds and we recognise it because it&rsquo;s like an agreed short cut that our brain has approved.</p> <p>Start with some of them flying at different angles.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*uYI4bq9i0fBJ93r-KT2sFw.jpeg" style="height:599px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Practice on scrap paper another fatter &lsquo;m&rsquo; with a long tail &mdash; on the diagonal.</p> <p>And the mirror image on the other diagonal. As above.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*m40dTKZLbtAjSvIlBdha1w.jpeg" style="height:317px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Add the fatter &lsquo;m&rsquo; with a long tail to the bird on one side, and on the other side with the tails meeting at a point. As above.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/how-to-draw/how-to-draw-spooky-bats-69cf9f8ed185"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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