How to Draw Pluto from Mickey Mouse

Finished Pluto drawing with long ears, open mouth, collar, paws, and tail

In this cartoon tutorial, we’ll show you how to draw Pluto, Mickey Mouse’s loyal dog and one of Disney’s most popular characters.

Pluto first appeared on screen in 1930 and has since become one of the most recognizable pets in the world.

In most episodes, Pluto is the pet of another Disney character, Mickey Mouse, although several cartoons feature Pluto as the central character.

How to draw Pluto step by step

Step 1: Sketch Pluto’s basic shapes

First, sketch Pluto’s head as a small circle. Draw the elongated torso as a bean-like shape, similar to the body used when drawing Minions. Connect these two shapes with a smooth line for the neck. Pay attention to the relative sizes of the head and body.

Sketching Pluto’s round head, bean-shaped torso, and curved neck line

Step 2: Build Pluto’s full silhouette

This stage may seem difficult, but it becomes clearer when divided into several parts. Build Pluto’s silhouette from the head downward. First, draw the upper and lower sections of the muzzle, making the upper part slightly larger.

Next, sketch Pluto’s limbs. Draw the front legs first, followed by the hind legs. Use smooth, rounded lines and make the lower parts of the legs relatively large. Finish by outlining the tail.

Building Pluto’s muzzle, rounded legs, large paws, body contours, and tail

Step 3: Draw Pluto’s facial features

Draw Pluto’s face. His eyes resemble two elongated ovals. Add the pupils inside the eyes, placing them near the corners to show the direction of his gaze. Draw the brow folds parallel to the eye contours, then add the long rounded ears, tongue, and nose.

Drawing Pluto’s oval eyes, pupils, brow folds, long ears, tongue, and nose

Step 4: Refine Pluto’s head

Erase the extra guidelines from Pluto’s face. Add a couple of folds across the nose, then refine the head with clear, confident lines.

Refining Pluto’s head, muzzle, nose folds, eyes, ears, tongue, and mouth

Step 5: Add Pluto’s loose collar

Draw Pluto’s collar. It should sit loosely at the base of the neck and rest against the shoulder area.

Adding Pluto’s wide loose collar around the base of the neck

Step 6: Refine the dog’s front legs

Refine Pluto’s front legs and outline three toes on each paw. Add skin folds around the joints and where the legs connect to the torso.

Refining Pluto’s front legs, rounded paws, three toes, and skin folds

Step 7: Finish drawing the hind legs

Refine Pluto’s hind legs in the same way and erase the remaining construction lines. Then complete the outline of the tail.

Finishing Pluto’s hind legs, rear paws, body contours, and curved tail

Step 8: Refine and darken Pluto’s details

Darken Pluto’s pupils, ears, nose, mouth, and tail to complete the drawing.

Finishing Pluto with dark pupils, ears, nose, mouth, and tail

This tutorial showed you how to draw Pluto step-by-step. If you’d like to continue drawing characters from the same series, try drawing Mickey Mouse, Pluto’s longtime owner and friend.

You can also practice drawing Goofy, another classic Disney character with completely different appearance and facial features.

You can also practice drawing Brian Griffin, another famous cartoon dog.