A dinosaur monster combines the prehistoric power of a dinosaur with the imaginative freedom of a monster — think a T-Rex-style beast with extra horns, spikes, and ferocious features. This guide shows you how to draw a fearsome dino-monster step by step. Part of the 6-minute 100 Days Sketching Challenge.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Green and dark green markers
  • Brown or grey for spikes and claws
  • White gel pen for teeth
  • Black pen for outlines

How to Draw a Dinosaur Monster Step by Step

  1. Draw the large head — a big, powerful dinosaur-style head, like a T-Rex skull — elongated with a strong jaw.
  2. Add the fanged jaws — a wide mouth full of sharp teeth. Draw the upper and lower jaws slightly open in a roar, with rows of pointed teeth.
  3. Draw the fierce eyes — narrow, intense eyes with a heavy brow ridge for a ferocious look.
  4. Add horns and head spikes — this is what makes it a MONSTER rather than just a dinosaur. Add horns on the snout and head, plus a spiked crest.
  5. Draw the powerful body — a strong, muscular dinosaur body, standing on two thick legs with the spine held roughly horizontal and a heavy tail as a counterbalance.
  6. Add the arms and claws — clawed arms (you can make them bigger and more menacing than a real T-Rex's tiny arms).
  7. Draw the back spikes and tail spikes — a row of jagged spikes running down the back and tail makes it look extra dangerous.
  8. Colour — green or grey scaly skin, darker shading for muscle, brown or bone-coloured horns and spikes, white teeth.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: To turn a dinosaur into a dino-MONSTER, add features that no real dinosaur had all at once: extra horns, a spiked crest, back spikes, and oversized claws. Real dinosaurs followed nature's rules; your monster can break them all. Pile on the spikes and horns for maximum ferocity.

🌟 Did You Know?

Many movie monsters are based on dinosaurs — Godzilla, for example, was inspired by a combination of a T-Rex, a Stegosaurus (those back spikes!), and an Iguanodon. Real dinosaurs were astonishing enough on their own: some, like Spinosaurus, had huge sails on their backs, and others had elaborate horns and frills, like Triceratops. Nature invented some of the best 'monster' designs millions of years ago.

Dino-Monster Feature Mix

  • T-Rex head and jaws — powerful skull, rows of teeth
  • Stegosaurus-style back spikes — a jagged ridge down the spine
  • Triceratops-style horns — on the snout and head
  • Oversized claws — bigger and fiercer than any real dinosaur

🎯 Try This: Design Your Own Dino-Monster

  1. Pick three real dinosaurs and combine their best features.
  2. Take one's head, another's spikes, and a third's horns or tail.
  3. Add one totally made-up feature (wings, a second head, glowing eyes).
  4. Give your creation a fearsome name and draw it roaring.