The TikTok logo — a stylised musical note in black, teal, and red — is surprisingly fun to draw and a great exercise in symmetry and layered colour effects. Here is how to recreate it step by step.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Black marker
  • Teal/cyan marker
  • Red marker or pencil
  • White paper

How to Draw the TikTok Logo Step by Step

  1. Draw the musical note shape — start with a vertical line. Add a filled oval (the note head) at the bottom-left and a curved flag shape at the top-right.
  2. Thicken the shape — the TikTok logo uses a chunky, bold version of the note. Make all lines about 1cm thick.
  3. Round the corners — the logo has no sharp corners; soften every angle into a gentle curve.
  4. Add the teal shadow — draw an identical note shape slightly offset to the left and colour it teal/cyan.
  5. Add the red shadow — draw another identical shape slightly offset to the right and colour it red.
  6. Colour the main shape black — the black note sits on top, overlapping both colour shadows.
  7. Refine the edges — where the colours peek out from behind the black shape, they create the characteristic neon offset effect.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: Trace the shape three times on separate paper first: teal layer, red layer, black layer. Cut them out and stack them with a slight offset to see how the effect works before drawing it all in one go.