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Saturday, September 26

How to draw...

Build one front-view sushi roll from two nested circles, then tuck salmon, cucumber, and carrot into the open middle. Three small rice marks, a white seaweed glint, and bright marker fill make the food read at a glance. This 20-minute lesson practices even rings, clear filling shapes, and controlled felt-tip color.

20 minEasy
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Handmade felt-tip marker drawing of one face-free front-view cartoon sushi roll with a thick deep-navy seaweed ring, pale cream rice, one coral salmon block with two pale streaks, one green cucumber wedge with light seed marks, one orange carrot triangle, exactly three black rice-grain marks at left, top, and right, one white glint on the lower-right wrap, visible marker texture, and one short broken black ground shadow
Finished doodle About 20 minutes

Felt-tip marker mode

Let's draw a sushi roll

Treat this as one playful practice round: sketch the idea loosely, simplify the shapes, then commit with confident marker outlines and bright fills.

  1. 01
    Circle the seaweed wrap stage for how to draw a cartoon sushi roll

    Circle the seaweed wrap

    With a black felt tip, make one generous circle that is slightly uneven like a hand-rolled sushi piece. Leave the center open for the rice and filling.

    Marker tip: Turn the paper as you draw; a slightly uneven circle feels hand rolled, but keep the opening generous.

  2. 02
    Mark the rice ring stage for how to draw a cartoon sushi roll

    Mark the rice ring

    Follow the outer circle with a second smaller curve, leaving a fairly even dark seaweed band. Keep a broad white rice ring inside that band and an open center for the filling.

    Marker tip: Keep the inner curve round and centered so the seaweed wrap reads as one even dark band.

  3. 03
    Place three fillings stage for how to draw a cartoon sushi roll

    Place three fillings

    Inside the open middle, draw a rounded salmon block on the left. Tuck a curved cucumber wedge against its right edge and a small carrot triangle directly beneath the two, leaving white rice around all three.

    Marker tip: Let the three fillings touch in the middle but keep a cushion of white rice around them.

  4. 04
    Add three rice marks stage for how to draw a cartoon sushi roll

    Add three rice marks

    Put one short rice-grain dash in the left rice band, one near the top, and one on the right. Keep them off the fillings and out of the dark seaweed wrap.

    Marker tip: Three marks are enough to explain the rice without making the little roll look speckled.

  5. 05
    Add the glint and shadow stage for how to draw a cartoon sushi roll

    Add the glint and shadow

    Add one short curved white gel-pen glint on the lower-right seaweed band. Place a small broken black marker shadow under the roll, centered beneath the outer circle, without moving the rice or fillings.

    Marker tip: Wait for the black wrap to dry before adding the white glint; keep the shadow short and broken.

  6. 06
    Handmade felt-tip marker drawing of one face-free front-view cartoon sushi roll with a thick deep-navy seaweed ring, pale cream rice, one coral salmon block with two pale streaks, one green cucumber wedge with light seed marks, one orange carrot triangle, exactly three black rice-grain marks at left, top, and right, one white glint on the lower-right wrap, visible marker texture, and one short broken black ground shadow

    Color the sushi roll

    Fill the outer seaweed band deep navy-black, the salmon coral with two pale streaks, the cucumber green with a few light seed marks, and the carrot orange. Leave the rice ring mostly white with light cream marker dashes, and preserve the three black grain marks, white nori glint, and broken shadow.

    Marker tip: Fill with strokes that follow each shape; leave open paper showing through the salmon and cucumber.