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Footballs can be useful to know how to draw. By following this tutorial, even the most artistically challenged can create a realistic-looking football. Let's begin!

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A Traditional Football

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    Draw a large oblong at the middle of the page. Draw a vertical middle line which extends from both ends (left to right).

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    Draw a smaller oval but with the same length as the middle line.

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    Draw two rings facing each other using the curve lines as guide.

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    Draw the adjoining edges and the laces that put them together.

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    Trace with a pen and erase unnecessary sketches.

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    Color to your liking!

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    Draw the football's shape (like a sideways egg) either with rounded or pointed ends. The illustration here shows a rounded one, but footballs in real life tend to end in points.

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    Draw two slightly curved lines near the middle. They should be mirror images of one another, as shown.

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    Draw two rectangles near both edges. Don't go beyond the lower line, though, or your football will look a bit unusual.

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    Add in a long, thin rectangle in the upper line. Don't let it reach the two vertical rectangles!

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    Add in eight small, rectangular shapes for the stitches. They can be as thick or thin as you like, but you probably don’t want to make them larger than the primary line if you’re going for a realistic look.

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    Outline the picture and erase the guidelines. Add more details if you want to, such as more lines to give it a weathered look, or even some players tossing it back and forth.

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    Color it in. Footballs mostly come in brown, but you might want to make yours the colors of your favorite team, or some sort of interesting pattern--that part is up to you!

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    Draw two points to show the front and back points of the ball. Draw curves to connect them. Make sure they are not too arched or too flat. Draw the laces very thin.

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    Draw a t-shirt, then draw a football in the middle of it.

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    You can practice a lot, or you can measure out the lines and draw them with a ruler to make them more perfect.

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      To draw a football the easy way, start by drawing a shape like a sideways egg with pointed ends. Next, draw 2 slightly curved lines near the middle from 1 point to the other so they are mirror images of one another. Then, draw 2 rectangles near the edges to represent the stripes, but make sure not to go beyond the lower line. Afterwards, add a long, thin rectangle over the upper line, draw 8 small rectangular shapes for the laces, and define the lines by tracing over them with a black pen. Finish by coloring your football any way you like! To learn more, including how to draw a traditional football with more details, scroll down.

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      How do you draw a picture of a football? ›

      A Traditional Football

      Draw a vertical middle line which extends from both ends (left to right). Draw a smaller oval but with the same length as the middle line. Draw two rings facing each other using the curve lines as guide. Draw the adjoining edges and the laces that put them together.

      How do you draw in American football? ›

      If the team who has the initial possession fails to score, the game is won by the first team to score in a sudden death format. Any score - whether a field goal, safety or touchdown - would win the game during sudden death. If at the end of 10 minutes the scores are still level the game ends as a tie.

      Is 0 0 a draw in football? ›

      In soccer, a draw or a tie happens when both teams have scored the same number of goals after the end of the playing time. The scoreline can also be tied at 0-0 if both teams fail to score a goal. Keep in mind, playing time in the group stage matches is 90 minutes and does not include any extra time.

      Can NFL be a draw? ›

      In the National Football League (NFL), a tied game occurs when a regular season game ends with both teams having an equal score after one 10-minute overtime period. Ties have counted as a half-win and half-loss in league standings since 1972; before that, ties were not counted in the standings at all.

      How long is the Super Bowl 2024? ›

      How long is the Super Bowl game? The length of the Super Bowl is the same as all other NFL games: four 15-minute timed quarters, but it is the context of the game that makes the whole process longer, stretching up to four hours at most.

      How to be a girl football player? ›

      By incorporating various football exercises, girls can improve their skills and become successful players. These exercises target specific parts of the game, such as sharp ball controls, perfect passes, and technique of the weak foot.

      How to draw a 2d football? ›

      Draw a modest-sized hexagon at the centre of the circle to form the first guide to the shape of the ball. Join further slightly squeezed hexagons from three alternate sides of the hexagon. Fill the gaps with lines meeting on the perpendicular lines to form three pentagons.

      What 3d shape is a football? ›

      Footballs have a spherical shape.

      What shape is a 2d football? ›

      A football, however, owes its two-dimensional origin to the ellipse rather than the circle, giving the pigskin its prolate spheroid shape, which has a polar axis that is greater than its equatorial diameter.

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