How to Draw an Off-Road Truck

In this tutorial, we want to show how to draw an off-road truck – a car with off-road and carrying capacity.

Earlier, the team of Drawcarz has repeatedly shown you how to draw trucks of different brands, but never created a truck with a special suspension.

And in fact, most pickup trucks have the required performance characteristics to drive on bad roads.

But in this guide, we will sketch a pickup truck with, especially increased cross-country characteristics.

How to draw an off-road truck: step-by-step tutorial

Step 1 – Indicate the truck’s initial boxy silhouette

Sketch the basic rectangular outline of the off-road truck. Use light lines to set the dimensions of the 4×4 vehicle and its placement on the page. At this stage, try to convey the overall proportions. Make the cab short and the bed wide. For an older-style lifted pickup, you can make the angles and edges smoother.

Step 2 – Construct the oversized off-road arches

Draw the large wheel arches of the off-road truck as tall semicircles. These arches must be much bigger than on a normal pickup to fit massive all-terrain tires. Check symmetry by flipping the drawing in a mirror. If you want to depict another type of a vehicle, make the arches more squared.

Step 3 – Define the off road truck cab geometry

Sketch the windshield and the side window of the cab. Keep the lines clean and straight where needed. A traditional off-road truck can have a flat windshield. Almost any modern lifted pickup uses a steeper angle for style and aerodynamics.

Step 4 – Mark out the door, bumpers, and lamp

Draw the front headlamp and rear taillight of the off-road truck with simple geometric shapes. Add a bumper beneath the headlight. You can make it thicker than on a civilian car. If you want a heavier off-road look, you can make the bumper look reinforced. Under the side window, outline the cab door and place a horizontal handle.

Step 5 – Indicate the raised suspension arms

Add suspension elements beneath the truck using long vertical and diagonal lines. In the front, sketch a bullbar or skid plate for protection. Raised suspension arms and powerful bullbars are the main traits of an all-terrain vehicle.

Step 6 – Draw the large off-road truck wheels

Depict the huge tires and place circular rims inside. These oversized wheels are the key feature of any lifted truck. Make them symmetrical and dominant, so they look much bigger compared to the cab. To suggest extreme off-road use, add a thicker tire outline. For a desert-style truck, exaggerate the tire width even more.

Step 7 – Draw the rims for the all-terrain tires

Inside each rim, draw a central hub circle. Around it, add small circles to represent the stamping elements. Keep them symmetrical and equal in size. Older off-road vehicles often had plain stamped rims; modern 4×4 trucks usually feature multi-spoke alloy wheels. You can adjust the design depending on the era you want to draw.

Step 8 – Review and trace your off-road truck

Erase extra construction lines to make the vehicle cleaner. Compare proportions of the wheels, cab, and bed to find snd fix errors. Then, you can add shading. You may also add highlights on the windows to show reflection. To make the off-road truck drawing more personalized, include details like a roof light bar, a trailer hitch, or a large exhaust pipe.

Further practice with off-road vehicle sketching

An off-road pickup is a broad term that covers many different types of trucks with this body style. Some are designed from the start for higher ground clearance and rough terrain, while others are modified versions of regular pickups.

This means you can customize your final off-road vehicle drawing in many ways to give it the exact look you want.

To begin, visit our main pickup truck drawing tutorial, where we explain in detail the most important aspects of sketching pickups, focusing specifically on their unique proportions and design.

You can also check out our fundamental truck drawing lesson, which goes beyond pickups and shows how to construct different types of trucks in general.

Using the skills from that guide, you can adapt the techniques to create a lifted version of almost any vehicle.

For a closer look at modifications, explore our lifted truck drawing tutorial, which demonstrates how to sketch a truck with reinforced suspension and highlights details not covered in this truck guide.

And for the most extreme version of an off-road vehicle, try our monster truck tutorial, where we push the features of oversized wheels and towering suspension to their maximum.

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Share this guide with friends or classmates who are also interested in sketching trucks, and keep practicing with our other tutorials to expand your skills across every type of vehicle – from standard pickups to the most extreme monster trucks.