How to Draw Donkey Kong & Friends

The book's cover art

How to Draw Donkey Kong & Friends is a book written by Michael Teitelbaum and illustrated by Leif Peng. Published in 1997, it features a series of how-to-draw artwork based on the protagonists and antagonists of the Donkey Kong Country series. It starts with a foreword "written" by Cranky Kong, who claims that he wrote it since Donkey Kong was too lazy. Some of the book's artwork is unique, with some (such as Cranky Kong and Funky Kong) using new poses and others (such as Rambi the Rhino and Expresso the Ostrich) directly taking their poses from existing artwork.

Drawings

The drawings are listed in their order in the book:

• Donkey Kong's head - straight-on and to the side, with shocked, excited, and angry expressions
• Donkey Kong's body
• Diddy Kong's head - straight-on and to the side, with scared, annoyed, and concerned expressions
• Diddy Kong's body
• Dixie Kong
• Cranky Kong
• Funky Kong
• Rambi the Rhino
• Expresso the Ostrich
• Enguarde the Swordfish
• Squawks the Parrot
• King K. Rool
• Kritter
• Krusha
• Klump
• Klap Trap
• Necky the Vulture
• Zinger
• Chomps the Shark
• Slippa the Snake
• "Funky's Plane"
• Mining Cart
• "One Type of Donkey Kong Island Palm Tree"
• "Krazy Kremland Roller Coaster Kart"
• DK Barrel
• Kannon and Kannon Ball
• Biplane Barrel
• "Crates for Throwing at Kremlings"
• Treasure Chest
• TNT Barrel (mistakenly called a "Barrel Cannon")
• "Another Type of Donkey Kong Island Palm Tree"
• "Donkey Kong Island Ground Foliage"
• Group image featuring Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong, Squawks, and a #2 pencil