--- title: How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand description: The technique is so simple canonical: https://time.com/3549334/video-draw-perfect-circle/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-31T16:03:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:12.857Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand og:description: The technique is so simple og:url: https://time.com/3549334/video-draw-perfect-circle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand twitter:description: The technique is so simple twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand by [Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor Oct 31, 2014 4:03 PM UTC by [Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor Oct 31, 2014 4:03 PM UTC  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/21/tutorial-freehand-draw-perfect-circle/) _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com/)_._ No one thought it was possible. Until now. In the tutorial video below, YouTuber [Dave Hax](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0rDDvHM7u%5F7aWgAojSXl1Q) shows us how to draw a perfect circle freehand. The technique is so simple, it’ll make you wonder why no one thought of it before: you use your wrist, knuckles, or fingers as your pivot. From there, you spin the paper around, drawing a perfect circle as you go. It takes a bit of practice, but when you get the hang of it, it feels like unlocking a new skill! (Via [APlus](http://aplus.com/a/dave-hax-draw-a-perfect-circle-freehand)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3549334/video-draw-perfect-circle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3549334/video-draw-perfect-circle/"},"headline":"How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand","datePublished":"2014-10-31T16:03:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:12.857Z","description":"The technique is so simple","url":"https://time.com/3549334/video-draw-perfect-circle/","keywords":["Innovation","Art","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3549334/video-draw-perfect-circle/","name":"How to Draw a Perfect Circle Freehand"}}]}] ```