How to Create custom Turtle shapes in Python? Last Updated : 10 Apr, 2023 Comments Improve Suggest changes 7 Likes Like Report See More In Turtle, by default, we have an arrowhead-shaped cursor for drawing on the canvas. This can be changed to some other predefined shape or we can also create a custom shape and register it under a name. Not just that, we can even use gif format images to replace our cursor. Changing cursor to predefined shapes The shape() function is used to set the shape of the cursor. The pre-defined shapes include turtle, arrow, circle, square and triangle. Python3 import turtle # turtle object c_turtle = turtle.Turtle() # changing the cursor # shape to circle c_turtle.shape('circle') Output : Registering new shapes The turtle module has register_shape() function for registering custom shapes. Syntax : turtle.register_shape(name, shape) Parameters : name : a string- the name of the shape to be registered. shape : a tuple of tuples containing the coordinates for the custom shape. The n-tuple argument for the shape parameter, denotes the relative position of each corner of an n-sided polygon. Let us try to create a simple diamond shape to understand this.Consider this diamond, having length of diagonal = 20, in a Cartesian plane : To create this shape, we need to pass these coordinates in clockwise order. Python3 import turtle # turtle object diamond_turtle = turtle.Turtle() # the coordinates of each corner shape = ((0, 0), (10, 10), (20, 0), (10, -10)) # registering the new shape turtle.register_shape('diamond', shape) # changing the shape to 'diamond' diamond_turtle.shape('diamond') # Keep the turtle window open turtle.done() Output: Using images for Turtle cursor To use an image as the cursor, we need to pass the image file path as parameter to register_shape(). Note that this image has to be in gif format. Python3 import turtle # turtle object img_turtle = turtle.Turtle() # registering the image # as a new shape turtle.register_shape('example.gif') # setting the image as cursor img_turtle.shape('example.gif') Output : Create Quiz Comment C cosine1509 Follow 7 Improve C cosine1509 Follow 7 Improve Article Tags : Python Python-turtle Explore Python FundamentalsPython Introduction 2 min read Input and Output in Python 4 min read Python Variables 4 min read Python Operators 4 min read Python Keywords 2 min read Python Data Types 8 min read Conditional Statements in Python 3 min read Loops in Python - For, While and Nested Loops 5 min read Python Functions 5 min read Recursion in Python 4 min read Python Lambda Functions 5 min read Python Data StructuresPython String 5 min read Python Lists 4 min read Python Tuples 4 min read Python Dictionary 3 min read Python Sets 6 min read Python Arrays 7 min read List Comprehension in Python 4 min read Advanced PythonPython OOP Concepts 11 min read Python Exception Handling 5 min read File Handling in Python 4 min read Python Database Tutorial 4 min read Python MongoDB Tutorial 3 min read Python MySQL 9 min read Python Packages 10 min read Python Modules 3 min read Python DSA Libraries 15 min read List of Python GUI Library and Packages 3 min read Data Science with PythonNumPy Tutorial - Python Library 3 min read Pandas Tutorial 4 min read Matplotlib Tutorial 5 min read Python Seaborn Tutorial 3 min read StatsModel Library - Tutorial 3 min read Learning Model Building in Scikit-learn 6 min read TensorFlow Tutorial 2 min read PyTorch Tutorial 6 min read Web Development with PythonFlask Tutorial 8 min read Django Tutorial | Learn Django Framework 7 min read Django ORM - Inserting, Updating & Deleting Data 4 min read Templating With Jinja2 in Flask 6 min read Django Templates 5 min read Build a REST API using Flask - Python 3 min read Building a Simple API with Django REST Framework 3 min read Python PracticePython Quiz 1 min read Python Coding Practice 1 min read Python Interview Questions and Answers 15+ min read Like