Wednesday, November 13, 2013

How To Draw Cartoon Characters

By Katy Kline


There are many people who have always to draw cartoon characters either as a pastime activity but they do not know how to go about this. What such people need is guidelines on how to draw cartoon characters in order to make that first step. They also ought to be determined to learn and practice in order to make perfect.

One should first have in mind the cartoon character he wants to draw. A person should use basic shapes such as circles, ovals, squares, rectangles or triangles to create the face. A teardrop can be used as the eyes. The features in the cartoon that ought to stand out are the eyes, ears, nose, hair and mouth. An individual should then pick the shape that will fit the face for his character.

With a shape to use in mind, the person should then get a blank page or paper and sketch it. One should not worry about getting the lines wavy as it is a free sketch. With a face sketch, this is the beginning of the drawing where one has transformed his ideas into reality. One thing about a sketch, it should be done lightly on the page. Also one can play with the shape and distort it to create a dramatic face.

Once one has finalized the face, he should then proceed to the body. The simple shapes can be used as a body and one should pick the appropriate one for his caricature. For persons who want something else for the body rather than the simple shapes, they should try to get inspiration from their favorite cartoon characters.

The legs can be a bit of a challenge but one should think of them as elongated sticks and draw them in various lengths and width depending on how wants his animation to be. It is advisable that the head, body or leg of animations be exaggerated. This brings out the funniness of the character that many people want to see. Once all this is done, the pencil drawing should be outlined to make it bolder.

As one is outlining, some features can be made bolder than others to make them standout. Shading can also be done on the drawing to bring out depth of the drawing. It can be a black and white drawing or a person can decide to use color pencil to put some color on the character.

In order to make the drawing perfect, one should repeat the procedure on a new blank page of different animations over and over. This is the only way one will be able to sketch perfect animations. Also an individual should be simple at all times and not try to complicate things. If one wants illustrate a complex figure he can start by the simple caricature then modify it adding various features. But in order sketch complex figures one may be required to go for tutorials online.

Following these tips on how to draw cartoon characters will eventually see one draw perfect caricatures. However, on top of everything else, an individual should ensure to enjoy all his developments no matter how they look. This is because creativity will only improve when one is enjoying what he or she is doing.




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