dimanche 17 novembre 2013

Guidelines On How To Draw Cartoon Characters

By Katy Kline


A lot of individuals would want to draw cartoon characters but they see this as a difficult task. However, this task is not that difficult if such people learn how to draw cartoon characters. What one needs is determination to learn and practice. Below are some tips to help people draw cartoon characters successfully.

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.

After which the individual will get a blank paper and a good pencil and then sketch the face. This should be done faintly as one may rub some parts for one reason or another. Being able to put the sketch on paper is the beginning of visualizing the imagination in the head. One does not have to worry about drawing perfect shape as distortions or exaggerations are what make a face stand out.

Once the face is done, an individual then proceeds with the body. Drawing the body should also be simple. One can utilize the basic shapes such as lines, curves among other shapes. An individual can think of a cartoon he likes and visualize how its body looks like and use this as a guidance to create the body of his character. Therefore one ought to be familiar with body shapes of various animations.

After finishing the body sketch, the next important part to draw is the legs. Many people find drawing the legs tricky. But this should not be the case as the legs are just elongated structures from the body. Therefore one can have them as thin sketches or thick ones or in various shapes. Once the caricature sketch is complete, a person should outline the figure to make it bold and stand out.

One can decide to make certain features of the character to be bolder than the others. Persons can also put shadings on various sides of the drawing to show some depth. Other than shadings, the image can also be colored depending on the additions one wants for his character or left the way it is.

The procedure can be repeated again and again to make perfect. One should however ensure to keep in mind simplicity as the caricatures ought to be simple. Drawing a complex character can be hard for many people but with time this can be possible. One can start by a simple sketch and then modify the sketch into a complex animation by adding certain things or using complex shapes. But all this will happen with time.

These guidelines on how to draw cartoon characters provides a base for beginners to start from. With time, such person can improve their drawing by getting advanced tutorials. One should however ensure to take pleasure in all his developments as this is the only way to build and improve creativity.




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