Saturday, November 16, 2013

Information On 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.

Obviously, one will be having the character he wants to sketch in mind. For starters, they ought to utilize basic shapes like ovals, squares, circles, triangles and even tear drop shape when drawing. When it comes to the face, an individual first decides the shape that will suit his caricature. He should ensure that features on the face such as the nose, eyes, ears, mouth among other things always stand out.

The face should be sketched on a blank paper using a faintly. The individual should not worry about the sketch being a perfect shape as imperfection is perfection in art. All the features on the face should be drawn in various shapes just as the way one had imagined it to be. One can draw hair for the character or decide to put a cap among other things.

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.

When it comes to the legs also, a person should have in mind ideas of long or short lines which should be exaggerated. The head or body can also be exaggerated as this creates humor and this is what animation characters are intended to give us. Once the sketch is complete, an individual then outlines the character. This is to make the caricature clear bearing in mind that when sketching, one was using the pencil faintly.

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.

With this information on how to draw cartoon characters, individuals can begin the process of drawing their own creations. This is usually a fun process and one must always take pleasure in them. This is because working without pleasure or fun will be seen on the caricatures since the individual will not be having creativity.




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