jeudi 20 février 2014

Learning How To Draw Cartoon Characters Is Quite Simple

By Krystal Branch


A lot of people think that being able to draw the cartoon is extremely difficult. They are probably the people who had difficulty in art classes at high school, and watched in awe as their friends drew the most amazing characters in lessons. However, learning how to draw cartoon characters is not as difficult as most people believe.

Learning the fundamentals of drawing cartoons does not take very long, and it doesn't depend on having any previous artistic experience. It is all down to your willingness to learn, and being patient. It is not a skill that you have to be born with, or that runs in the family, anybody should be able to draw very simple characters in a few hours. The more time and effort you put into it, the better you will become.

If you take a look at some of the most famous cartoon characters, you will find that they are very simple. The faces of the characters are very basic, and they just have one or two very outstanding features, so in this kind of drawing less is more. There is no need to make them very complicated.

It is very important that you take your time learning the basics of your new hobby. The best way is to take it step-by-step, and create your own strategy when it comes to drawing. Decide what you want to see before you put pencil to paper. Do you want them to have a round face, or a long face. For a round face, start by drawing a circle, and a long face use an oval shape. Approaching your drawings like this will help you achieve great results.

Take another look at the famous cartoon characters you see on your screen, and in comics, and you will see that these have been based on geometrical shapes as well. Now expand on this strategy when drawing the features of the face, such as the eyes and mouth. You should then go on to drawing the body, also making use of these shapes, and soon you will have sketched out your first cartoon character.

It is important that you keep everything as simple as you can. Do not try to add too much detail as this is just an initial sketch. If you try to make it too complicated you are going to find it very difficult, and frustration will overcome the project.

You should not even think about adding fine details to your drawings until the initial basic sketch has been completed to your satisfaction. Before you start fine tuning your drawings, take another look at some well-known cartoons to see how the artists have made use of simple shapes to form their characters strong features. You should not be too concerned if you feel that you are copying somebody else's work, because, in fact, what you are doing is creating your own style.

If you follow a simple step-by-step procedure you will soon learn how to draw cartoon characters. As you become more confident, the time it takes for you to draw great characters will speed up, so do not worry about how long the first ones take. It is so important that you concentrate on developing a strategy, and a style, and then you will start to get the results that you want.




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