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How To Draw Cartoons By Understanding Basic Concepts Of Symmetry And Proportions

By Nikos L Maxwell

If your hobby is drawing, and you’re just starting out, then you might want to look at finding out how to draw cartoons. Cartoons are a popular way for many young artists to express themselves, and as fun as it is, the techniques and skills used in creating cartoons can be applied to other more "serious" drawings.

This is especially true when drawing the human form. It can be challenging to get the correct look for a person on paper, and by starting with cartoons you can learn a lot of the fundamental structures required when drawing pictures of people.

Learning to draw cartoons of people is often easier than drawing animal cartoons, because people essentially have the same basic shape and structure. Animals have a wide range of shapes and sizes, and while some might be simpler than others, there isn’t much about animal shapes that is universal.

Start With Stick Figures

But when you draw people, there is the standard oval shape for a head, rectangles for legs and arms, and of course the same balance of two arms and two legs.

Once you’ve decided to practice learning how to draw cartoons of people, you should start by creating stick figures. This might seem very basic but when drawing these stick figures, you should make a strong effort to keep everything symmetrical.

Essentially, you need to make a mirror image of the left and the right side of the stick figure, so you don’t have arms and legs that are too long or too short. If you a draw a center line down the middle of the figure, and add circles for the hands and feet, you can really concentrate on creating a symmetrical image.

Going Beyond Stick Figures

The next step when drawing cartoons of people is to go beyond rounded stick figures. This means really looking at the human shape and at all the bones there are in our bodies, specifically in the arms and legs.

To draw people you need to look at the joints in our arms and legs and make the necessary bends to the structure of your stick figure. Add rectangles to fill out the thinness of your stick drawing and with a little detail in clothes and the face, you’ll have created a simple cartoon person.

Understanding Symmetry And Proportions Using Cartoons

Learning how to draw cartoons is a fun way to learn how to draw, and a good way to get drawing tips so you can draw a person. It can be frustrating to try and create a more realistic looking person on paper, especially if you are new to drawing or don’t have the innate ability.

If you start with cartoons, then you can learn the foundation of creating realistic objects by getting the hang of symmetry and proportions, and learning how the body actually looks. Once you have that down, you can move on to more challenging images.

About the Author:
Nikos L Maxwell has written a number of articles on digital photography and digital editing software including Digital Editing Software, Large Images, Edit Pictures, Fuji Film Digital Cameras, DVD Editing, Video Editing Computers, Digital Image Processing, Ray Disc, Blu Ray, Blu Ray Disc, Blu Ray HD DVD, Blu Ray Reviews, Blu Ray Vs HD DVD, DVD Duplication, Ray HD, HD DVD.

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More Drawing Facts....

How often do you find yourself doodling on a piece of paper when you are on the phone with someone? Or maybe you see something spectacular and you just itch to get it down on paper. But there is one problem.

You do not know how to draw or at best can only draw stick figures. For you the talent does not come naturally but there is hope. You can learn to draw if you have the right instruction and you are willing to try.

You may already know how to draw but simply want to refine your technique or change from creative drawing over to more technical drawings. Rest assured that you can learn these techniques. This article may not be able to guide your pen or pencil but it can answer some questions you may have about the learning to draw process.

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