How To Draw Cartoons Photography Shack Guide
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 review your options
and 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 is an author of articles on animation, digital photography and editing software including
Digital Editing,
Large Images,
Edit Pictures,
Fuji Film Digital Cameras,
DVD Editing,
Video Editing Computers,
Digital Image Processing,
Blu Ray Disc.
Keep a lookout for more articles coming soon.
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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