Draw Cartoon Characters
Cartoon characters can be very colorful and detailed, and can be fun to draw. There are only a few simple steps to drawing one. This article will show you how to draw cartoon characters.
Contents
Steps
A Cartoon Boy
- Draw a horizontal oval for the hair.
- Add another of a smaller size overlapping it for more hair .
- Overlap with another vertically slanted oval for the ear.
- Add a small cylinder to the baser of the lower oval.
- Draw two lines on either side of the cylinder and join those with a baseline.
- Draw a box with the roof line common with the earlier made baseline for the body of the character.
- Draw a quadrilateral at its base for the shorts.
- Overlap an uneven box each on both sides for the sleeves.
- Add a couple of irregular rectangles at the base for the legs.
- Draw a diagonal vertical oval on each side for the arms.
- Hang an overlapping oval from the earlier made ovals for the hands.
- Draw two ovals at a distance from the legs for the shoe-tips.
- Join the above made ovals with regular lines to create shapes of shoes.
- Get back to the head and create ovals for the eyes and a guideline for the mouth.
- On the basis of the guides draw every detail of the cartoon character.
- Erase all the guide lines.
- Color the cartoon boy.
South Park Style
- Draw an oval for the head.
- Attach three straight lines with each other at its base for the body.
- Add a horizontal rectangle for the skirt at the base of it.
- Draw two parallel lines touching each side of the body for the arms .
- Attach an oval at the open ends of the lines for the hands.
- Draw two horizontal ovals at a distance from the skirt-box at the bottom.
- Get back to the head and draw two vertical ovals for the eyes.
- Just below the pair of ovals draw a rectangle with tapered sides.
- Draw small lines over the eyes for the eyebrows and a horizontally flipped ‘M’ for the bow-tie with two straight lines dropping down from the centre of ‘M’.
- Make every detail of the drawing.
- Erase all unnecessary lines.
- Color the character.
A Nerdy Cartoon Girl
- Draw a circle and an oblong as guides for the head and the body, respectively. In cartoons, we can use exaggerated size and drawing a large head is quite good.
- Then, sketch the position of the cartoon using lines and circles. Here I planned to draw a girl holding a book while standing.
- Add the face, the nose, the eyes and the mouth. You can experiment on the expression.
- Sketch the hair. You can draw any hair style you want. Here, I drew braided hair for the girl.
- Sketch the clothes.
- Draw the basic outlines of the girl.
- Add more details like hair details, shadowing, clothes designs, etc.
- Color the cartoon.
A Cartoon Man
- Sketch the main body of the cartoon as a big oblong and attach to it the head by sketching a circle half the size of the oblong.
- Sketch the position of the cartoon.
- Sketch the face, the ears and the hair.
- Add the draft for the clothes.
- Add other details.
- Draw the cartoon’s features.
- Erase the pencil marks and add more details.
- Color the cartoon as you like.
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser gum
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers or watercolors
