Chapter 16
Ten Tips for Drawing Cartoons
In This Chapter
Getting the creative juices flowing
Creating the initial sketch and working out the details
Transforming your sketch into a finished cartoon
Drawing cartoons is a fun and creative way to use your drawing skills. After all, a cartoon is basically just a drawing of life into which you inject your personal point of view. When you draw cartoons, you have a license to give form to anything you can imagine. So if you want to draw a tree conversing with a rock, go for it! Your cartoons can be silly, sweet, serious, or anything in between. You can use cartoons to tell jokes or stories or just to bring your unbelievable ideas to life. The sky’s the limit when it comes to drawing cartoons, and this chapter is here to help guide you from idea to sketch to completed cartoon.
Coming Up with an Idea
You may not know exactly what you want to draw every time you get the urge to pick up your pencil and sketchbook. Sometimes ideas of what to draw come easily one right after another like colorful handkerchiefs from a clown’s pocket. Other times, they may not be that easy to find, so whenever you get an idea for a drawing, be sure to write it ...
