The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Cartoon Characters

On March 23, 2021

In Drawing , Skillshare

Release date:2021

Author:Maria Avramova

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Not Provided

If you have ever dreamt of becoming a character designer or an illustrator of children´s books or just to be able to draw cartoony characters for your kids, even teaching them how to do it, this is the right course for you.

It can be overwhelming when you don´t know how to start and where to start from. But I will show you one very simple technique which will open the doors to your creativity and will take away your fear of failure once and for all. Because this is the only thing that is stopping you from that unfulfilled dream of yours.

So, what will you learn here:

How to loosen your hand and free your mind through the right technique so that you can draw anything you want.
Understand the basics of what makes a character looks cartoony, cute or evil.
Understand and experiment with many different designs for making a cartoony character. Find your own style.
Give motion and emotion to your character.
Learn how to apply facial expressions to exactly your particular character and design.
Attach the right facial expression to a body posture to make the emotion stronger.
How to keep the proportions of the character the same in different drawings.
How to draw cartoony hands.

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01 – Intro-See-What-You-Can-Get-From-This-Course
02 – Lesson-1-Loosen-Your-Hand-To-Start-Drawing
03 – Lesson-2-How-To-Draw-Perspective-Using-A-Sphere
04 – Lesson-2-Extra-How-To-Draw-Cubes-In-Perspective-To-Draw-Cartoony-Legs
05 – Lesson-3-Different-Approaches-To-Draw-A-Cartoon-Elephant
06 – Lesson-4-Draw-Advanced-Cartoon-Character-In-Different-Poses-Part-1-Happy-Elephant
07 – Lesson-5-Draw-Poses-Of-A-Cartoon-Elephant-Part-2-Sad-Emotions
08 – Lesson-6-Draw-Different-Cat-Designs-A-Cartoon-Cat-With-Defined-Features
09 – Lesson-7-Draw-A-Stylized-Cat
10 – Lesson-8-Draw-Cartoon-Cat-With-More-Human-Like-Features
11 – Lesson-9-Draw-Cartoon-Cat-With-Evil-Look
12 – Lesson-10-How-To-Bring-To-Life-Even-A-Very-Simplistic-Character
13 – Lesson-11-Draw-An-Advanced-Cartoon-Bunny
14 – Lesson-12-Prepare-Some-General-Facial-Expressions
15 – Lesson-13-Happy-Bunny
16 – Lesson-14-Sad-Angry-Bunny
17 – Lesson-15-Cheeky-Bunny
18 – Lesson-16-Draw-A-Turnaround
19 – Lesson-17-Draw-Your-Own-Hands
20 – Lesson-18-How-To-Draw-Proportions-When-Posing-The-Character
21 – Lesson-19-Draw-A-Fox-Using-A-Digital-Tool