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Ok, I’ve taken several art classes, and drawn things from architecture to portraits. What I want to do is be able to draw cartoon characters with some degree of complexity, accounting for the curve of action, and weight, anatomy, etc.

But I find drawing things like bricks, or a TV or other things very boring.

Could I learn by drawing other people’s finished characters as much as I would learn from just drawing a person from a photo. I have done portraits, but I don’t need anything that detailed. Simple comic-strip quality would be fine.
Eventually I want to draw from my mind, so I’m thinking of drawing what’s in some anatomy books.

How do others here go to drawing what they want to, well. I can practice, but I need motivation. I know my goal, and I do enjoy drawing other characters, but traditional art says you have to draw still life.
BTW I also draw from tutorials on the web. I just need to do more of it I guess. Sometimes I’m unhappy with the quality of my work.

Hi there,

Actually, creating cartoon characters is by far one of my favorite things to do! Here’s what I think…

Drawing other people’s finished characters is a good thing. And so is drawing a person from a photo. In both cases, you’re practicing and as we all know, the more you practice the better you get! But there’s more to it than that…

Cartoon characters and portraits, like all drawings, can be broken down into simple shapes. And it’s the shapes that make up the drawing! So, before we go ahead and draw anything, it’s important to that we first understand the simple arrangement of simple shapes that compose it. I like to call this arrangement of shapes the “framework”.

Let’s say you want to draw a cartoon person. Well, similar to how humans have skeletons composed of an arrangement of linking bones… cartoon people have frameworks composed of an arrangement of linking lines and shapes. And similar to how a skeleton gives the human body structure so that the shape of the body is maintained the framework of a cartoon person provides structure so that the proportion and shape of the drawing is maintained.

If you want to draw cartoon characters from memory, then you should first become familiar with the framework of lines and shapes that compose whatever it is that you intend to draw – person, animal, dragon, plant… you name it!

The framework helps keep both proportion and symmetry when you’re first starting out with a new character. Later, when you become more familiar with the framework, you can begin drawing it in different positions to give the impression that your character is moving.

Each time the framework changes, you’ll be required to re-draw your character in a new stance, and each time you practice doing this, changing your drawing and keeping proportion and symmetry while doing so, will become easier. In time, you’ll be able to draw from memory – or as you had rightly put it… “from your mind.”

Drawing in this way is lot like learning to play a musical instrument or a martial art. Through repetition, we gradually improve the sound of our notes and smoothness and of our form, the same way that we improve the accuracy of our drawing.

Well, I hope this rather long explanation helps. If you’d like to learn a little more about drawing cartoon characters, I recommend you check out my website at:

http://www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com

Happy drawing!

Jeff

i have some ideas for stories and the only medium i can think that it can be expressed through is like comic books but i have no drawing skills at all. i saw some kits at michaels, one 15 and the other 30$ that shows you how to draw comic characters. so how would i go about learning?

instead of kits at Michale’s, I would suggest "how to draw comics the marvel way" its probably the best drawing book ever printed for the comics medium, then I would suggest any books by scott Mcloud, like "understanding comics" and "making comics" there amazing books that really changes the way you see the medium of comics.
I would try writing first, and read the typed scrips from Your favorite writers, I know brian bendis has some books of his scripts, and many marvel books reprint some scripts in trades and special editions.

I feel like I really messed up…I’m very depressed. I’m so afraid that I’m never going to be happy. What’s worse, I am so afraid that I’ll have to live my life knowing that there was some career that was perfect, I mean a career made in Heaven just for me, and that I messed up big time and now the door is closed forever.

I’m beginning to think that I studied the wrong thing in college, and furthermore that there is some career that would have been perfect for me, but it would require a degree in something else.

I have a BA degree in Spanish. I love the Spanish language and I DO NOT regret learning to SPEAK Spanish and I DO NOT regret being an exchange student in Mexico.

However, majoring in Spanish was a mistake. I was an undergrad, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and I was ashamed of not having a degree, which was a source of pressure. I decided I wanted to go to law school (another story) and Spanish was a writing intensive major. I graduated from college and landed a crummy job as an interpreter at some crappy law firm, and decided I never wanted anything to do with the legal profession again.

Anyway, now I’m substitute teaching and it’s hell. It’s not a decent job, it’s a crappy job. I never intended to make it my life’s work, it’s so disappointing.

I should have/could have been a veterinarian, a commercial artist, a musician, an environmental engineer. I love animals, especially dogs and horses and love science. I draw all the time and people tell me every day that I should have been an animator for Walt Disney Studios. One of my Tefl trainers told me that I draw well enough to go work for Disney studios (I made cartoons as a visual aid for my students).

I"m scared that I’m going to fail in life. I’m scared that the professions that are open to me at this point in life are things that I’m not talented enough to excel at.

I got so disappointed with sub teaching and decided I wanted to teach English abroad. I just finished a Tefl course a couple months ago; now I’m certified. I’m also looking into getting certified to teach Spanish in Texas.

I was really excited about going abroad, or to Texas, but now I’m scared I’m gonna fail. I’m scared that I’m not smart enough to be a teacher and that I’m not as capable as most people.

I have faith in my trainers from the course but I feel badly about myself.

I substitute teach every day and people have said, maybe not verbatim, but for all practical purposes that i’m not doing a good job. Today was one of those days where nothing seemed to work and the school administration said things that implied that I wasn’t capable of managing a classroom.

I was really excited about going abroad to teach English, but I worry that these terrible things that happened to me as a sub (the kids were out of control and nothing I said seemed to have any effect) set a precedent. I’m so scared that I’m not smart enough to be a teacher.

I’m beginning to wish and wish I’d studied something else in college, but now it’s too late. I would give anything to go back in time and do things differently but I’m 30 years old and have roughly $8,000 in student loans. Not to mention I have no idea how I’d come up with the money for a new degree.

I get so frustrated when I go sub and the administration treats me like I can’t do anything right because it makes me feel like I’m not competent. I wonder, what’s wrong with me, everyone else is capable of managing a classroom.

It’s torturing me, thinking of how things could have been. I hate my job (sub teaching) and wish and wish I could go back in time and study something different. It’s torturing me, I could have been a veterinarian or I could have been an animator for Disney right now. Who knows, I might have been a famous guitar player.

I could probably go back to law school but I don’t want to now.

I wouldn’t commit suicide because I’m not a coward, but this is torturing me and I’m scared it will haunt me like a ghost every day. How I ruined my chance of ever being happy. I’ve fallen into despair, and I cry myself to sleep almost every night.

Have I ruined my life?

You haven’t ruined your life. Many, many people end up in a career that has nothing to do with what they originally studied. There is plenty of time to do something else. So, please, relax.

Also, career isn’t everything. Don’t let the rat race try to convince you otherwise.

Your writing is high quality and thought out well. You express yourself clearly. You’re obviously a capable person, and not an idiot. Everyone is afraid that they’re not smart enough, even the really, really smart people.

As for problems with teaching, not everyone is cut out for it. Doesn’t mean you aren’t competent or intelligent. Not everyone is cut out for race car driving or playing the tuba or humanitarian work in disaster zones either.

Through work I know someone who used to be a flight attendant. At age 39, she decided she had always wanted to be a lawyer, so she went to school. She’s now one of the top lawyers where I live. I’m 28 and only really now starting my studies.

I would suggest going around to talk with veterinarians in your area about the possibility of becoming an assistant or technician. Also check with animal shelters, rescue groups, stables, kennels, etc. Fluency in Spanish is definitely useful, and hopefully you can find someone willing to give you a chance. I worked as a vet tech for awhile even though I had no previous education, just a love for animals and some volunteer work in animal rescue. There is time in the future to take courses to eventually become certified, and maybe vet school once your prior loans are paid off.

The biggest problem right now is your low confidence. You are capable of making the changes you want in your life. Sometimes the risks are scary, but don’t see life as having only one correct path. No matter where you end up, there are always more possibilities, more options. Don’t let yourself get stuck somewhere you hate just because you don’t believe in yourself.

I remember when I was a kid, about 5 maybe.. I used to watch TV and I was AMAZED…
I wanted to be an artist at that very day.

Do you know why?

I was watching a random movie and thought that artists actually drew movies, lol. Kind of how people draw cartoon shows.. but more realistic, lol.

Anyways I suck at drawing, and my handwriting sucks too.

Got any funny stories to share? ^_^

When I was about 6, I wanted to be a vending machine. I know I know, weird right. Mum said I used to tell her I wanted to be a vending machine so I could sleep in the actual machine.

Luckily I soon changed my mind and had my heart set on being a princess. Not a princess yet but who knows…at least that future would be better than living in a vending machine.

So it has been YEARS since I played yu-gi-oh and I was downtown with my friends and I saw that they started playing again so I bought a deck. I bought the 5DS Junk Warrior Deck I think it was. I’m very happy with some aspects of the deck and unhappy with others. Before I go further, here’s the deck:

Trap

Backup Soldier
Birthright
Divine Wrath
Sakuretsu Armor
Scrap Iron Scarecrow
Seven Tools of the Bandit
Spellbinding Circle
Threatening Roar
Trap Hole
Miniaturize

Monster

Colossal fighter
Gaia Knight, The Force Of Earth
Junk Warrior

Atlantean Pikeman
Axe Raider
Charcoal Inpachi
Copycat
Dark Blade
Exiled Force
Frequency Magician
Junk Synchron
Magna Drago
Maurading Captain
Mystic Tomato
Regne, Gatekeeper of Dark World (x2)
Sonic Chick
Speed Warrior
Spiral Serpant
Tune Warrior
UFO Turtle
Water Spirit
Woodborg Inpachi

Magic

Double Summon
Lightning Vortex
Monster Reincarnation
Rush Recklessly
Smashing Ground
Symbols of Duty
Synchro Boost
Synchronized Realm
Syncro Blast Wave
The Warrior Returning Alive
Twister

I just kinda want to take this deck and remove and add cards to make it better. Any suggestions? Specific card suggestions would be nice but I more importantly need to know what are good booster packs (I could buy decks too, depending on how expensive) to get because I’m going out to buy some tomorrow.

I was kinda thinking of (btw, you don’t have to follow what I’m about to say because I’m not an expert so I’m not sure if it’s viable at all or if it’s a good direction to go in) just removing all the synco and tuner (and cards like synchronized realm and synchro blast wave) cards from the deck. The syncro cards are nice but I don’t see why I don’t just get monsters that are sacrifice summoned (that are just as strong or stronger) instead of using syncro monsters – and that way I don’t need tuner cards in my deck either. I mean I guess the only thing nice about syncro cards is that I don’t have to draw them, they’re always available to me if I have the right tuner and sacrifice – but is it worth like having all the tuners and syncro specific magic cards in my deck for.. as opposed to some other cards? I’m not sure :S

I also had a good amount of fire cards in my deck too and a UFO turtle to special summon fire monsters… but I don’t really like them that much. I was thinking of taking them out too.

I do like the dark cards and warrior cards though. I also like very much cards like Scrap Iron Scarecrow, Smashing Ground, Sakuretsu Armor, Copy Cat, Miniaturizer (kinda), Spellbinding Circle, Trap Hole, Threatening Roar, The Warrior Returning Alive, Lightning Vortex, Double Summon, Exiled Force, Marauding Captain, Mystic Tomato, Twister and Seven Tools of the Bandit (Kindaaa – expensive tho). I’ve also been playing friends and there are some cards I’d really like, such as Scape Goat, Mad Dog of Darkness, Kuriboh and Mysterious Puppeteer.

Anyway, that’s just some info to kinda give an idea of what I liked and dislike and kinda wanted. But if what I’m talking about is shit feel free to suggest something else or point me in the right direction of how I should build or modify my deck. Thanks! =]

Try http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Deck_types some for ideas but I need to think of some ideas to modify that starter deck. In my opinion I think you need to start a new deck from scratch.

i want to learn how to draw animation because i feel like drawing something like a cartoon character.

Ok first and foremost you should learn how to draw, a computer program won’t do it for you and it won’t show you how to do so. They are tools. If you want to learn how to draw anime, take a sketchbook and go to your barnes and noble or other book store and sit in the cafe and draw from the tons of anime books they have there. In order to make animation you have to know how to draw and how the body moves….programs won’t do that for you.

i want to draw a comic book but i am not very good at drawing could someone please help me

What i did to teach myself how to draw was fairly simple and i truly believe anyone can do it. To begin i looked at lots of animes/Manga/comics and found a picture that LOOKED fairly simple and watched videos on youtube about how to draw manga and cartoons. I learned things like how to use reference lines to make portions correct but eventually outgrew them once i naturally started to get it…
Step one: learn about reference lines. watch a video that you can follow along with.
Step Two: find a video of someone drawing a picture of a manga or comic character you like and draw it along with them watch a tiny bit pause the video and try to mimic what they did as closely as you possibly can. unpause and repeat until the drawing is complete.
Step three: continue to do more drawings and try to up the difficulty with each one. Save the drawings you like that you drew so you can use them as references later on.
Step Four: Try looking at a picture you want to draw and just draw it by hand forget the video this time. If it doesn’t come out nice repeat step three and attempt after you’ve had more practice.
The final step is to draw on your own. think of a character you can picture in your head and draw them or make your own. this is the final step and need a RIGOROUS amount of re-attempts before you will like the results.
This process took me about a year and now im drawing fairly well. I draw everyday and notice improvements in my drawings with everyone getting better and better. save your drawings so you can compare them and repeat things you did well in your next drawing. like little habits that form when you start to draw for example when i draw i like to start with the head and draw shoulders before i draw a neck…it helps me to get proportions more accurate. see the little things you like to do and refine them.
I wish you the best of luck and Make sure you don’t give up…Have fun

This is how I look:
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/Bluecartoonwallaroo/IMG_0555.jpg

And these are my personality traits:

Im fairly short and not skinny(so Im a bit skeptical of the undead, and elves, but thats my personal opinion, so judge from the photo lol)
I love cold places and hate hot weather
I hate the desert
I love animals and magic
my horoscope in chinese is snake and western it is taurus
I have a pet cat and love all kinds of animals
I love to kill things rather than heal
I like horde better than alliance
I love nature but can’t live without my computer
Im very bad at mathematics
Im good at drawing and love cartoons
I can be unpredictable, playful and loud
I have bipolar and anxieties
I like silence eventhough I am loud
any more questions about my personality, you can email me and then post your answer:

bluecartoonwallaroo@hotmail.com

Please also say why the race and class would fit me
yeah but as I said, would undead really fit me physically since Im short and dumpy?

(I know this is a really really stupid reason, but bear with me please!)

The punk-rocker look in your picture, and the fact that you’re fond of cold weather, makes me think you should be undead. Undead are awesome mages and warlocks, which kick arse when it comes to killing things quickly.

If you want to do more physical (melee) damage, like a warrior or hunter, I’d suggest being a tauren. I don’t see female Tauren very often…

By the way, if you’re just starting, I’d be willing to help you out. I’m a 59 Blood Elf Priest on the Silver Hand server (the name’s Røse).