How To Draw Sonic Blog » how to draw cartoon people http://howtodrawsonicblog.com The Best Info On Sonic Sketching Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How To Draw Sonic: The Fun Way! http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-the-fun-way http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-the-fun-way#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:36:59 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-the-fun-way

I love learning how to draw Sonic so much that I can’t help doodle the little critter any chance I get. Whether I’m on the phone, on a bus, or watching tv, I’ll grab a pen and make doodles of Sonic, Dr. Robotnik, Tails, and the others.

A lot of people would love to know how to draw cartoon characters really well, but they think it’s just too hard or they’re not good enough. I don’t think this is the case, so I want to set the record straight in this article.

If you search online for tips on how to draw cartoon people then sooner or later you will find some of the following advise: -

  • You need to develop a good sense of proportions
  • You need to devote a lot of time for practicing
  • You need to have good imagination
  • You should try to perfect your skill of drawing nice lines and curves
  • You want to have a good eye for colours and shades

I agree that you need to have all these things to be a good artist, but I disagree that you should focus on them too much. As far as I’m concerned, there is something far more important than all of the above put together. My golden rule of learning how to draw Sonic to perfection is this; HAVE FUN!!

Here are my favourite ways to have fun with drawing cartoons:-

  • Draw in a group, club, or in the company of friends.
  • Carry my drawings in a portfolio and take them with me to show friends and relatives all the time.
  • Draw Sonic to music or while a Sonic DVD is playing in the background. That way you can more easily capture a sense of excitement in the drawing.
  • Get some really nice pens and pencils to draw with. (I personally love using magic markers.)
  • Share your drawings on forums and on Facebook groups so that you can make friends with other people with the same interest as you.
  • Buy a really cool comic and copy your favourite drawings as best you can (one of my favourite past times).

So long as you keep having fun, you are much more likely to carry on drawing for years and years. If you aren’t having much fun then you’ll probably give up, or your drawings won’t look as good because you won’t feel as creative.

Sharing the experience of drawing is the key to perfecting the skill of how to draw Sonic.

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]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-the-fun-way/feed 0 How to Draw Sonic Using a Mechanical Pencil http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-using-a-mechanical-pencil http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-using-a-mechanical-pencil#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:59:59 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-using-a-tikky-ii-mechanical-pencil

One of my favourite ways how to draw Sonic is to use my trusty mechanical pencil. Although any sort will do, I think that if you really love drawing, you should also love your pens.

Far and away the best mechanical pencil out there is the “Pentel Graph Gear 1000 0.5″. If treated will care will last for decades and the styling of it is sooo cool – it’s a design classic.

The following video shows a mechanical pencil in action:-

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]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-sonic/how-to-draw-sonic-using-a-mechanical-pencil/feed 0 How do you say "drawing a real person" in french? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-say-drawing-a-real-person-in-french http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-say-drawing-a-real-person-in-french#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:51:11 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-say-drawing-a-real-person-in-french I need to know how to say "I like to draw real people" as oppose to drawing cartoons, but i’m not sure how i should say it in french…

does "j’aime dessiner les personnes réelles" make sense?

i need an answer ASAP, thanks.

Yes, it makes sense.

"J’aime dessiner des vraies personnes" would be the best word-to-word translation.

Maybe "J’aime dessiner des personnes qui existent", from "I like to draw existing people/people who exist".

]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-say-drawing-a-real-person-in-french/feed 5 Do Asian people have a poor self image? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/do-asian-people-have-a-poor-self-image http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/do-asian-people-have-a-poor-self-image#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:32:11 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/do-asian-people-have-a-poor-self-image When I look at Japanese cartoons ALL of the characters in every cartoon has overly large and round eyes. Asian people look nothing like the cartoon characters they draw. Asian people are very attractive as a race, why don’t they want to see images of themselves as they really look in cartoons. Doesn’t that set a bad example for Asian kids? Shouldn’t they be proud of how they look?

hell no

]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/do-asian-people-have-a-poor-self-image/feed 7 Funny childhood story…? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/funny-childhood-story http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/funny-childhood-story#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:26:15 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/funny-childhood-story 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. :)

]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/funny-childhood-story/feed 5 how do you draw little people like this? they are so cute!? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-draw-little-people-like-this-they-are-so-cute http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-draw-little-people-like-this-they-are-so-cute#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:40:19 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-draw-little-people-like-this-they-are-so-cute i’d love to know how to draw cute little cartoons like this! they are so cute!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51c60JbEeAL._SL500_.jpg

you could start with sketching out characters, use yourself as reference to cartoonify features, then redesign in illustrator programs, add fonts and other features, to complete the whole poster,

Cartoonify yourself example
http://www.cartoonme.com/en/

you can use Illustration tools to trace your image or create new
DrawPlus ~freeware
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/default.asp
Inkscape illustrator ~freeware
http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php?lang=en

Ｉllustrator world / tutorials …
http://www.illustratorworld.com/tutorial/
http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials
http://www.insidegraphics.com/corel_draw/

Adobe – Illustrator CS4
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/index.html
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ca/en/Product/1191272117978#tabview=tab0
Autodesk Alias Design
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=12239999&siteID=123112
PhotoPlus X3 Digital Studio Serif
http://www.serif.com/photoplus/
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]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-do-you-draw-little-people-like-this-they-are-so-cute/feed 2 What should I draw,My mind is blank?!? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/what-should-i-drawmy-mind-is-blank http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/what-should-i-drawmy-mind-is-blank#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:42:16 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/what-should-i-drawmy-mind-is-blank Hey there,

I was bored and I was thinking and thinking what should i draw so i thought of asking u guys to give me ideas…and btw I don’t know how to draw people or real things u know i draw anime but bored of it so i may draw um..like some cartoons but not loony toon i think it’s name i don’t mean cartoon character but..btw I can draw anything if it was a pianting so if u have any cute picture or pianting just give me it’s link i’ll draw it because i’m bored….

Thx

Your mind is blank, your canvas is blank so anything you put on it is an improvement. Close your eyes and let your imagination run wild.

]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/what-should-i-drawmy-mind-is-blank/feed 8 How to get better at drawing/drawing people? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-to-get-better-at-drawingdrawing-people http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-to-get-better-at-drawingdrawing-people#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:18:19 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-to-get-better-at-drawingdrawing-people I love to draw, and i’m not terrible at it, but not very good either. Occationally, I can draw a person that looks okay, but most of the time my people don’t look right.

I’m really good at doodling. In fact, I have a great, big sketch book of doodles, but when it comes to drawing any style of people i’m not so good……..-well-.I pretty much stink.

I don’t really have any specifec style of people I want to draw. Usually, I’ll draw something that looks realistic, but has a big flare of cartoon style. So…i guess thats pretty much comic book style. I tried to draw comic book style once, but i failed. I also like anime style.

So, I mainly want to draw anime, and comic book style, seperately.

Practice makes perfect of course, so do you have any videos or tips on how I can practice and get better?

Thanks so much!
God Bless <3

Copy.

Find a cartoon you like, pause it in the middle of action, and straight up copy the figures as you see them. Choose one character, and copy them from many angles, doing many different physical positions.

If you don’t inherently "get" the right angles and proportions and shapes while drawing on your own, then you simply have to practice using someone else’s interpretation.

Once you get comfortable with one style or character, draw them without "cheating" by looking at a screenshot. Then try a new character. You’ll be surprised how much faster you’ll learn the new character, once you’ve "mastered" the first one.

Then, move on to a different cartoon, with a very different style, and copy a character from there.

Some people say this is cheating, but I believe certain learners are better at this technique: studying what exists, copying it to learn it, and then moving on to create their own style once they understand why existing cartoons work.

Hope that helps!

]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/how-to-get-better-at-drawingdrawing-people/feed 2 Is there a way that i can make money off of my cartoons without actually being a cartoonist or animator? ? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/is-there-a-way-that-i-can-make-money-off-of-my-cartoons-without-actually-being-a-cartoonist-or-animator http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/is-there-a-way-that-i-can-make-money-off-of-my-cartoons-without-actually-being-a-cartoonist-or-animator#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:14:16 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/is-there-a-way-that-i-can-make-money-off-of-my-cartoons-without-actually-being-a-cartoonist-or-animator I love to draw cartoons and people say im pretty good at it. I want to become a pediatrician, but I also want to be able to sell my cartoons to make some extra money. How can I do this without being a cartoonist?

Well, you could go sell them at conventions.

]]> http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/is-there-a-way-that-i-can-make-money-off-of-my-cartoons-without-actually-being-a-cartoonist-or-animator/feed 1 CREATIVE PEOPLE NEEDED…easy 10pts question, just some ideas needed–please helpp URGENT!! ? http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/creative-people-needed-easy-10pts-question-just-some-ideas-needed-please-helpp-urgent http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/creative-people-needed-easy-10pts-question-just-some-ideas-needed-please-helpp-urgent#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:06:23 +0000 admin http://howtodrawsonicblog.com/how-to-draw-cartoon-people/creative-people-needed-easy-10pts-question-just-some-ideas-needed-please-helpp-urgent Okay, so I have this project: we have to draw an editorial cartoon. If you don’t know what an editorial is, you are missing out on a whole range of really funny cartoons! You can:
a) Google it
b) Pick up a copy of your newspaper, flip to the editorials, and check it out
c) This is an example: http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/

Editorial cartoons can be on many things, from politics to the overuse of video games in kids’ lives. They express opinion on something.
Our project is to draw an editorial cartoon. Not bragging, but I am a really good cartoonist. Not kidding…since the age of 8, I’ve been taking funny jokes, events, and ideas, turning them into cartoons, then drawing the cartoons and keeping them safe in a grey binder at the bottom of my bed…too scared to publish them, too scared to even tell anyone. Only my mum knows, but she’s doesn’t care, really.
Anyway, moving on to the project….do you guys have any ideas? I’m mostly best at drawing people. So far, all I could come up with was a really fat celebrity, she’s sitting on a beach, and then’s there’s a camera taking photos. Those photos are sent through this wire onto a computer screen, where this guy’s retouching it, then final picture looks nowhere like the actual ugly, fat model! It’s supposed to show how celebrity photos thnese days are realy being retouched. Yes, I know..it’s rather crummy. The girl next me has this idea of having Britney Spears doing an IQ test, and getting a lower score than a donkey, or something like that.
I don’t know if that’s a good one, but can you guys think of some ideas for a good, funny editorial cartoon? Any germ of an idea would be apreciated.
Thanks SO much in advance from a waiting, young cartoonist (who will also start thinking now). Thank you everyone! :)

Ha, thanks for your answers guys..please give more!
What’s a nuke, though?
And how would a cell phone blow an airplane?

Actually, i like the obese celebrity one.
It’s interesting, and yet unfortunately true.

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