Saturday, May 2, 2009

How to Draw a Cartoon

Cartoon is any object drawing for a specific illustration purposes. Basically, cartoon can be used ironically to give instruction, advice, and moral teaching purposes. Most especially to the people in high authorities. Cartoon drawing could serve as a means of transmission media by drawing attention of the leaders in the high place authorities to the economic warfare/life experiences and present feelings of the people under their leadership. Cartoon drawing is so simple that anyone can draw it. You might think within you, how can I draw a cartoon? I need cartoons for some specific purposes, how can I go about it? Should I pay someone to draw a cartoon for me? Friend you don’t need to pay even a cent to anybody to draw a cartoon for you. Anyone can draw it himself.

Now, simply follow these two basic steps below- sure you’re already there!

Imagine the object structure
Make a rough sketch of the object

Imagine the Object Structure
First and foremost, to start with your cartoon drawing, you’ve to imagine the object structure you’re going to draw; these will enable you figure out and acquire the reality of the intended cartoon desired to draw. These steps below will help you better:

A) The Purpose of the Cartoon to Draw
The purpose of the carton to draw is the overall guideline that determines your drawing drive to achieve the real picture of the cartoon. For instance, if you intend to draw a cartoon for teaching purpose- like children tutorials, it means you must make a suitable imagination of the object in such that the object would posses comprehensive illustration to the children’s level of understanding.

B) How the Cartoon Would Look Like
Having realized the specific object purpose of your cartoon, then next is to imagine how it will look (the physical appearance). For example, if you want to draw a dog, you should have it in mind what dog actually is,and how dog looks, and the dog’s physical structures before drawing.

Make a Rough Sketch of the Object
Now, your final step is to make a rough sketch of the object. These can be done through getting a Sheet of paper/sharp pencil such as 2B pencil. 2B pencil is best for drawing purpose.

Finally, after making a rough sketch on the paper, the rough object drawn on the paper is called “Cartoon”. Of course, you’ve got it right!

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