Children are the main audience when referring to cartoons. A good cartoonist is one who can extract the main details of an object or a human being and simplify in shapes so that a child can recognize and be attracted to what they’re looking at. Was studying infant perception that masters like Walt Disney, Hanna & Barbera, Chuck Jones, Jim Henson, Walter Lantz, and many others have enchanted the world with its magical and eternal characters.
My role here is to make you understand the proper way to assemble this puzzle and definitely learn how to build any character from the techniques presented. I guarantee you will be shocked at how easy it is to create a cartoon expression that children (and adults) will adore!
The human being has a very interesting feature: We can synthesize the details that make up a structure or an object in very complex ways into very basic and simple ones. This way we can represent any type of thing through a few curves and geometric shapes.
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What happens is that, unlike artists, most people can’t tell from memory all the details that make up a car, a dog or even a child. So they start to associate very basic and primitive shapes to the specific characteristics of each object. How many children of 4, 5 or 6 years old came from a school with a drawing of two circles and some toothpicks on a piece of paper and said: “That’s mommy and daddy!”?
The basic cartoon shape is a circle. Circle Is All You Need (besides Love, of course). It’s from the circle that you define the basic proportions of your character’s head.
Once the circle is ready, it’s time to trace the face axis. Draw a vertical and horizontal line intersecting at the center, like in the image below:
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To make the eyes, draw an oval shape with a slight tilt to the side at the top. Repeat on the opposite side. It is important to leave a gap between them of approximately the same size as an eye. As we are in the drafting phase, you can draw another eye in the center to serve as a measure.
At the top of the circle, slightly thicken the trait that will be the eyelashes of our character. Place the eyebrows a bit above the eyelashes to spend a sort of a surprised expression. The eyebrow form is free and with practice, you will adjust to your own style.
Draw both pupils directed to the center (this is a very effective tactic used by major cartoonists whose sole purpose is to make our characters look cuter).
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Tip: To give more life and “realism” in our eyes you can draw a small line below them to simulate a kind of wrinkle. This is another very interesting tactic that adds a special touch to our facial expressions.
We arrived in the most creative freedom of the whole course. Think of it this way: In cartoon style designs, the main structure of a face is the skull and the eyes of the character. It is at that stage where you define the identification with the external world, IE, it is already clear to people that you’re drawing a character.
Now that we come to the jaw, we will decide if we want a fat character or a thin one. It could be old, young and so on. My character will be a young one. So, let’s design a proper jaw for him.
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When designing a nose being seen from the front, it is common not to use many details. If you draw only its tip, it is likely that it already achieves a convincing effect. It is also very common detailing to draw only one side of the nose, from the idea that this is the opposite side of light.
Notice that when drawing a little child’s mouth, the lips shouldn’t be drawn! In cartoon style, children, regardless of gender, have quite simple mouths. A good and expressive trace already does the job.
The ears are seen from the front side view (because our character is facing the camera) so that the internal cavities will not appear. Then we will do just a simple shape using some basic perspective (more on that later).
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The shape of our skull is already defined by the circle we did at the beginning, right? So we just need a very simple and childish haircut to give life to our boy. Let’s do it now.
Easy, easy… there is nothing to fear. Nobody needs to be stylish or fashion designer to make the perfect hair. There isn’t a right way to draw hair, so you’ll need to try until you create the ideal haircut you want. Just remember that the hair is responsible for defining the personality of our characters. Oddly enough, the hair can expressage, rebellion, conservatism… incredible, isn’t it? Speaking of which… what is your hairstyle?! Oh, never mind…
An accurate and fast way of drawing cartoon hair is to seek photo references on the web! I do this all the time: grab a fashion magazine or try a Google search. After finding the ideal style put the image as a reference next to your drawing board (or tablet) and start making a cartoon and simplified version of it.
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Now let’s play a bit more and create a completely different character leveraging the same template we used for little Tommy (yes, I created a name for him).
Notice that we haven’t changed a lot, we just expanded the eyebrow a bit. Older men have thicker eyebrows, occupying more space on the forehead. Eyelashes make no difference in men, they are always drawn in the same way.
Our character is already with a different “look”! This is very good. We will proceed by choosing the ideal nose for it.
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Notice that the ends of the nose are positioned very close to the bottom of the eyes. This is an effective technique to use when designing larger and wider noses. The idea is always to exaggerate to get a good result!
I decided to use another technique now: instead of drawing the mouth, we’ll simply draw a big mustache to create a better persona for our character.
We’ve just added some side hair and left him bald on top. Amazing how it creates a totally different look, isn’t it? Also notice that I took the same ear from Tommy, our beloved boy. That’s the advantage of working on templates. That’s the magic of cartoons!
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I don’t know… I think Tommy needs a sister! He’s been very lonely out there. Let’s create a sister for him now, as if by magic:
That’s it. These are all the changes you need to do. Besides that, I took everything I could from Tommy, her brother. After all, they are siblings, right?
When you start to feel more comfortable, you can slowly create some more “realistic” details to your characters. Such as larger pupils…
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We are ready to add more emotions to our dear Lucy (yes, that’s her name). Let’s draw her after receiving the news that their school holidays have come to an end…
Again we achieve something totally different just adding two things: The tears and the new shape of her mouth! Isn’t it amazing?!
And that’s it! We got the expected result with just these few changes. Hair, ears, nose, chin and the circular shape of the eyes are the same! Simple as that!
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Be aware of the main differences in structure when comparing them side by side. Pay attention to these details when drawing male and female characters:
Eyes, nose, mouth, ears… all the details that make up the face change its shape when viewed from different angles. It’s very common to see cartoon characters looking at every possible direction with different camera angles because they will need to react to situations and objects around them. This helps bring them more to life!
Notice how the eye format is simplified when converted to the cartoon. See it in red the oval shape in contrast to the circular shape of the real eye.
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Understanding how the mouth behaves at different angles is essential. Remove the excess detail and try to keep only the basic shape of the lips. The ears are also dramatically simplified.
Now we will put into practice everything we have learned so far… Below follows a basic template (only circles and directional guides) where we can practice our drawing skills in different positions:
It’s up to you now. I guess you can walk alone and explore the techniques I gave to you to complete the drawings. Remember that cartoon style has two premises:
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Once you managed to sketch the direction of the eyes and have chosen the proper chins, try to use your creativity to build how many faces you want. You can be sure that, if you practice at least 10 minutes per day of the techniques presented here, drawing cartoon faces will be as natural to you as breathing.
Example of how to use the same template to build distinct emotions. Notice that only the eyelashes and eyebrows were changed. Nothing more!!!
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