Cartoon Drawings of Animals

These cartoon drawings of animals were chosen for their simplicity and aimed directly at the beginner artist.

All you have to do is copy the drawings so you can feel how it is done.

A simple trick with drawing cartoons is to convert them into basic shapes.

You can also use more than one shape to construct the body, depending on what animal you wish to draw.

For drawing a cartoon fish, draw a circle and then make the little changes that turn the circle into a fish drawing.

Let your pencil take over and see what cartoon animal drawings happen for you.

You will like doing a cartoon fish drawing, it is so easy!

You can put expressions on the fish face to make the sketch funny, sad, whatever.

By studying the cartoon drawings of animals here, you will notice how a couple of curved strokes can easily represent the scales of a fish. Little details like that give the cartoon experience.

Cartoonists put human expressions on animals to make them look funny. It only takes patience and practice to become a cartoonist.

Have a play around and experiment with distorting and exaggerating the animal's features.

When I drew this cartoon owl, I couldn't resist filling in some detail because he looked fairly ordinary without all the extra lines added.

Take notice of the kind of squiggles you can use to bring character into the sketch.

These drawings are in outline form so you can color them or alter them to suit the type of cartoon you want.

Cartoon animals are such friendly little critters, I even love the frogs which is a bit different to my feelings about real life frogs!

You are welcome to copy and paste these cartoon images onto a page and then print them out for some coloring-in fun for the kids.

Cartoon Horse Drawings

The horses were a challenge for me and I rate them with a high degree of difficulty. I had a terrible time getting the legs right. My drawing is not very good but my intention is that you get the idea on how to draw one.

Cartoons have no set appearance, you are the creator so let your imagination go free.

For more complex animals, it may suit you to draw a stick outline and then fill in around the sticks.

Don't get frustrated if you can't get a good drawing first time around. I know that drawing a proper horse was an easier process for me but that won't stop me from trying to draw a cartoon horse again.

I still have some work to do mastering the cartoon horse and I think that's part of the fun!

Use White Space To Your Advantage

Do you think you can produce some good cartoon drawings of animals?

If you haven't tried to do the drawings, grab your pencils now and do it while you are here.

The majority of cartoon animal drawings are easy to create, you only have to pick and choose what ones you like.

I have a book that helps me with cartoon drawing and I found it very helpful as well as enjoyable.

With all the white space and the simplicity of cartoons, you should be able to occupy yourself for hours of fun, doodling and creating some great cartoons.