Cartoon Drawings

Before you start doing any complicated cartoon drawings, here are some simple little outlines to warm up your drawing hand.

If you ever feel daunted when facing a blank page, just start off by scibbling these basic cartoon outlines and you'll be good to go.

Tell yourself it doesn't matter how they turn out, just have the mindset of being carefree.

With this attitude, it should also pique your interest to see what you can produce. We are our own worst enemy sometimes, just by telling ourselves we can't draw.

Drawing cartoons can bring great satisfaction and a lot of pleasure!

There is such a freedom in doodling cartoons and even though I am not the best there is, I still like my finished illustrations.

I drew these images when I first started drawing because cartoons are an easy topic for all beginner artists. They help to motivate you because you can see you did a pretty good job even if you weren't trying!

Cartoon Characters

People feature in many cartoons so I have done very basic outlines of a cartoon man and a cartoon woman for you to experiment with and change expressions.

Cartoonists don't draw things as they appear in real life, instead they use less detail and exaggerate features.

Symbols are used to depict a character's mood, something like a dark cloud over a character's head would indicate a bad mood or despair.

The use of symbols can change ordinary drawings into cool cartoon drawings!

Expressions also play a large part indicating moods when drawing cartoons.

There is an online ebook which shows how to draw cartoon characters and it's full of examples of different expressions and characters.

I love my copy and I use it often. Some of these drawings are from that cartoon drawing book.

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Comics

When I was young, I used to love comic books.

Actually, I used to copy the cartoon characters way back then and I thought I achieved a good likeness.

I recall thinking that I wasn't really an artist because I was only copying and not creating the images myself. Little did I know that is the way to learn how to draw and I should have kept going.

I am sure I learnt a lot about drawing from those comics though, after all, any practice is good practice.

I still read and look at the comics in the paper, for a laugh as well as keeping a look out for simple cartoons to copy.

Here's a thumbs up for comics and cartoons!

Cartoon Styles

This old barn drawing was so easy to draw and it took no time at all. This example shows how to reduce subjects into a few simple lines and then easily convert them into cartoon drawings.

I saw this old shed in a book that I was flicking through, so I grabbed the nearest pencil and copied it as I was standing beside the table. I didn't want to lose the urge to draw it so there was no time to get comfortable!

It makes me feel great to see drawings like this emerge from my pencil. It wasn't a drawing I labored over, the feeling I had was more like freedom to see what happened.

If drawing barns and old buildings appeals to you, there are some more old barn drawings on this site.

If you have always wanted to draw, please give it a go. Remember to keep it simple. I am sure you can produce some cool cartoon drawings.

Use your imagination and look around you for ideas on what to include when you are drawing cartoons. There is no harm in keeping reference pictures for future ideas.

Remember to exaggerate features, put in a few scribbly lines here and there, and you've done it!

Guest artists have also sent in some pretty amazing artwork and you are welcome to browse through their cartoon gallery.

There are more links to a variety of cartoon sketches to be found at the top right side of this page.

Meet A Friend

Kids page - has something for toddlers to teens and everything in between.

Adults will find amazing information to help entertain the young ones plus a little extra fun for themselves.

Want to know where to go next? See:

Flower Sketches

Drawing outlines

Blind Contour Drawing

Help yourself to the search box to find other cartoon drawings on this site.