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Basic Cartooning

If you don't know how to draw, you can still hit the drawing board  using the traditional method-pen and paper or you can use the technology, like computer to draw the different objects.Let us attack the problem. Our mission is to create a basic Cartoon character. You can use the Paint Brush to draw, remember that drawings are compose of lines and shapes. Prepare your pencil and paper and start to draw the vertical line and slepping lines, fill up the paper, don't pressure your hands.

The purpose of creating lines is to warm up your fingers and wrist. Practice this technique everyday for 5 Minutes, compare your previous works to your current work. If you are comfortable of doing the lines then its about time you indulge your self to draw the elipse/circle. Fill up the paper with circles.

There is an adage "patience is a virtue" prior going to a combat mission you must equip your self with profuse training and carry a full metal jacket against your foes. Perfection of circle needs an aide of a computer program, for example, you can use the Photoshop or a basic graphic program of Paint Brush.

Cube Basic Guide to Drawing

The proportion of drawings comes from the basic transistion of basic mathematics calculation, but it doesn't mean that you will brace your self in pounding numbers, but of course it is extremely crucial to learn mathematics. In this case, we will use the descriptive ideas to illustrate the importance of cube. I am sure you understand the cube, an object like a box and space inside. This is use to guide the artists and even the novice users to attack the proportion of drawing. For example creating a building, house,landscape and even the human anatomy. Yes, this is part of the so called technical drawing, thru technical drawing anybody can measure the depth and space of the object.

How to start with the cube? draw a box and create a simple version of a 2d drawing, don't push your drawing to hard to reach the end of perfection, just draw it with enjoyment and once your hands got the rythm then create more cubes. Never mind the unlined points just draw until you perfect it, anyway you are not dealing on numbers, but to the angle of proportions.

The cube can highten your illustrations, like for example if you are creating a background and different objects.Drawing in perspective requires a great proportion and understanding the lines and its direction to connect on the optic perception of the viewer.

Skills can be acquired later if you practice your ability(Plato's principle was, to learn more is to practice and gain experience every day), erasures are normal, but once again I would like to reiterate this, don't pressure your self, focus and keep on practicing, there are basic books on drawing, but thru reading and peeling information on the web can increase your knowledge.