How to Draw Cartoon Sketches

Learn the drawing BASICS of cartooning, from the experienced ex-Disney, Warner Bros. and S. Spielberg cartoonist!

Created byBojan M. Djukic

Last updated 9/2017

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What you'll learn

learn the basics of drawing, essential simplest materials such as most ordinary pencils and papers and get enough self confidence to proceed further on their own.
sketch their own roughs and tighten them, make the roughs voluminous and be able to embellish them in a clean 'readable' way.

Course content

2 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 6m total length

00. HOW TO DRAW - FREE PROMO VIDEO3:55

1. HOW TO DRAW - INTRODUCTION2:52
I’ll go over the broad topics we’ll cover in the course, as well as review the supplemental material and assignments.
2. HOW TO DRAW - Warm up fun5:39
Before starting to draw, we need to prepare ourselves like athletes, with simple preparation routines
3. HOW TO DRAW - Rough In Fun14:02
Every drawing needs to be freely scribbled with light strokes that define the inter-connecting shapes before being well defined with amends and more decisive strokes
4. Interlude 10:48
From time to time we need to go back and see how well we are warmed up and if the exercises provide good results
5. HOW TO DRAW - Head Structures (Hippa)4:38
Giving solidity and voluminous appearance to the drawn shapes is of essence, to avoid the flat impression of the drawn objects and characters
6. HOW TO DRAW - Head Structures (Rhyno)3:57
Giving solidity and voluminous appearance to the drawn shapes is of essence, to avoid the flat impression of the drawn objects and characters
7. HOW TO DRAW - Head Structures (Anna)3:53
Giving solidity and voluminous appearance to the drawn shapes is of essence, to avoid the flat impression of the drawn objects and characters
8. Interlude 21:18
From time to time we need to go back and see how well we are warmed up and if the exercises provide good results - and here we do it again. IMPORTANT - we really don’t need to repeat this checking out. Just in case, to have more of the drawing hand control
9. Roughing the Figure Out (Shelly)10:15
Drawn characters don’t always pose passively - they tend to be dynamic and it is up to the cartoonist to provide the groundwork with shapes that connect into a sensible whole
10. HOW TO DRAW - Shapes in Space6:26
Spatial relationships are important for avoiding flat appearance on the drawing surface - here we are dealing with essential perspective
11. Posing the Character (Ella)7:40
The so-called ‘funny animals’ are the ‘bread & butter’ of the art of cartooning; but human stylised characters are equally important, both in comics and animation
12. HOW TO DRAW - CONCLUSION1:00

Requirements

Students need to know that nothing is impossible in drawing, since mostly everybody draws at the young age. Some abandon it... others continue but some need an extra push towards achieving what they want to do.

Description

This Course is about exploring drawing approach based on structural construction by using the essential drawing tools such as paper and pencils. You`ll see that drawing is fun and an exciting process! The online Course before you is about chracters and how to create them the cartoony way! I am privileged to share with you my vast experiences with cartooning from my own endeavors, along with working for Disney, Warner Bros. and Steven Spielberg`s AMBLIMATION, A Division of Universal Pictures, Ltd. among many others.

And this is just a beginning... For sketching is how you begin the drawing... ANY drawing, no matter if it`s an architectural design, background study, anatomical research or planning the animation, illustration or comics strip storytelling!

The Course could be completed in a month or at the Student`s leisure, for it is structured with comprehensible chapters addressing beginners and those polishing their existing skills concerning how to draw. The Course consists of videos only, because all you need is to start drawing, without any additional excercies - at least at this particular stage.

So, let's get to work!

Who this course is for:

Novices and already experienced alike are welcome to learn and/or brush off and polish their skills. Working professionals might be the group this course wouldn't be for.

How to Draw Cartoon Sketches

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00. HOW TO DRAW - FREE PROMO VIDEO1 lecture • 4min

Cartoon Sketching12 lectures • 1hr 2min

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