How to Draw Cartoony Animals

Name: How to Draw Cartoony Animals
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Grow your drawing skills with cartoony animals and a big smile

Created byChrister Hägglund

Last updated 9/2025

English

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What you'll learn

To find how fun and easy it is to start drawing
How to draw cute animals in an easy way
How to relax and be playful
Hints and tricks to help growing your drawing skills

Course content

6 sections • 16 lectures • 4h 23m total length

Introduction0:55
Learn to draw cute animals using basic shapes, and discover what makes them cute and playful. Practice five animals in three versions to boost confidence and drawing skills.

Simple Cat15:31
Learn to draw a simple cat from a rough circle and guidelines, then refine with blue and black pencils, forming big eyes, a nose, ears, and a tail.
Cross-eyed Cat13:42
Learn to draw a cross-eyed cat with a round nose, big eyes, and a fluffy body using simple guidelines, light shading, and practice to improve hand-eye coordination.
Side View Cat11:57
Draw a side-view cat using simple shapes, shaping an oval head and body, add soft ears, a triangle nose, oval eyes, and a fluffy tail with shading.

Droopy Eared Dog16:27
Learn to draw a cute droopy-eared dog using simple guidelines, big round eyes, a hanging tongue, and light shading to build character and practice proportions.
Big Eyed Dog18:08
Learn to draw a big-eyed, happy dog by following simple guidelines, adding cheeks, big eyes, nose, mouth, ears, paws, and shading for a playful look.
Side View Dog14:33
practice drawing a side view dog with a slightly tilted head, guiding lines, visible ears, nose, smile, and a fluffy tail, plus light shading and leg placement.

Simple Hamster10:48
Learn to draw a cute hamster using a simple shape with a bend and face placement guidelines. Add the nose, two round eyes, whiskers, ears, feet, and shading.
Standing Hamster15:33
Learn to draw a standing hamster by building from an oval, shaping the head and body, placing tilted oval eyes and ears, and applying light shading with guidelines.
Side View Hamster18:32
Learn to draw a cute side view hamster by building the head from a bowl and an oval, adding ears, cheeks, a tiny almond, paws, patterns, and shading.

Standing Bunny14:59
Learn to draw a standing bunny from simple shapes, balance guidelines, shading, and expressive features while embracing a playful, iterative approach and sharing progress with peers.
Dancing Bunny12:08
Draw a dancing bunny by starting with a head circle and fluffy body, position facial features with a guideline and ears, then add eyes, mouth, raised paws, and shading.
Side View Bunny18:06
Learn to draw a side-view bunny by shaping the head and body with guidelines, adding droopy ears, oval eyes, a nose and a smile, and soft shading with spots.

Simple Pig11:57
Learn to draw a simple pig by starting with a circle, adding guidelines, shaping the body, sketching a lowered oval snout with nostrils, big eyes, ears, and light shading.
Dancing Pig11:11
Learn to draw a dancing pig by constructing the head circle, body, ears, snout, and legs, then refine with shading and line practice to convey motion.
Side View Pig15:32
Learn to draw a side-view pig resting on its belly, starting with a head circle, then an oval body, snout, eyes, ears, legs, and shading for depth and a playful smile.

Requirements

No previous experience required

Description

In this class, I will show you how to draw cartoony animals in a simple and easy way. You will get a toolbox with many different ways to create a cartoony animal. Also, drawing cartoony animals is like two gifts in one: you learn a new skill and will be very happy at the same time. That is hard to beat.

Some of the things you will learn are:

How to draw using basic shapes
What makes animals cartoony
How to relax and be playful
5 animals in three different versions
How to enhance your drawing skills in easy ways
Tips for developing your confidence

With your new full toolbox, you have many different ways to draw a cartoony animal. You will be able to mix and match them to ignite your imagination and release your creativity.

Here are some exercises you can do:

1. Draw all three cats and use different kinds of eyes.

2. Draw three different kinds of animals and add hair lines, as in the Standing Hamster example.

3. Draw all three dogs and change the heads between them.

4. Draw three hamsters and play around with different kinds of spots.

5. Draw three different kinds of animals and add different sizes of shadows to them.

6. Mix and match a feature from each animal into a new wonderful creation.

And finally: Show your drawings to friends and family. Post and share your work with your fellow students. This is the best way to grow your confidence!

Good luck and enjoy your creativity.

Who this course is for:

Drawing Beginners
Drawing Beginners, Parents who want to teach their kids how to draw
Drawing Beginners, Kids who want to teach their parents how to draw

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Course content

Welcome to Easy Drawing: Cute Animals1 lecture • 1min

Three Cats3 lectures • 41min

Three Dogs3 lectures • 49min

Three Hamsters3 lectures • 45min

Three Bunnies3 lectures • 45min

Three Pigs3 lectures • 39min

Requirements

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