How to Draw Cartoon Characters In Procreate

We start super basics by talking about what makes a basic head and how we can start to add variety using only a very limited amount of elements.

Your assignment is to draw some heads. The goal is to get as many head variations with as few shapes as possible.

Now that we have experimented with with faces we're going to do the same with the shapes of the heads themselves.

Now we're going to draw different head shapes around the faces we created in the last assignment.

Now we start adding details to our faces. More variation to what we have created up to this point.

Lets apply what we learned about face details in this assignment.

We've done a lot of basic things up to this point now it's time to start pulling it all together and creating our first character.

Now it's your turn. Take what we learned in the last lesson and unleash your creativity on a new character.

One of the keys to creating a character is becoming familiar with him or her. Redrawing your character teaches you a lot about its personality and how to streamline the drawing process.

Now it's your turn, try redrawing your character and become more familiar with how you have created them.

In this section we take a step back and learn about facial expressions. It doesn't take many shapes or lines to make a really emotive face.

In this assignment your job is to practice different facial expressions on your character.

We could stop here but you are probably going to need to draw your character from different angles so in this lesson we talk about how to go about that.

Now it's your turn to practice drawing your character from different angles.

You're going to want to do more with your character than just looks straight on at them so here we talk about drawing poses.

There is a lot to practice here. It's your turn to practice drawing and seeing poses.

Now we take what we learned from poses and we practice drawing our character in them.

Now it's time to adding the gritty details to your character and differentiate them from other characters.

It's your turn to add the details and accessories to your character.

A quick pitstop before we start polishing up our characters I want to walk you through the process of installing brushes.

Inking is an opportunity to clean up your character and make them look more professional as well.

It's your turn. Practive inking your character. This is a step that takes practice so don't feel bad if your first stab at it isn't great, it takes time. Feel free to try inking more than once.

How do artist choose the right colors? it's and age old question. In this lesson I walk you through my process of finding the right colors.

In this section I want you to do some color studies and practice using colors and contrast.

Now we take the quick color study we like best and we spread it to a larger character using more care and detail.

Now iot's your turn to take your favorite color profile from your last lesson and apply it to your character.

The block colors might looks good but they are far from the details we want on our characters so it's time to add more detail.

In this section I want you to break away from just using 4 colors and add some variety and spot colors.

A lot of time adding a background is a fun way to enhance your character but can also detract from them. Here are some tips and tricks to work around those things.

OK, it's time to pull it all together and make another character from scratch.

Part 2: We keep plugging forward on our character and adding more detail.

In this section we finish up our new character.