Getting started in Drawing Cartoon Characters

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If you have in mind drawing anime characters for fun or for profit, there are some important things you need to understand before you begin. Just follow these five tips to have yourself started successfully drawing anime characters for yourself or others.

FUNDAMENTALS

An important factor when you initially start drawing anime characters is in making sure that you develop some fundamental skills such as: composition, which helps tremendously when breaking things down to more simpler anime shapes, as well as proportion, and depth. The reason why this is important happens because it will give you a solid foundation to build upon when drawing characters. If you don't develop might skills necessary, then you run the risk of not developing a well considered and successfully solid character that may lack appeal.

REMARK

Another important consideration for drawing anime characters is remark. It's critical that you observe the world around you and record it on or into something such as a sketchbook because it will help develop your fundamental skills and develop your own private style of anime characters. By looking towards other artists to learn how they do it and noticing the culture, people and things around you, you'll create a great set of skills in creating great anime characters.

PRACTICE

You don't have to be a Vehicle Gogh or complete several years of school in order to draw either. All you need to do is have passion and make sure that you practice your techniques daily whether in a sketchbook or on a computer.

START SMALL

Instead of complicating model and design efforts by buying expensive equipment or supplies and software, try it this way: begin with just regular white copy paper and a pen or pencil. funny looking cartoon characters I've even used crayons, brown paper bags and cardboard! Your technique will improve, so by the time you are ready to learn about and invest in more expensive equipment, and supplies your skills will already be before blackberry curve. If you work with a computer, you can get a free trial or totally free software to hone your skills. In fact, if you use the advice mentioned above, then you will find that you will be able to become proficient in drawing anime characters with no money needed.

Add Dimension

Have you considered creating your own video novel or manga, television or computer animated series? Or how about commercial licensing a cartoon character you created to others. It's not as difficult as you may think. What you ought to do when drawing characters that are appealing and awe-inspiring, is create a back-story or history of your cartoon character. The back-story is the world and environment that your character lives and breathes in. This will enhance your character's image and engage the audience in which it will be presented.

So if you are really interested in creating the next hit television or witty book series or see your character idea on homemade cards or changed to children's toys, follow these guidelines and start enjoying or benefiting from drawing your own anime characters.

Andre "Dre" Saunders attended Bowie State University in Bowie, Md as an art major. He started article writing as a designer and illustrator and has worked tirelessly on projects for such clients as Dupont and the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children as well as creating several covers for a small book publisher. He is married with four children (two boys and two girls) and is currently working on several projects including a witty book series, a short film, a stage and screen play, a video T-shirt line and preparing several characters for licensing and merchandising.