Halloween greetings card customisation The silly season is upon us! Halloween greetings cards are scarcely a 'thing' in Cape Town (though becoming more so as commercial interests ratchet up their pumpkin/bat/zombie paraphernalia sales each year), this is a tip you can...
Do you keep a sketch journal or cartoon diary? If so, chances are your sketch journal records memories of all sorts of tiny, rich happenings in your life that you would otherwise have forgotten. Is it a disaster to forget the little things? Well, no. Or......
Sketching for beginners is like the beginning of summer — the possibilities are endless Days on the beach, energetic hikes, lazy lunches. Sketching for beginners using cartoon characters, critters, comic books? It all starts with a little bit of inspiration and...
Wondering how to draw a face in 3 dimensions? Flat faces are easy, but how to draw a face when your character turns her head is a bit more challenging. Time to figure out how to put some depth in there ? Drawing a face in 3D involves: deciding which direction your...
How to draw movement in cartoons, particularly the arms - aargh! It's the torment of us all: learning to create dynamism so that our characters look effortlessly entertaining. We've examined ways of doing this with legs, and also with expressions. Huzzah! The same...
Cartoon legs running, walking, jumping and dancing. They all have one thing in common — the legs work independently of each other, but in tandem. It's our old pal asymmetry all over again! Drawing your cartoon legs running is one thing But what is the trick to making...
Cartoon face expressions — drawing the basics is simple enough, but you may be itching to step things up to the next level. Bye-bye beauty = hello reality for cartoon face expressions While ideas of traditional beauty revolve around how the symmetry of facial...
Here is the line art challenge that was thrown down last week: how to draw the water in Horseshoe Falls at Niagara — "simplifying the water lines...waves, ripples, spray...in the absence of colour. Colour's another issue...creating depth, transparency etc. For now...
Want to Draw Cartoon Faces Consistently? Wondering how to draw cartoon faces consistently? Because you've created a little character you absolutely LOVE. It's cute, quirky and full of life. The details seem to work like a charm. It's perfect for illustrating whatever...
Drawing exaggerated cartoon expressions can be challenging to say the least. What's a beginner to do in order to get going? Here are my top three tips: don't be ashamed to use a reference remember to ask "what moves?" always think "Character" Using a reference for...