Simple One Point Perspective Drawings & Adjustments One point perspective drawings are the simplest type to do, but most resources don't venture beyond the classic "straight road + telegraph poles disappearing into the distance" diagrams that are so often used to...
Drawing (and Cartooning) in Perspective What's your seasonal perspective and angle of view — north of the Equator or south? It's winter in Cape Town. Brr! Our cooler temperatures feel even colder because our home is geared for heat-of summer-comfort. Picture large,...
Visual vocabulary for cartooning? You might not have heard the term visual vocabulary, but do you remember your school days, learning French? Maybe you learned Spanish or Mandarin or Xhosa... regardless of the language, there were words involved and I bet you were...
Draw Cartoon Characters? Draw Sketch Journals? I love dabbling in the growing sketchbook journal movement, even though I tend to draw cartoon characters more than real ones. I am entranced by the sketchbook journals I see on the internet — people documenting their...
Have you ever wondered how to tweak a cartoon simply and change the story it tells? I find this opens up so many new cartoon storytelling possibilities that I'm a little hyper-focused on it at the moment. As artists engaged in cartoon storytelling, setting the scene...
Stick figure cartoon Vicky’s head was feeling tight with frustration. Her jaw was set and her teeth clamped tightly together as she erased her character’s arms and re-drew them …for the fourth time! “Grrr!” she thought. “Redrawing the whole arm over and over...
Drawing Stroke Exercises — Simple Techniques for Better Outlining Have you ever brushed your teeth with the ‘wrong’ hand? If you haven’t, you should try it — assuming of course that you use a regular toothbrush rather than an electric one :). It’s much harder than...
Mindfulness and Creativity... and Roadsweeping? “You see, Momo,' Beppo the Roadsweeper told her one day, 'it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept.’ He gazed...
Perspective in storytelling: using it powerfully can set your cartooning apart. After all, where do you want your viewer — immersed in the action or watching from the sidelines? Ultimately it depends on the story you are telling, and you have to choose the appropriate...
This wonderful illustrated checklist from Henneke Duistermaat of Enchanted Marketing is a doozie! If you write business blog posts, you will gain tremendously from using her tips. If you cartoon as well, each of them can be applied to your cartooning habits to make...