Drawing backgrounds can be a chore, yet they're essential for creating a context for storytelling purposes. There's also something incredibly satisfying about providing rich, entertaining scenes for your cartoon characters. Here's a shortcut for finding and adapting...
Cartoon face drawing isn't rocket science but perhaps you (like Tammy down below) would like to know the principles behind drawing rounded, realistic, 3-D ones? Tammy thwacks her pencil down onto her notebook in frustration. Despite copious amounts of erasing and...
What do cartoon illustration and lemon meringue pie have in common? Well, my mother lived in awe of her best friend who was an incredible cook. This friend, Angela, threw dinner parties complete with homemade desserts to die for and then claimed cook’s privilege and...
How to turn photo into drawing: this may not be the most conventional way to do this, but it's a valid one nevertheless! Using photo references to draw cartoons is something that every illustrator or cartoonist does to fast-track their character development. How do I...
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...
What does it take to create a regular drawing habit? Before we get to drawing habits... My husband can remember sitting crouched around his parents' old black-and-white television set, watching the first-ever space shuttle launched into the unknown. After the...
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...
Storytelling is the reason for cartooning. After all a picture speaks a thousand words, so we want to make sure they're the right words! We've moved from avoiding the Floating Factor, to positioning our ground lines right. What's the next step? It's time...