Does your character often look precariously balanced on the ground lines or shadow at her feet? Following on from last week's post about beating the Float Factor, here's a simple trick to move from grounding your cartoon character perfectly and also adding depth to...
What's the use of a groundline in art, and even more important, in your cartooning? Have you ever drawn a character that looked as though it was floating in mid-air ... but that wasn't your intention at all? Fret no further — a groundline is THE simplest hack to keep...
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...
Sketch journal ideas – you may be the wildest advocate for keeping a daily sketch journal, but where do you come up with an endless stream of ideas? Cartooning things from your day-to-day life, small incidents that you might otherwise forget is a great start. And then...
One point perspective, two point perspective? How do you know what to use? Getting different kinds of perspective all muddled up is one of the easiest (and most common) mistakes we all make. If this is something you struggle with, don't fret. You're in good company!...
Why would I need to try drawing Table Mountain? What can you learn from drawing spectacular things? If you are ever tempted to keep a sketch journal or a cartoon diary, as I am, you will need to start drawing the things that appear in your daily life. What better...
Creating depth of field: doesn't that concept belong in photography, not cartooning? Yes, and photography and cartooning have a surprising amount in common! Both count as art forms ?and in this case, both make use the concepts of foreground, middle ground and...
Quick sketches, anyone? 5 minute drawing? Pictionary? Phrases like these may sound like your worst nightmare. After all, it's hard enough to draw when you have all the time in the world, but in just 5 minutes, there's no way you are going to get a good result, right?...
How to draw a sofa step by step is the perspective drawing request I hear most often, so here goes... Is drawing perspective is something you would rather avoid at all costs? You are not alone! For most people, they'd rather have a tooth pulled out than try to learn...
Tearing of hair! Gnashing of teeth! Aargh! When was the last time you tried to draw someone in your life as a cartoon character? Not a true caricature, but just a reasonable likeness? Frustrating isn't it? Drawing People as Cartoons Is A Lifetime Study I truly believe...