Judith was gritting her teeth. She could feel her jaw clenching and her shoulders knotting up. Drawing ideas and starting to illustrate her own blog posts sounded quite do-able but after several attempts and much erasing, her picture still doesn’t look good enough....
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...
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...
Wondering if you need an illustration process? Barbara’s mobile phone rings and she recognises her best friend’s number on the screen. She knows what the call will be about. That story that her friend has written but can’t draw well enough to illustrate herself....
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...
When you keep drawing till its a habit, you build massive momentum Here are 24 practices you can embrace today, to keep drawing and slip into greater cartooning momentum. attach your daily drawing habit to another (established) daily habit choose a fun theme (e.g....
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...
Don't you hate it when your established creative daily routine gets disrupted? You sketched up a storm every day for a whole week. And then your in-laws came to visit (and now you haven't drawn anything for a month). And you just can't find the time again, even though...
Wondering how to overcome perfectionism? You know you've done this... subscribed to oodles of newsletters. browsed countless How-to's on Pinterest. watch endless videos on YouTube. But you don't put pencil to paper yourself Why? Because you're afraid. You're afraid...