Intermediate Videos

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Black and White Cartooning — Creating Vignette Effect for Focus

It was a night to remember at our local theatre

The red velvet curtains shimmied upwards to reveal a tiny figure clad in a grey mouse costume, skewered to the stage by the glare of the spotlight.

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How to Draw a Sofa Step by Step (Perspective)

How to draw a sofa step by step is the perspective drawing request I hear most often, so here goes…

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Groundline in Art — How to Avoid the Floating Factor

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…

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How to Place your Ground Lines like a Pro

Does your character often look precariously balanced on the ground lines or shadow at her feet? Here’s a simple trick to move from grounding your cartoon character perfectly and also…

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Paperchain Your Way to Progress

Storytelling: it starts simple

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!

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