There are many people who have always to draw cartoon characters either as a pastime activity but they do not know how to go about this. What such people need is guidelines on how to draw cartoon characters in order to make that first step. They also ought to be determined to learn and practice in order to make perfect.

To begin the process of drawing a person ought to be having in mind the caricature to draw. For beginners, they are usually advised to use simple structures such as squares, ovals, circles, tear drops among other shapes to create a face for the caricature. The features that need to stand out include the eyes, nose, ears, mouth and hair. A person must then decide which shape to use for the face.

The face should be sketched on a blank paper using a faintly. The individual should not worry about the sketch being a perfect shape as imperfection is perfection in art. All the features on the face should be drawn in various shapes just as the way one had imagined it to be. One can draw hair for the character or decide to put a cap among other things.

Once the face is done, an individual then proceeds with the body. Drawing the body should also be simple. One can utilize the basic shapes such as lines, curves among other shapes. An individual can think of a cartoon he likes and visualize how its body looks like and use this as a guidance to create the body of his character. Therefore one ought to be familiar with body shapes of various animations.

When it comes to the legs also, a person should have in mind ideas of long or short lines which should be exaggerated. The head or body can also be exaggerated as this creates humor and this is what animation characters are intended to give us. Once the sketch is complete, an individual then outlines the character. This is to make the caricature clear bearing in mind that when sketching, one was using the pencil faintly.

As one is outlining, some features can be made bolder than others to make them standout. Shading can also be done on the drawing to bring out depth of the drawing. It can be a black and white drawing or a person can decide to use color pencil to put some color on the character.

In order to make the drawing perfect, one should repeat the procedure on a new blank page of different animations over and over. This is the only way one will be able to sketch perfect animations. Also an individual should be simple at all times and not try to complicate things. If one wants illustrate a complex figure he can start by the simple caricature then modify it adding various features. But in order sketch complex figures one may be required to go for tutorials online.

These guidelines on how to draw cartoon characters provides a base for beginners to start from. With time, such person can improve their drawing by getting advanced tutorials. One should however ensure to take pleasure in all his developments as this is the only way to build and improve creativity.