Cartoon Drawing: For The Absolute Beginner!

Take your stick-man and upgrade it into a 3D character!

4.25 (1623 reviews)
Udemy
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English
language
Graphic Design
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39,254
students
1.5 hours
content
Aug 2023
last update
FREE
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What you will learn

Tools

Drawing basic 3D shapes at different angles

Drawing interior and exterior contour lines

1-Point Perspective/ How To Set It Up

Creating the character’s skeleton

Drawing geometrical shapes in one-point perspective

Transforming the stick figure into 3-dimensions

Erasing guidelines

Adding bend, movement and center of gravity

Converting geometrical forms into organic forms

Description

No previous drawing knowledge is required to start. This course is designed for the absolute beginner in mind so we will be beginning from square one.

In this course you will learn to think like an artist and draw a cartoon guy named Tommy Toon by building up simple 3D shapes. This will give you some firm groundwork to begin learning how to design your own characters and draw from your head.

Drawing cartoons is a great first step in learning to draw without fully mastering anatomy and texture detail. Using the rubber hose style made popular by figures such as Max Fleischer and Walt Disney, you can achieve a 3D figure that can be posed dynamically, colored, and shaded.

If you like this course and want to dive further into the topic, look for my  "Ultimate Cartoon Drawing" and "How to Draw Dynamic Stickmen" courses where I teach more advanced techniques that build on this method. Let's bring your characters to the next level!

Don't forget to claim your FREE Workbook PDF inside! It has many printable pages that will allow you to follow along with me as I draw in the course.

I'll see you in the course!

Content

Introduction

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"TOOLS OF THE ARTIST"

Tools: pencil, eraser, fountain pen, compass, ruler, 110 lb cardstock paper

"DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS"

Intro - Basic 3D Shapes
Basic 3D Shapes PART 1/3
Basic 3D Shapes PART 2/3
Basic 3D Shapes PART 3/3

"ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE”

Download all course worksheets!
Drawing Geometrical Shapes in one-point perspective PART I/2
Drawing Geometrical Shapes in one-point perspective PART 2/2

“MEET TOMMY TOON”

Transforming the stick figure into 3-dimensions
Drawing Tommy Toon PART 1/4
Drawing Tommy Toon PART 2/4
Drawing Tommy Toon PART 3/4
Drawing Tommy Toon - 4/4

Conclusion!

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Reviews

Fida
August 22, 2023
i expected a how to draw a character from scratch not your character but hey that s ok to anyone that sees this enroll in this course only if you can only draw stickmens
Joe
May 17, 2023
Too much watching him, not enough watching the drawing. Also, the resources are not available, including the 95% discount promised. This course is a classic case of over-promise, under-deliver. The exact opposite of what is good business.
Michael
March 19, 2023
The actual instruction is good, it's delivery is somewhat lackluster and very sedate. Unable to access the pdf files, but that didn't affect my completing the lessons.
Tito
December 12, 2022
Well, I expected him to explain how to do it and show us how to do it on our own more thoroughly and he stutterd a little bit but other than that the course is Awesome.
Brittany
November 15, 2022
Overall the course was great. Great tips for drawing a cartoon. The only downside was the downloads/links were no longer available.
Claire
July 4, 2022
So far i am enjoying this. I ttok up drawing a year ago and i basically, watch a how to video and copy. I now want to learn about drawing and be able to draw without watching a video. I stated drawing to help my mental health and i found it s a great tool for me. now i want to become my own artist. Find out my personality in my drawings.
fathimath
December 31, 2021
i wanted a course for higher and improving drawers to make higher quality drawings and realistic ones.
Stevie
November 6, 2021
This course is exactly what it says, drawing for absolute beginners, which is what I was looking for. Some other reviewers complained that the instructor was not super exciting, fair enough. But not every one in an entertainer. The outside links didn’t work and I couldn’t down from one section. But I give five stars, because I’m in an hour I learned a lot which is what I was looking for.
Naomi
March 16, 2021
It is a nice introduction to the subject. Also good to know if you like to style of the class and the teacher.
Mm
March 10, 2021
Using his own character is not helpful. He should have shown how to draw hands, feet and have them come together in the end, not use his own kind of boring, Mickey Mouse-like character.
LuAnn
February 5, 2021
So far this is really well done. I'm not a total newbie but there is always something to learn from others. : )
shoib
January 2, 2021
Awesome . I like the steps and the details, plus the description of tools is amazing to understand which tools we need exactly.
Aeryck
April 29, 2020
Great instruction, simplified techniques for creating a character. With this easy to follow tutorial you can create an easy base character for your own cartoon creation.
Anubha
April 24, 2020
My purpose of taking this course was to learn the basics of drawing techniques in a short duration and the course served this purpose quite well. The course was easy to understand and follow through. In my opinion, drawing techniques and artistic approaches are often a bit difficult to convey through words. But, the instructor in this course has very aptly described the drawing techniques according to the beginner's level.
Samiha
April 12, 2020
i think he focused too much on the shapes stuff and i'm disappointed that we didn't get to see anything about drawing cartoon faces

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