How to Draw a Side Cartoon Character

The video shows you how to draw a Homer Simpson cartoon. Start off with a big circle and a smaller circle below. Draw two slightly diagonal lines to the sides, a slightly curved line below and two lines for the lower part of the head. Then add another circle on the left side o ...more

Take your cartooning to the next level! This video will show you how you can make your cartoon characters more expressing and emotive with outrageous facial expressions. Watch the artist demonstrate a full range of facial expressions and you will learn how to draw.

Birds are a challenging subject for any artist, cartoonists included. Watch this professional cartoon artist demonstrate his technique for drawing cartoon birds that are lively and fun. These birds fly around the page. If you are looking to add birds to your cartoon portfolio, ...more

This video tutorial demonstrates how to draw a cartoon soldier or police officer. Begin with outline of an elongated face. Right above his nose, draw a small brim of his hat. Continue with the brim, adding the hat band and the top of the hat shaped somewhat like a bowl. In fro ...more

Henry shows us a simple and fun method for drawing boy and girl cartoon heads. Start by writing the words "boy" and "girl" and use the shapes of the letters to create the faces. For the boy's head: 1) Write the word "boy" in large letters, but don't write in capitals. 2) Conn ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Ironman. First, draw the outline of the body, make sure to include the heart in the middle of the body and the squares to make it look like metal on the outside. From here, start to add in the finer details on the body as well as the feat ...more

This video shows aspiring artists how to draw the head in a 3/4 or a side view. Three lines should first be drawn in a pie-wedge like shape. First, a line is drawn from the chin to the hair line and another one is connected to that, arching across the forehead to the back of t ...more

In this video, we learn how to draw Mickey Mouse on a dry-erase board. Start off by drawing a circle on the left hand side of the board, then draw a half circle with another circle connecting to that on the right hand side of the board. Now, connect another half a circle aroun ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw an animated shirt collar. Users will need a sheet of paper and a drawing utensil. Begin by drawing the neck of the figure and attach the head to the neck by connecting it with a chin. Add some lines on the neck for details. At ...more

Teen Titans is one of the most tragically underrated American children's cartoons of all time. Fortunately, Drawing Now one of our favorite art instruction groups, has created this video tutorial on how to draw one of the shows iconic characters, Raven. Here are the artist's s ...more

Anime is a funky style of cartooning. Japanese animation is increasingly popular these days but takes a bit of practice to draw. In this tutorial, learn how to draw an anime eye for your Japanimation or Manga comics. Eyes are arguably the most significant feature on an anime c ...more

It's time to discover how fun art and drawing is! Learn how to draw young lady or old hag illusion. Drawing is a way of creating and expressing ourselves, and therefore the result is always beautiful. Drawingnow.com brings you step-by-step drawing tutorials on many different ...more

It's time to discover how fun art and drawing is! Learn how to draw a cartoon flaming heart. Drawing is a way of creating and expressing ourselves, and therefore the result is always beautiful. Drawingnow.com brings you step-by-step drawing tutorials on many different cartoon ...more

Wizard is back in the house to teach us the fine art of graffiti drawing one image at a time. In this installment, he draws us one of his standard gangster figures with both middle fingers proudly raised to the viwer and some names around the side of him. Wizard's skills are s ...more

Learn how to draw the female body with this tutorial from AEROblivion taking you through an extensive step by step process, hopefully making it easier on you, the artist! By starting at the head and working your way down, and with this tutorial at your side, results are sure t ...more

This video describes how to draw an emo-angel chibi. First draw eyebrows, make sure they are dark and thick, then draw half circles going down from them- these are the eyes. Then draw in the eyeballs centered in the middle of the eye. Next draw dark around the bottom of the ey ...more

Dragons are very popular storybook characters, especially with the release of "How to Train your Dragon" in movie theatres. Check out this tutorial and learn how to draw your very own fire-breathing buddy! You Will Need: * A graphite pencil * Paper * An eraser Step 1: Draw bo ...more

Draw cartoons with realistic facial expressions to bring characters to life, capturing happy, sad, angry, evil and surprised looks. Learn to draw cartoon facial expressions from an artist in this free cartooning video series. Part 1 of 15 - How to Draw cartoon facial expressio ...more

Drawing cartoons isn't as hard as it might seem! In this free series of online art videos about cartoons, learn to draw cartoons in a few easy steps and create fun and expressive characters! Part 1 of 15 - How to Draw cartoon people. Draw cartoon people - Part 2 of 15. Click t ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to quickly draw Shadow the Hedgehog. First, you will need to draw the outline of Shadow, drawing in the entire body. After this, darken up the lines to make the final outline of the character. Next, draw in the details of the face and the body. T ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a butterfly pop-up card. First, draw a butterfly on the middle of a paper and then draw flowers and smaller butterflies around it on the sides. After this, fold the card in half so the drawing is stick out and cut along the top and the bo ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a scary character. First, draw the outline with a hat and a cape. After this, use your pencil to color the inside of the hat and the face (except the eyes) completely black. From here, you will shade in the hat by blending in the pencil w ...more

In this video we learn how to make an elephant pop-up card. First, draw a picture of an elephant on a 4x6 card. You can make this anyway that you want and put whatever other characters on it as well! After this, clip a small piece of paper into the shape of an ear. Then, glue ...more

In this video, we learn how to draw Billy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Start out by drawing the egg shaped head with a pencil. From here, sketch on the body by using a block shape then draw the shoes as simple half circles. The arms and hands will be hanging to t ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Naruto 4-tails. First, draw the outline of the characters and the four tails. After this, draw in the rest of the outline in the final stages using a darker stroke of the pencil. Start to add in the details of the figure of the body and t ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a cartoon spray can. Start off by drawing a round circle for the eyes, then fill in the pupil and draw the eyebrow above it. After this, draw in the nose and then draw the other eye opposite to the first. From here, draw in the mouth and ...more

In this drawing tutorial, we learn how to draw a chibi Sokka. Start off by drawing a round circle for the head of the character. After this, draw on the ears to the sides of the head. Then, draw on the hair on the back of the head followed by the facial features. After this, d ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a hyper-stylized Sonic the Hedgehog. To start, you will draw the outline of the entire body of Sonic. Make sure you draw in the huge spikes for the hair as well. Next, you will draw in the eyes, muzzle, and nose on the face. Then, you wil ...more

In this video, we learn how to draw a cute cartoon tiger. First, draw a circle for the head with two circles on top for the ears. After this, draw in the eyes, nose, mouth, and whiskers. Next, draw small dots around the head in brown for the fur. Then, draw over the mouth and ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw graffiti in pencil. Start out with a white piece of paper and a pencil. Then, draw your character's face, adding in the details of the face and the features of the face. Underneath this, shape out your letters that you want to write out. ...more

In this video, we learn how to draw a Pikachu PokŽmon. First, you should have a picture of the character in front of you so you can better draw it. Start out by drawing the eyes and filling them in with marker. Next, draw in the rest of the face, including the nose and the mou ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a cartoon golden retriever puppy dog. Start off by drawing the face with intersecting lines on it so you know where the nose, eyes and mouth go. Then, keep outlining the rest of the body including the legs and tail. Next, use a darker bru ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Umbreon from PokŽmon. Start off by drawing the head and using crossing lines as the reference points for the eyes. After this, draw the neck and body underneath the head. Next, draw the feet, rear legs, and tail as well. Use your pencil t ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a simple cartoon dinosaur. Start by drawing a rectangle and give it eyes on the upper right hand corner, then nostrils. Start drawing a body that has a jelly bean shape. Now, create small arms on the side of the body, that are smaller tha ...more

First, make the chin of the skull by drawing out a slight sharp curve facing downwards. Then, make the forehead and the upper part of the skull by drawing huge slight curves. Draw a circle on the spot where the eye socket should be. Draw a curve at the side of the circle to gi ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw Homer Simpson from the animated shot, The Simpson's. Begin by making a light outline of where the top of the head, sides of the head, ear and neck will be. Then do a light sketch of where the mouth, nose and eyes will go. Make ...more

This video illustrate us how to draw 3D cartoon shark. Here are the following steps.step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and pencil.Step 2: draw a U shape structure and again draw a U shape structure above the previous on representing the body of the shark.Step 2: Now fr ...more

Digital Painting and Drawing: Learn to draw woman face profile or side view, a knight in armor, facial figure, head and figure slightly step by step with costume step by step. This drawing, painting using Photoshop video tutorial shows you from basic rough sketching to finish ...more

Animals and insects make great cartoon characters. So get ready to learn how to draw a worm that turns into a bookworm. All you need is paper, pencil, marker, colored chalks or colored pencils, and an eraser. Start by drawing a squiggly line. Come around and double the line, k ...more

The Mad Hatter from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland not only makes a great costume but a great project. The hour-glass shaped hat, the striped pants, the fingerless gloves, and the Hatter's signature scarf are the most important components in this costume. If you're fairly sk ...more

Drawing Japanese schoolgirls is one of the staples of manga-style art. Here, the drawing instructors at Drawing Now demonstrate how to draw Konata, one such character from teh manga series Lucky Star. Here are step-by-step instructions from the artist: 1. First sketch konata' ...more

Using just the airbrush in MS Paint you can make a cartoon dog on your computer. Start off by making a circular shape using the airbrush, keep at it until it is dark and prominent and then color in the lower half of the circle, this is the nose. Now start making a line from th ...more

Basic bust drawing : Starting with the standard ball and crossed lines for the face. The artist fleshes out the chin before moving onto the eyes, giving them the general feel of the face. The nose and mouth follow suite. The tribal marking on the characters face are added next ...more

This video shows you how to draw a cartoon smiley head in Inkscape: Open a new page. - Firstly go to the circle tool in the left hand bar and create a circle on the page - Next go to the fill tool on the top bar and select the outline icon. This will outline your shape. - Nex ...more

First, draw a medium sized circle. Then, draw a triangle on top of the circle, with the top of the circle acting as the bottom of the triangle. Next, draw two half circles on the sides of the triangle. After that, draw two small shaded circles inside the medium sized circle. T ...more

Draw along with Bruce Blitz as he shows you how to create the happiest clown around. All you need is paper, a pencil, a marker, colored chalks or colored pencils, and an eraser. Write the letter “h” – lowercase. Put a circle for his nose inside the curve. Draw in a big smile a ...more

Learn how to create your own Valentine's Day card with Bruce Blitz. All you'll need is a paper, pencil, marker, colored chalk or pencils, and an eraser. Using your pencil, draw 2 circles, one with curved guidelines to have the face turned to the left, and one with straight gui ...more

Don't be upset, all you need to create this angry expression is a piece of paper and a pen. To spice it up you can use markers and colored chalks or colored pencils. Start by loosely drawing a teardrop shape, with a pencil. Then, draw a line going across where the eyes would b ...more

Would you think that you could draw a cartoon duck just by writing the word duck? Or Uncle Sam from the letters US? Well, grab a pen and a piece of paper and get ready to draw. All you need is a pad of paper, pencil, marker, colored chalks or colored pencils, and an eraser. To ...more

Apply foundation in a shade close to your natural skin color or slightly darker. Make sure it is even and smooth. It is very important to remember when sculpting your face with makeup that highlight creates the illusion of an area coming out, while shadow causes it to recede. ...more

Need a way to keep the kids busy on a rainy day? Making a pop-up card is quick, easy, and will entertain them for hours! Watch this video to learn how to make a pop-up card. You Will Need * Imagination * Colored construction paper * A pencil * A ruler * Safety scissors * Mar ...more

The Family Guy's Stewie Griffin is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters on Fox today. This bundle of joy can make anybody league, no matter how old you are. Stewie is the youngest out of three children and seems to be the smartest as well. Stewie is sort of a villai ...more

Want to improve your car drawing abilities? Walk you’re way through these steps and you will have the tools to sketch your very own car. You can make it into a cheerful cartoon car or keep it looking sharp and realistic. Rev your drawing engine and get ready to learn how to us ...more