You are a cartoon fan who loves to draw, and parents and teachers. And you are appreciated by them for your work. But at times you yourself be engulfed by a feeling that inadequacy a feeling that the True what you make is good in terms of details but still for some reason unknown to you it looks flat.
Let me tell you that many you begin not having it There are many beginners who face this problem. But fortunately you are different, you are reading this article, and it shows you are brain storming to I will ask you to keep on reading, you are about discover a number of simple things that applied applied to your drawing will make it more lifelike.
They spend considering amount of time. They spend considering amount of time to be good at drawing hands, practice for hours to learn about various shapes of human nose.
Only thing I am trying to stress next here is with with these some details some more softer aspects are also important to make the character and whole composition life like.
Here you will help add to this skit and this will. I will talk about the soft skills That will make your drawing stand out in the crowd.
1. Do judicious use of shadows in your drawing.
Please keep in mind adding shadows to your drawing I will not be adding perfect real life shadows in your drawing instead what you will be add is indicative shadows, this is basically to serve two main purposes.
a. It will convey the weight of your fingers,
Just imagine how unbelievable that will make your work to look at.
b. Using shadow in your drawing you can convey the time of the day and mood of your composition.
If it is midday [or the mood of the composition is bright] the shadows will be deer whereas in the evening or the mood is not so euphoric shadow will be lighter.
2. If you have a color faces of the line with current fashion without of course you see this to the viewers will refer to the character in the better way subconsciously. clothing make sure they are compatible with the mood of the composition. Bottom line is the more you align your characters with your viewers imagination the more acceptance you will receive.
Even if you are trying to understand it the next time you are trying to capture it is a need to create a comic strip you will require to do your research diligently and adequately. Just think of Asterix and how detailed those funny characters are in terms of garments, hairstyles build of the characters etc.
3. Do not underestimate the power of action lines: action lines are lines of action lines are actions are the most important in the cartoon. And there is no better way to represent and make these actions believable than using action lines. Carefully used action lines can infinite life in your action heroes.
4. When you are not feeling to express your emotion through your character body language.. Supposedly to have in your own mind and closely observable your body language and facial expression Then create the character using the image that you just saw in the mirror.
5. Props are also important, except the style of props and their organization go smoothly with the story your character might look like like fish out of water. But on the contrary if the props are compatible it will enhance the believability of you creation hugely.
6. Use thin thickness to your advantage: If you are creating an outdoor scene. Use thinner lines to represent distant objects, and thicker lines are to be used for objects Following this two guidelines will automatically add a sense of depth to your composition.
7. Learn to draw animals: When talking about making good drawing people as limiting a certain level of profitability in drawing animals like normal animals like cats, horses and dogs we will have hard time in making a drawing that I will suggest to give some thought and time for enhancing this skill.
Take this as an wide as oppotunity by many artists skills of the animal drawing skill is hard to come by. If you are even moderately good at drawing animals you will be in a distinctly advantageous position as an artist.
So if you are serious and want to make improvements to the drawing that you produce read the above tips and suggestions again and start utilizing them from today them.
As a simple fun exercise There is a safe place where you can reached them easily whenever you want them. and see the difference if you have been since you yourself will notice the difference.
Remember the techniques presented here are simple and capable, so you do not have any excuse of postponing their adoption.
