Cartoon style drawing of people. Full-length drawings, tutorials

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To learn how to draw people in a cartoon style, it is important for a novice artist to know what tools and materials may be needed for work. It is also necessary to familiarize yourself with the features of this direction, as well as practice drawing characters of different genres of animation.

What you need for drawing

Tools to have on hand:

Tool	Description
Simple hard-soft pencil	Needed for creating sketches.
Sharpener	All pencils must be sharpened before starting work.
Eraser	A double-sided rubber band will do.
Set of colored ballpoint or gel pens	For drawing and outlining small details.
Black marker	Required for performing contour tracing of large parts of the drawing.
Paper	We need white sheets with a smooth surface, the density of which will be at least 90 g/m².
Art brushes	The set should contain tools of different sizes with soft and hard bristles.
Container with clean water	Needed for washing brushes. You can prepare 2-3 glasses so that you don't have to change the water often.
Palette	To mix paints, you can use plastic, a white ceramic dish, or light, glossy cardboard.

You can color the pictures with colored and watercolor pencils, pens or felt-tip pens. To color the picture with paints, you need thicker paper (from 100 g/m2 and above), which will not deform when exposed to moisture.

How to Draw People in Cartoon Style

The cartoon style of drawing people can be used to create new characters, as well as to redraw existing cartoon characters using other artistic styles. You can also create unusual "portraits" of real people. In the last two cases, it is important to preserve the main features by which you can recognize a person/hero.

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What features are worth paying attention to:

face shape;
hair color;
hairstyle;
skin tone;
color and shape of the eyes;
nose shape;
facial hairline (for male characters);
color and style of clothing.

It is also important to correctly depict the physique of a person who will be drawn in a cartoon style. If you draw large, broad-shouldered people in the body of thin characters, while observing all other parameters correctly, they will still be difficult to recognize when looking at the drawing.

Cartoon styles come in different forms. Some of them belong to cartoon drawing in a certain genre (anime, kawaii), others became popular thanks to 1 cartoon series (Graffiti Falls, The Simpsons). To learn how to draw people in such images, you need to get your hand in.

For this purpose, further in the article there are examples of pictures, where people of different sexes are depicted in various cartoon styles. These images can be used for copying.

Gravity Falls style

Drawing characters in the animated series Gravity Falls is very simple. People have large and round eyes with small, black pupils. The rest of the facial features are small, without detailed detail. The arms and legs are long, and the body shapes are straight. Coloring the picture requires colored pencils.

How to draw a man in the style of Gravity Falls:

Draw an oval head with a simple pencil. It should deviate slightly to the left.
Draw the neck.
Add an oval body.
Use thin lines to outline the position of the arms and legs.
Draw the shape of the clothes.
Add round toe boots.
Use an eraser to erase extra lines.

Draw a high forehead. Add a protruding chin.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle.
Add an ear.
Erase extra lines.
Draw round eyes. Draw small pupils.
Add eyebrows.
Draw a long nose with a hump and a rounded tip.
Finish drawing the smiling mouth in the form of a curved line.

On the chin, depict stubble with a few short strokes.
Finish drawing the hands. Mark the fingers.
Draw small details: folds on clothes, laces on shoes and ties on the hood.
Draw stripes on the shirt.
Color the picture.
Use a black marker to outline the drawing.

How to draw a woman:

Draw an oval head using a simple pencil.

Add neck.
Draw the body in the form of a narrow oval.
Use lines to mark the position of the arms and legs.
Draw elements of clothing. In the upper part of the body, you need to draw the shape of the chest in the form of a small, rounded protrusion.
Draw the hands. Mark the fingers.
Add shoes.
Use an eraser to erase extra lines.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle on the head.

Draw the eyes. The right eye can be depicted covered by the bangs.
The eyebrows should be depicted as raised and thin.
Draw a small, upturned nose.
Draw the mouth as a curved line.
Draw 2 long eyelashes on each eye.
Remove extra lines with an eraser.
Draw stripes on the shirt.

Colour the picture and outline it with a black marker.

Kawaii style

The cartoon style of drawing people called "kawaii" is translated from Japanese as "cute". The characters are supposed to be miniature, with large heads and big eyes.

Coloring of such pictures is carried out according to certain rules. The drawing should look three-dimensional, therefore all shadows are indicated by color, and on the cheeks of the characters a pink blush is required, which will make them prettier.

To color the picture you will need gouache (there should be at least 12 colors in the set), as well as thin art brushes with soft bristles.

How to draw a guy:

Draw a round head using a simple pencil.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle.
Add ears. Draw the auricles.
Draw large, round eyes. Mark the iris at the bottom and divide it into squares with vertical lines. Mark 2 round highlights inside each eye.

Draw on eyebrows.
This style of drawing allows you to draw people without noses. It is enough to draw the mouth as a curved line.
Draw eyelids above the eyes in the form of 2 small arcs.
Draw a disproportionately small body. Design the elements of clothing.
Draw the legs and boots. Add the hands.
Mix orange paint with white in a 2:1 ratio. Paint over exposed areas of the body, as well as the guy's face.
Mix brown with orange in equal parts. Paint the hair.
Mix green with blue in a 2:1 ratio, then add 1 part white gouache. Paint the T-shirt and boots.

Remove the color from the shorts.
Dry the picture.
Mix orange with a drop of brown, then add 1 part white. Mark shadows on the neck, inner parts of the arms, and on the legs, on the right.
Mix green with blue, dilute the shade with water. Show the shadow on the shoes and the T-shirt.
Use brown to draw shadows on the hair and highlight large groups of strands.
Mix brown with a drop of black. Show shadows on the left side of the hairstyle.
Use orange paint to highlight highlights in the hair.
Dilute pink or red paint with water to create a blush on the guy's cheeks.

Paint the irises of the eyes with blue.
Highlight the light folds of fabric on the shorts.
Mix blue with a drop of black. Show the shadow on the shorts, on the right side.
Dry the drawing.
The remaining elements of the drawing can be painted in any colors.
Dip a very thin brush in black paint, paint over the pupils and outline the picture.

How to draw a girl:

The pencil sketch is not much different from the boy's drawing: a large, round head, neck, disproportionately small body, elements of clothing, arms and legs.

Finish drawing the shape of the hairstyle.
Add ears.
Draw 2 round eyes. Mark the iris at the bottom, and mark the highlights in the center.
Make the eyebrows arched and thin.
Draw the mouth as a curved line.
Depict a backpack and a book in the girl's hands.
The shoes on your feet should be smaller than the guy's.
Mix pink with white in a 2:1 ratio. Paint over exposed areas of the body and face.

Mix brown paint with orange in equal parts. Paint over the hair.
Paint the shorts blue.
The remaining elements of the picture, except for the T-shirt (it should remain white), can be painted in any colors.
Mix pink paint with orange in equal parts. Add ½ part white. Mark the shadow on the hands, feet and face.
Use brown to highlight a few individual strands of hair and to mark a shadow on the top of the hairstyle.
Mix brown gouache with a drop of black, show the shadow under the hair, behind the neck.
Mix pink with white in equal parts. Mark the shadow on the T-shirt.

Add a drop of black to the blue paint. Mark the shadow on the shorts.
Use blue to draw light folds of fabric.
Use orange paint to highlight highlights in the hair and also to draw in the side strands.
Dilute the red color with water. Show the blush on the cheeks.
Paint the irises of the eyes with green gouache.
Using a thin brush and black paint, paint over the pupils in the eyes, without touching the highlights, and also outline the picture.

You can paint drawings in this style in any colors, the main thing is to learn how to correctly show shadows by mixing different shades of paint.

Simpsons style drawing

The cartoonish style of drawing people in the images of characters from the series "The Simpsons" has a distinctive feature - almost all the cartoon characters have a yellow skin tone.

The darker the skin of a real person, the more yellow it should be in a "portrait" done in this style. The skin color of African Americans, Latin Americans, Arabs and Indians in the series has different shades: from reddish-brown to dark brown. Otherwise, the drawing is quite simple: minimal detail, simple shapes, large facial features.

You can use felt-tip pens to color this picture. The set should contain at least 12 colors.

How to draw a man:

Use a simple pencil to draw an oval head.
Draw the neck.

Use lines to mark the width of the shoulders and the width of the hips.
Show the position of the arms and legs.
Draw all the elements of clothing. Add shoes. Use an eraser to remove unnecessary lines.
Add folds of fabric on the sleeves and also on the legs.
Draw the shape of the face. Make the chin narrower. Highlight the cheekbones on the left side. Slightly enlarge the forehead. Use the eraser to remove unnecessary lines.
Finish drawing the shape of the hairstyle. Add an ear.

Draw eyebrows. Add large, slightly elongated eyes. Draw pupils in the form of dots.
Add a nose and mouth.
Use barely noticeable lines to outline the shape of the beard.
Colour the drawing with felt-tip pens. The strokes should be applied vertically, placing them close to each other so that there are no gaps. To colour the open parts of the body and face, you will need a dark yellow felt-tip pen.
Mark the shadows on the clothes and skin using markers of the same colors they were painted with. To make the shadows stand out, you need to draw several lines over the hatching. They will become darker.
Trace the drawing with a black marker.

How to draw a woman:

Use a simple pencil to draw a round head. Draw the neck.
Use horizontal lines to mark the width of the shoulders, waist and hips.
Use thin lines to indicate the position of the arms and legs.
Draw the body, connecting the horizontal marks with smooth lines.
Highlight the chest. Make the hips more rounded.
Draw all the elements of clothing. Finish drawing the hands and shoes.

Add a bag.
Highlight the folds of fabric on clothing.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle. Add an ear.
Draw the shape of the face. Highlight the cheekbone. Draw the forehead slightly sloping. Make the chin narrower. Erase the extra lines with an eraser.
Draw thin, arched eyebrows.
Draw the eyes large, slightly elongated, with sharp inner and outer corners. Draw the shape of the eyelid above the left eye.
Draw the nose slightly flattened, in the form of a curved line.

Draw the mouth. The upper lip should be wider and slightly longer than the lower one.
Paint exposed areas of the body and face with a light yellow marker.
Color the remaining elements of the picture.
Mark the shadows in the same way as when coloring a male character. Highlights on dark hair can be shown using a lighter marker. Light areas should be colored first, and only then proceed to coloring the rest of the hair.

Use a black marker to outline the drawing and highlight the freckles on the face.

Tim Burton style

Tim Burton's drawing style is suitable for gothic lovers. The cartoon characters created by this animator are dark but attractive. They have small facial features, round eyes with noticeable dark circles under them, thin bodies and long limbs. To color the picture, you will need colored pencils and a black ballpoint or gel pen.

How to draw a man:

Use a simple pencil to draw the shape of the head. The lower part should be significantly narrower than the upper part.
Draw a thin neck.
Add sloping shoulders.
Use lines to indicate the position of the body, arms and legs.
Draw a cloak with a collar and a scarf.
Draw thin arms and legs.
Use an eraser to remove excess lines.

Mark the folds on the clothes. Finish drawing the shoes.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle.
Highlight the cheekbones and chin.
Draw large eyes. Add eyelids.
Draw eyebrows, nose and mouth.
Erase extra lines.
Use a pen to draw wavy hair.
Use a brown pencil to shade the gaps.

Use a black pen to add some sparse shading to the scarf and collar.
Shade the coat densely, leaving a few gaps in the pocket area.
Use a grey pencil to shade the gaps on the collar.
Use a dark blue pencil to color the tie, as well as the gaps on the coat and boots.
Using a pen, shade the pants with vertical lines.
Highlight your cheekbones with a pink pencil.
Color the eyelids with a gray pencil.
Draw dark circles under the eyes using dark blue and black pencil.
Trace the drawing with a pen. You can use a felt-tip pen.

How to draw a woman:

Draw the head with a simple pencil. The chin and cheekbones should be highlighted immediately. They should be sharp.
Add neck.
Draw the body to the waist. Highlight the chest. Draw the back slightly hunched.
Draw the hips and hem of the dress.
Draw hands.
Draw indentations in the form of lines on the neck and back.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle.
Shape the face.
Draw lush eyelashes around the eyes.

Draw strands of hair with a black pen. The lines should follow the shape of the hairstyle.
Fill in the gaps in your hair with blue and orange pencil.
Using a pen, shade the dress with lines that will repeat its shape and highlight the direction of the folds of the fabric. The shading should be loose.
Shade the sleeve on the left side with cross lines.
Use a blue pencil to fill in the gaps on the bottom of the dress and on the top of the sleeve.
Use a pink pencil to highlight the hollows on the neck and back. Highlight the cheekbones. Mark the shadow on the forehead, under the hairdo.
Outline the eyes with a blue pencil.

Trace the drawing and draw the woman's eyelashes.

Disney style

The cartoonish style of drawing people from the Disney studio is recognizable thanks to characters with large facial features and body shapes that are closest to real human anatomical proportions.

How to draw a man:

Draw the head with a simple pencil. The lower part should be narrower than the upper one.
Draw angular cheekbones. Highlight the narrow chin.
Draw the neck.
Use horizontal lines to mark the width of the shoulders and hips. Using these lines as a guide, draw the body in the form of an inverted isosceles trapezoid.
Use lines to indicate the position of the arms and legs. Use small circles to indicate the location of the joints.
Draw the arms and legs. Make the body angles smoother. Erase all unnecessary lines.
Draw all elements of clothing, including shoes.

Finish drawing the hands and fingers.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle. Finish drawing the ear. Draw the auricle.
Add wide eyebrows.
Draw large eyes. The inner parts of the eyes should be wider than the outer ones. The pupils will be small, and the irises will be large.
Draw a large nose.
Highlight the cheekbones and the wrinkle between the eyebrows.
Draw the mouth.

Draw a small beard.
Draw folds of fabric on the clothes.

You can color the drawing with paints, markers or pencils. It is important to mark the shadows on the clothes and skin of the character, using darker shades. Finally, you need to outline the picture with a black pen.

How to draw a woman:

Draw an oval head with a simple pencil. Highlight the pointed chin. Erase the extra lines with an eraser.
Finish drawing the neck.
Use horizontal lines to indicate the width of the shoulders, waist and hips. Using these lines as a guide, draw the body.
Highlight the chest.

Finish drawing the hands and fingers.
Draw the shape of the dress. Draw the folds of the fabric on the hem, and also draw the belt, neckline, and design the sleeves.
Draw the shape of the hairstyle.
Add thin, raised eyebrows.
The shape of the eyes is semicircular, slightly elongated. Draw the eyelids and eyelashes. Finish drawing large pupils and irises.
Draw the wings and the tip of the nose. The bridge of the nose should be highlighted when coloring, using the same color that will be used to mark the shadows on the skin.

Draw a smiling mouth with plump lips. The lower lip should be wider than the upper one.
Mark the collarbone hollows, draw a line on the neck, highlight the chest.
Draw in the shoes peeking out from under the hem of the dress.
Color the picture.

Trace the picture with a black pen. Highlight the woman's eyelashes.

Anime

Anime cartoons gained popularity about 25 years ago and today remain a favorite genre for adults and children. Drawing people in such images has long attracted artists. Distinctive features of characters in this genre: large eyes, angular and small facial features, long limbs, as well as hairstyles with spiky strands that cover part of the face.

How to draw a guy:

Use a simple pencil to draw a round head. Highlight the sharp chin and cheekbones. Use an eraser to remove unnecessary lines.
Draw the neck.
Use horizontal lines to indicate the width of the shoulders and hips. The shoulders should be slightly wider.
Draw a schematic drawing of the body.
Use thin lines to mark the position of the legs and arms. Mark the locations of the joints with small circles.
Draw the limbs schematically.

Draw the details of the clothes. Highlight the folds of the fabric. Finish drawing the shoes. Erase the extra lines with an eraser.
Draw the hands and fingers.
Finish drawing the hairstyle. Highlight the protruding strands, make them pointed. Draw the bangs.
Finish drawing almond-shaped eyes. Add thin eyebrows. Draw a nose in the form of a check mark. Draw a mouth. Add an ear.
Colour the drawing. Trace with a black gel pen.

The girl is drawn by analogy: first the head, then the neck. Next, you need to mark the width of the shoulders, waist and hips. Draw the torso and limbs. After drawing the clothes, shape the face. The eyes can be drawn a little larger. Add eyelashes. The hairstyle will be voluminous, the hanging strands should have a pointed shape.

Tips for Beginners

To make your drawings beautiful, you need to know a few secrets:

To draw facial features symmetrically, you need to divide the head sketch into 4 parts using horizontal lines. They will become a guide for drawing eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth.
The top of the ears should always be level with the outer corners of the eyes.
The width of the mouth is equal to the distance that can be drawn from the center of the left eye to the center of the right.
The kawaii, Gravity Falls and Simsons styles allow the artist to draw hands schematically. The number of fingers on the characters' hands may be correct, but if there are 3 or 4 on 1 hand, the drawing will not be worse.

Learning to draw people in a cartoon style is not difficult. The main thing is to be able to show in the drawing the features of a person's appearance, thanks to which their cartoon image will be recognizable.

Author: Frolova Ekaterina

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