Stickers are essentially labels. They can be seen in paper form on an adhesive base, on labels or in the form of embroidery. But the most popular option these days is stickers in various messengers.
Pictures can be exchanged not only in correspondence, but also use them for copying, for example, to decorate personal diaries or notebooks. The cutest and funniest stickers can be drawn from VK.
Drawing tools
To draw cool stickers, you will need only a few tools and materials. For amateur artists, you can choose simple options, but the main thing is high-quality ones. The brightness and clarity of the drawing will depend on how good the pencils and paper are.
How to choose good pencils
The first thing you need for drawing is pencils. To begin, a sketch is drawn, which means you need to choose the right type of graphite pencil.
The main criterion in choosing here is hardness. It determines what thickness and saturation of lines will be obtained on paper.
The Russian hardness designation looks like this:
- T – hard;
- TM – medium soft;
- M – soft.
Numbers are added to the letter designations; the higher the value, the harder or softer the rod.
Foreign manufacturers designate this parameter according to the same principle, but use other letters:
- H – hard;
- HB – hard-soft;
- B – soft, also indicates the degree of blackness.
For drawing simple sketches, it is better to choose a hard or hard-soft pencil so that it is easy to erase it from the sheet when coloring or outlining with liners. If the drawing is planned to be done entirely with graphite pencils with detailing (shadows, texture), then you need to take a set of several pencils of different hardness.
Stickers from VK for copying are well obtained with the help of colored pencils. They differ by the same criterion, and the softer the lead, the richer and thicker the lines will be.
Best pencil manufacturers:
Company name | Price category | Peculiarities |
Faber-Castell | Sets from 500 to 20,000 rubles. | Made in Germany. They are distinguished by the ideal quality of wood, pencil lead, additional elements in children's sets (rubberized bottom, convenient sharpeners). All products are divided into three categories - for children, amateur artists and professionals. |
Koh-i-Noor | From 33 rubles per piece, from 250 to 2000 rubles per set | Made in the Czech Republic. According to reviews, these are pencils with the most durable leads. They are also divided into products for children and professionals. A wide selection of watercolor leads. |
Lyra | From 500 to 4700 rubles per set | Made in China, German company. Rich in color, easy to use pencils of excellent quality. Can draw on different surfaces (paper, wood, cardboard, plastic). |
Crayola | From 250 to 1000 rubles per set | Made in the USA. The best value for money children's pencils. Very durable, easily transfer color to paper, easy to use. The sets include standard shades. |
There are also watercolor colored pencils. They win in terms of color brightness, are easily transferred to almost any type of paper, and cover the drawing with an even layer. Their special feature is that you can draw over the strokes with a wet brush and get the effect of a watercolor drawing. In the same way, you can mix and superimpose colors, getting new shades and smooth gradients.
Choosing paper for drawing
High-quality paper is the key to a high-quality, bright drawing. Of course, you can use regular office paper for training, but you won’t be able to use the drawings on it to decorate diaries, postcards or interior accessories.
It is best to draw with a pencil on a thicker paper (from 80 g/m2) paper, fine-grained, matte. It is also important to consider what the stickers copied from VK will be used for.
Paper canvas options for small drawings:
- fine grain watercolor paper;
- sketch paper (black graphite pencils are best used on brown paper; colored pencils are best used on white paper);
- thick notepad sheets;
- whatman;
- scrapbooking paper.
The denser the material, the easier it is to cut out a finished sticker. Such a picture can be glued anywhere, varnished or used for filling with epoxy resin.
You will also need an eraser to draw with pencils. It is better to choose a pure white option that will not stain the paper or smear even the softest lead pencil. To create three-dimensional drawings with shadows and highlights, you will need a kneaded eraser.
Master classes
Stickers from VK for beginners to copy are better to choose simple ones, with rounded shapes and a small number of details. More interesting options with drawing thin lines, small details will be possible to draw after several trainings.
Stickers from VKontakte with cats
The most popular theme of pictures, memes and stickers is cats. Among the Internet users there are several favorite cat characters that are easy to transfer with a pencil to paper.
How to draw a happy cat Pusheen:
- The shape of the cat resembles a horizontal rectangle with strongly rounded corners - this is the first step to draw, the main thing is that it is not an oval;
- The second step is to draw the ears. They should not be pointed either, one ear becomes a continuation of the left side of the cat's body, the second is located slightly to the right;
- A tail is drawn at the back of the cat - short, with a rounded end, raised up;
- The paws are indicated along the lower line of the body - these are very small bulges, two on the left, two on the right;
- The cat's back should be slightly convex, starting from the right ear;
- The muzzle looks like a kawaii smiley - two curved lines connected to each other, with the convex sides down, with a small tongue between them;
- Instead of eyes, two lines are drawn connected at an angle, the corners pointing towards the nose;
- Pusheen has two whiskers - one pair extends beyond the body, the second is drawn on it;
- The entire muzzle is very close to the ears, the eyes, nose and whiskers are located at the same level;
- Between the ears, on the forehead, this cat has three spots, two more round ones on the back, and a striped tail.
The color scheme of the drawing is gray, colored elements can be added in the inscriptions that match the sticker. This drawing can be transformed into a cat with different emotions. The base is drawn according to the same principle, and the muzzle is designated by a suitable symbolic smiley.
For example:
- Pusheen in a Box - the eyes in this case will be indicated by small dots, and the lower part of his body will be placed in a schematic open box;
- scared pusheen – in this case, the tail is drawn fluffier, with a wavy line, the eyes – with larger dots, and the mouth – with a small triangle with rounded corners;
- Pushin in love - the mouth is drawn in the same way as in the first lesson, but turned vertically and to the left, the eyes are drawn with small curved lines, under them the blush is indicated with hatching, above the ears a small heart is drawn.
Stickers from VK are also represented by another popular character - the cat Peach. He differs from Pushin mainly in his bright red coloring and not such "obeseness", and even clearer contours of the eyes when copying.
How to draw a disgruntled cat Peach:
- The sketch also begins with a rectangle with strongly rounded corners, but positioned horizontally;
- On the right side, approximately from the middle of the rectangle, the back of the cat extends - it is a smooth rounded line going downwards;
- From this line, the tail emerges - it lies on the ground and goes behind the cat's back, that is, it must be drawn taking into account perspective;
- Next, the front legs are drawn, they start in the lower third of the cat’s body and are indicated by straight stripes, the paws – by two lines, they are painted in a light color;
- There should be space left between the paws, which is indicated in shaded color;
- The ears on the head of the disgruntled Peach are located on the sides, and one ear is strongly lowered, the other is slightly raised, but does not stick out completely above the top of the head;
- The eyes are depicted as a narrowed semicircle, the upper part of which is strictly straight, the pupils are not too large, but with white highlights;
- The eyes are wide, located quite close to each other, between them a small nose is depicted with a dash, immediately under the nose there is a strongly curved “sad” mouth;
- There is a light round spot around the cat's right eye, stripes in the form of elongated triangles of a darker color on the back and along the edges of the paws, the same ones between the ears, and the tail is striped.
As with the previous master class, the drawing of Peach in this pose can be changed to any suitable emotion. Having understood the principle of drawing such characters, more experienced artists can create their own animals based on these stickers.
How to draw stickers from VK with food
Food and various dishes stylized in drawings as cute animals or animated characters is a widespread trend of recent years. It has not bypassed stickers used for communication on the social network VKontakte.
Stickers from VK for copying on the theme of food are well suited for decorating diaries, personal journals, for decorating kitchen planner boards or notebooks with recipes.
How to draw a sticker with Avocado and heart:
- The basis of the avocado drawing is an oval. The upper part should be made slightly narrower, and the narrowing starts from about a third of the entire oval.
- The bottom, most voluminous part will contain the heart-bone. It should be large, but not touch the edges of the outer oval.
- The avocado on this sticker is slightly turned sideways, so the contour of the oval needs to be repeated on the right, giving it perspective. The line should smoothly go to the "top" and to the bottom of the drawing.
- Below, elongated legs are drawn, pointing in different directions. The character's arms come from the most convex part of the oval and seem to hold a heart-bone.
- Avocado's eyes are located at the top, just after the narrowing. They are perfectly round, with large pupils and highlights.
- Small convex lines are drawn under the eyes, hinting at the cheeks, and between them is a nose in the form of two connected curved lines, like a cat's face.
- The inside of the avocado is painted light green, the outline and the part of the peel visible on the right are dark green. The pit is brown, with pink spots of blush under the cheek lines. Small eyebrow stripes are drawn above the eyes.
- On all the convex details of the drawing, you need to add highlights of either white or a less bright shade that matches the detail.
Avocado is one of the easiest stickers to copy because of its streamlined shape. It is very easy to change the position of its arms, legs, and the expression of its eyes, using your imagination and choosing a suitable theme for a new drawing.
A sticker with an eggplant from VK that says "no":
- The shape of the eggplant is very similar to the shape of the avocado, only more elongated and turned towards the viewer with the other side;
- In the upper, narrow part of the vegetable, its “cap” is drawn - three fused green leaves with a stalk at the end;
- The eyes of this vegetable are in the form of thick droplets, with the narrow part facing each other;
- It is important to note that in perspective one eye should appear smaller than the other;
- In this case, the pupils are drawn very close to each other, but at the same time, according to the rules, the highlights are directed in one direction;
- Oval spots of blush are drawn under the eyes;
- The mouth is depicted as a wavy semi-oval, and unfinished – it should create an indignant expression on the eggplant’s “face”;
- On the convex side, you need to add highlights; they should be wide and directed in one direction;
- Next to the eggplant, a comic-style speech bubble is drawn with the words "No!" written inside.
Copying stickers from VK is a good idea for beginner artists and those who like to decorate their study notes or diaries with funny drawings. Based on popular characters from social networks, you can come up with your own unique drawings, and even learn, over time, to create your own stickers.
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