How to Draw a Cartoon Koala (the Easy Way) pdf

Step by Step Drawing of a
Simple and Funny Cartoon Monkey


This cartoon monkey drawing tutorial is similar in style to my sheep
drawing lesson, so if you've already completed that one you will see
many similarities, especially in the basic construction of the shapes.
Let's start creating a this funny monkey!

some examples of cartoon monkeys



The Head
Start with a circle for the head. You can use a protractor or other
circular object to easily create a perfect circle. Draw another larger
circle that overlaps part of the head circle.
Add two half circles to the sides of the head to make ears. Add an oval
to the middle-lower part of the head to show the mouth area. Add two
little eyes above the oval
Step 2 - Body & Arms
Draw two long skinny rectangles to form the arms. At the eng of the
arms draw an egg shape to make the form of the hands.
When drawing a cartoon monkey keep the arms a little bit extra long. If
you have a chance to go to the zoo and look at the monkeys in there
you can see that their arms are generally proportionally longer than
human arms. I have exaggerated the arms a little bit as you can see.


The Legs & Tail
Draw another two long rectangles to make the legs. At the end of the

legs draw two rectangles for the feet. One foot is facing forward, so add
three small circles to show the toes. The other foot faces the side. Draw
one curved to at the end of that foot. The drawing to the right has little
toenails added. Do as you wish with your own drawing, and don't feel
like you need to follow this drawing exactly.
Draw a 'U' shaped curve along the bottom to show the start of the tail.
Finish off the end of the tail above the left shoulder of the monkey. If
you have problems with this shape, think of it as two rectangles, with
one on top of the other. Once you have your two rectangle shapes,
simply draw a smooth line that goes around the outside edges of the
combined shape.
Your cartoon monkey should be finished. This method of building the
monkey can be modified to create many different kinds of monkeys.
You could try squashing or stretching the head or body circles. Try
long arms, or short arms. Try a different body shape, a new tail -
whatever you can dream up!

One last thing that you can do to help your picture is give him a
drawing a surface to stand on. You can do this either by adding a line
under the feet of the character, or by drawing a shadow underneath
him. This places your character 'somewhere' rather than having it just
floating in mid air on the page. It's good to add a little shading like this
to any drawing that you do, whether it's a cartoon, or a drawing of a
realistic building.