Eight Cartoon Skulls For You To Study ppt

Eight Cartoon Skulls For
You To Study



Cartoon skulls are one of the most popular things to draw and I have
received many different e-mails asking how to draw these characters. I
thought for a second what the best way to teach you how to draw these
would be and finally I decided that instead of going through things step
by step like usual I would do a bunch of different drawings and then
give you the notes for each sketch to show you the process and thinking
behind them.

I hope you learn something important here, not just how to copy, but
how to see and think.


Mr. Stylish
For this drawing I wanted to focus on the large
chin, big eyes and simple mouth. I started by first
drawing the large eyes and then drew the outline of
the skull making sure that the chin was especially
huge.
The teeth are really simple and I think that they
could look better if I had tried drawing a few
different variations or by opening the mouth a
little. I don't think they're working very well
because they make the mouth area a little too
cluttered which takes away from the simpl
e design.

The Thinker
The only thing that I really wanted to do with this
drawing was to make sure that the character had an
under bite. The final effect of this is that he looks a
little bit old. I like the little eyeballs in the eye
sockets and I think this adds a little bit of depth to
the character because it gives possibilities to show
more emotion through the eyes.

Blockhead
I started this character by drawing a block for the
top of the head, added two "bumps" for the
cheekbones and then put another block on the
bottom to make the jaw. I'm not really fond of this
drawing but as far as the other cartoon skulls on
this page go it is by far the simplest design. It
might look good if he is wearing a tuxedo.

Just Grimm
This skull started off with just a circle for the head.
Initially I wanted it to be very simple with just a
straight line for the mouth, ovals for eyes and an
upside down heart for the nose. What I had was
actually a little too simple, so I decided to add
some more details like the teeth and the little bit of
gore dangling from the mouth.
This guy is kind of like a scarier version of Tim
Burton's popular character Jack Skellington.

Not Quite Human

I was trying to draw something here that was like a
cow's skull and a human's skull mixed together.
The end result was something that was stretched
and strange looking. I wouldn't say that it's a
complete failure but I'm not very happy with this
one. I think the back of the head could be rounded
out a little bit more or possibly just broken off
completely leaving a jagged edge which would be
much more interesting.

The Classic Skull
There's nothing too special about this drawing - it's
pretty basic. To make this one I started off by
drawing a circle which made up the back of the
skull. Then I experimented a little bit with the
outline of the jaw until I had something that I liked
and then I went in and started to add details.
Usually I draw the bigger details first and then go
into the smaller details, so for this picture I drew
the eyes, nose and mouth first before going in and
adding the other details.

The Aviator
I wanted to add some pilot's style shades to one of
these cartoon skulls. The example here could have
been much stronger by turning the head slightly to
the side, and maybe adding a pilot's hat to further
sell the idea of him being a pilot
There's nothing too special to report about how this
drawing was made other than that I started with a

circle and added a little box to the bottom of it for
the jaw.

Mr. Generic
To make this head I first started off with a circle
and then added a box to the bottom of it just like
the skull above. I then added in the eyes, the nose,
the eyebrows and finally the teeth to finish it off.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson on how to draw cartoon skulls. If you
still want more information there's another lesson here: Cartoon
Drawing of a Skull.