How to Draw a Cartoon Boy in Four Simple Steps docx

How to Draw a Cartoon
Boy in Four Simple Steps


A cartoon boy drawing doesn't have to be hard, even for people who
are not extremely artistic. In a few simple steps, you can be on your
way to illustrating your own comic book about this mischievous
cartoon boy. Grab your pencil and eraser, and let's get to it!

Step 1 - The Base
For the head, start with a curved line on the top. From the top left
corner, curve a line down toward the center of the face area. Do the
same thing on the right side. Make a tiny 'U' shaped bump between the
two sides of the face to create the chin.
The body will basically be an upside down cone, with the top cut off at
the neckline and the bottom of the cone curved slightly and uneven.
Below that, draw what appears to be a skirt - we'll address how to make
it look cooler for this cartoon in the next step.



Step 2 - Clothes, Face and Legs
The two legs are going to resemble peg legs that a pirate would have,
both shorter than the skirt we just drew and pretty thin, unless you are
drawing a fat cartoon boy!
Next, we'll address the skirt shape. Draw a line straight up the middle
about 3/4 of the way, and add a miniature 'T' top to it. At the bottom of
the line, make a small, narrow upside down 'V' and erase the pencil line
connecting the two legs of a pair of shorts between the points.
On the body, draw an arc to create the neck and collar line. Sleeves will
be similar in shape to the body, only smaller and angled out at about 30

degrees, but still touching the body. Erase the pencil lines from the top
of the body cone about 1/3 the way down to
connect the sleeves.
For eyes, draw two small circles set wide apart
halfway down the sides of the face and add thick
eyebrows at odd angles for personality. The nose
is a small arc in the center of the face, on top of a
banana-shaped mouth.
Step 3 - Arms and Shoes
Start with two very short lines coming out of the sleeves, at the same
angle, only skinnier. Then, reverse the angle and draw two more lines
in toward the top of the shorts, getting narrower as you go.
Drawing shoes for your cartoon boy aren't difficult - the right foot is
facing forward and is little more than a blob resembling a rectangle,
while the left foot faces out as a long rectangle with an arc dipping
across the top. Two rectangles - one long and one wide. Don't forget to
create The cargo pocket for your cartoon boy's pants. This again uses
rectangles as the base with a circle for the button, and a line down the
middle for a little extra detail. He's starting to look cool - let's wrap this
up in the next step.




Step 4 - Finishing Touches
To make the ears use a 'C' shapes on both sides of the cartoon boy head.
Start the hair by creating a line of waves from left to right. The biggest
wave should be on the left getting smaller and smaller to the right.
Then, curve two lines up from the ears - to meet the wave line you just
drew.

Cut out pockets for the hands at slants on the sides of the shorts to add
more flair.