How to Draw Cartoons: Create Your Own Style pdf

How to Draw Cartoons:
Create Your Own Style

Drawing cartoon food, like so many other drawings, can be simplified
to just four steps that make learning simple for new artists. Your
cartoon food can take on just about any form and make your mouth
water in the process, but today, we'll draw a tasty hamburger, using
some of the most basic elements and shapes that we've reviewed in
some of the previous lessons.
Step 1 - The Top Bun
Okay, so McDonald's starts with the bottom bun, and in essence, we are
going backwards, but if you want to make the process simple so that
you can build from the ground up, this is the way to go. The top bun on
this cartoon food is going to be an arc that is about half a circle, with
another extremely shallow arc connecting the two ends below. Ready to
move on?
Step 2 - Lettuce and Cheese
We're going to skip over the onions, special sauce, and all the junk that
really just overcrowds the drawing of our cartoon food, mostly because
I don't like those parts of the burger!
The lettuce comes next. Starting on the left, you are going to draw a
short line out to the side of the bun, then a sideways "V", followed by
another, wider "V" that points more downward.
Create a sweeping line that reconnects at the "bun line" a little to the
left of center. The center section of the lettuce will be a "W" and a "V",
with another sweeping line back to the bun, about a third of the way
from the right point. Your last section of lettuce will look like a star
with the top point "hidden" under the bun.
The second part of this step is the cheese and it is extremely simple. A
banana shape can be drawn that overlaps the existing drawing so that
erasing overlap lines causes the cheese to completely "disappear" under

the lettuce in the center and only be seen on the two edges under the
lettuce.
TIP: If you're unsure which is cheese and which is lettuce look at the
colored image at the top of the page.
Step 3 - Tomato, Meat, and Bottom Bun
This step to creating your cartoon food couldn't be simpler. Draw a line
with a slight downward curve just below the melted ends of the cheese.
This is your tomato.
Right next to the points of the cheese, you'll draw two short downward
lines, then connect them with a slightly arced line matching the angle of
the tomato. Round off the corners where the lines connect, and that's
your meat.
Do this one more time, starting just a little inward of the edges of the
meat and making the layer slightly thicker, and you've drawn your
bottom bun.
Step 4 - The Plate and a Sesame Bun
Since I know you didn't expect to eat this off the floor we're going to
add a plate! It can be formed by drawing two ovals, one inside the
other, with the overlap lines disappearing behind the burger at the
"meat" level. The bottom of the plate is just a moon-shaped arc.
Also, a cartoon food burger wouldn't be complete without a sesame
seed bun. Your sesame seeds are basically tiny teardrops at various
angles scattered over the top bun.
Now, your burger is complete, but it might be a good idea to color in
the layers if you REALLY want it to make your mouth water!