How to Draw Cartoon Faces
Have you ever wondered how cartoonists succeed in creating variety of interesting characters with their colors? Be it animation movies, comic books or magazines with cartoon pictures, the talent of the cartoonists breathe life to every single character drawn.
Drawing cartoon, especially faces is not an easy task; it encompasses creativity, wit and style. However, amateurs willing to draw cartoon faces can definitely give a try. With practice you will surely refine your drawing skill and achieve perfection. For all the beginners wondering how to draw cartoon faces, following guidelines will be of immense help:
Guidelines
- Drawing cartoon faces become really simpler when you divide the face into basic shapes that comprise it. You can create different types of faces by drawing different geometric shapes like square, circle, oval, triangular etc.
- Once you are done with the face structure, you can add eyes probably two circles, a nose, mouth and finally hair. Depending upon what expression you want to give to your character, the eyes and mouth structure will vary.
Step By Step Method
- First draw an oval shape. Now draw crossed lines across the face so that you can keep all the facial features like eyes, eyebrows, ears, nose and mouth in right proportion to one another.
- At the uppermost portion of the face, add two curved lines for the eyebrows. You could make it thicker or thinner as per your choice. Below the eyebrows draw two smaller circles for the eyes. Inside these circles make two solid black dots for the eyeballs. Add eyelashes to the upper eyes if you want.
- Now proceed to other features. Draw a nose below and between the eyes. For nose you can either draw a U shape, an inverted V, a slight curve line with two dots above it or even an L shape.
- At the lower portion of the face, draw a mouth. You must draw it keeping in mind the expression you want to add to the face. If you want a smiling face, then make a slight curve and connect it to a broader U shape below it. If a frowning expression is required then make a curve downwards. Make sure for this type of expression the eyebrows should be slanting on the inside, down toward the eyes.
- Add ears at the sides of the face. Depending upon whether you are drawing the front view or side view of the face, you will add both the ears and just one ear.
- Cartoon faces are incomplete without hair on their heads. You can experiment with different types of lines like curved, straight, slanted, curly, zig zag, etc. Using different lines draw appropriate hair style for your cartoon face. Have a look at some of the cartoon character’s hair style and try to do something similar.
- Once the hair is done, you can go on to do some shading or coloring. This will make your cartoon face much more eye-catchy.
Watch a video instruction on how to draw cartoon faces
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