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elcome! If you've ever wanted 10 draw cartoons, or if you've ever dreamed of being a cartoonist, then you have just lucked out big-time. Thisis the blueprint, the road map, ‘te mother lode This book is for the aspiring cartoonist with ttle or no prior experience, as wall as these who find themselves stuck in an artistic rut, All the basics will be covered in f-bystep illustrations. It is my belief that Jou cennot read yourself into drawing better, so every page in this book is packed With visus) examples Youmay be starting off as @ beginner, but ifyou follow my instructions and practice Ah techniques | show you, you won't end 2,sone! ly the middle of this book, you'll ‘be producing intermediate drawings, and by the end, you'll be tackling some exciting, -autting edge concepts in cartooning, Cartooning for the Beginner features ‘many siyies. You'll earn traditional tooning, how to draw weird and eday toons that are on the vanguard of ys animated TV shows, and even how raw the realisticstyle cartoon characters “ses in blockbuster animated movies. In addition to chapters on the basics like i to draw certoon heads and bodies, I've indudec many sections on topics you won't d anywhere else. For example, there's a pter on the ten most common mistakes imide by beginning cartoonists and how to i them, a5 well as a chapter covering ‘the basics of film animation. The book ends with a section of questions and answers for ‘those considering a career in cartoaning. Since your author is nov a two-dimensional cartoon character, | thought I'd send a tittle friend to help demonstrate the keys to cartooning to you. He'sa little penguin who thas been making himself quice comfortable in my imagination lately. But Ill let him introduce nimself CUEaN Bosco: THE HEAD AE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLEE! ‘ell begin with the head because it’s the part of the body that’s the most. fun to draw. When you start with the head, you get to create a character right away. Then we can start to work on ather things, like facial expressions, the body, motion, and backgrounds. THE HEAD ISNT ‘When drawing the head WELL femembert think of fas a eee ‘ ‘three-dimensional object with {oundhness and depth Just because youre erawing on ‘ise poner doesnt mean your tang has 9 look fat nrare complex. We'll make it Jimple and easy to do. Come On.iets keep going: eames NY So THC CHEEK PROTRUSION NG LIED - HT ~ a _o/ ) & | you keep in mi) ‘ ae WOE MEAD POSITIONS PROPORTIONS ADULTS Up til now, ve been shoving you how to dravy adults. Gut different ages -equire different nead shapes. You cant just dravr big, round eyes and lots of shaggy nairon an adultshaped head and expect tt 120k ke fig, A Kos head has its oom special shee The older the character i, the smaller the forchead wil be Also, an older character's eyes ate placec higher up on his head. = ‘Younger characters have large foreheads (Qhink of abies) sed eyes placed lew an the head. They also typicslly have «alee nodes And ears than older characters.