How to Draw Emo Cartoons
Before you even grab a pencil, it’s essential to understand the lonely, tortured, misunderstood world you are about to create. Emo cartoons are less about laughter and more about deep, often dark emotions.
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Instructions
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Developing The Perfect Emo Character
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Decide what type of character you’d like to draw. Keep your illustrations true to the look of the emo crowd like Steve Emond’s Emo Boy or develop more ambiguously-shaped characters like Jeff Thomas’s Pon & Zi.
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Assign emo-like traits to your cartoon hero. Channel the sullen emo attitude through your pencil by assigning your character strong feelings of despair, self-doubt and inadequacy. For example your character might crush on a girl, but he believes his love will go unrequited.
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Capture the emo-look by studying up on emo style. If your emo cartoon is drawn to a human likeness clothe your heroine in skinny jeans and a hoodie. Draw on heavy eyeliner. If your character is non-human add in emo symbols like a broken heart or a skull and cross bones.
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Observe emo mannerisms and incorporate them into your work. Your woeful character should look down and avert his eyes to illuminate his shy and doubtful ways.
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Practice your emo cartoon skills. Mimic dragoart.com’s emo guy tutorial cartoon–complete with studded belt–to gain a better feel for the style.
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