Video: How to Combine Character Elements in a Cartoon Animal Drawing

Learn how to combine elements including anthropomorphized animals, clothes, objects, word balloons, movement and a backdrop with expert cartoon drawing tips in this free online art instruction video clip.

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Hello, we are cartooning. We've drawn animals. We've anthropomorphized them. Put clothing, backgrounds, props, everything. Now we're going to add it all together and I'm going to show you what that might look like. First what I think I'm going to draw here is some happy eyes. And I'm going to draw a character that I drew earlier. You might recognize him once we get down here. This is my bear turtle. His arms are outreached as I had drawn them before. But now we're going to open his mouth and he is going to say, "I need a hug". But what would warrant that bear to say such a thing? Lets add our backdrop and see where he is. Looks like he's on the edge of a river bank to me. So we're just going to draw that water. And a fish is going to pop his head out. And that fish is going to be looking at us. And he's kind of like, this bear wants a hug, I don't know, but what am I going to do about that? But hey, you know what I forgot? I'm going to draw a wizard hat on the top of this bear. Since we've anthropomorphized him we're going to add clothes on him too. And so, we're telling a story by drawing the background, by drawing the character and by drawing him interacting with another character and saying something. We're basically portraying a story and drawing a comic. And that's all it is. Cartooning. It's whatever you want to make it. Thanks for joining us today.

How to Combine Character Elements in a Cartoon Animal Drawing

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