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Summary: Learn how to draw shoes and sneakers on your cartoon character in this free online video art lesson.
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"Detail, detail, detail is what this character needs. So, I am going to continue with the sneakers here and I am going to put a line straight across. One line straight across the bottom of those sneakers, they are going to make a bunch of little lines like this to act as the bottom of the sneakers. Again if you want to add a bunch of little squiggly lines you can. Maybe his sneakers are a little bit scuffed up, as I said detail-detail-detail. How about a little square right here with a couple of little lines to give his pants some patches, why not? Again more squiggly lines up here, the shirt might be really worn. And maybe another squiggly line up here with a little more definition in his face, some more hair sprouts, detail-detail-detail. How abut a little line right here in the palm of his hand and some lines on the back of his hands, if you want to add fingernails you could do that. So again, detail-detail-detail, I cannot emphasize that enough it makes all the difference in the world. "
eHow Article: How to Draw Shoes on a Cartoon Character