How to Draw a Cartoon Dog: Part 1

Series Summary

Do you ever wish you could earn a living drawing cartoon pictures? Learning to draw cartoons is a great start for anyone interested in a career in graphic design and illustration. Animal characters have long been a favorite subject matter for cartoonist. Adults and kids alike find humor in cartoon animals not just because they’re cute or funny, but because they’re often portrayed with amusing human characteristics. In this series of free video art lessons you’ll learn basic tips and techniques for drawing cartoon animals. Artist, illustrator and expert cartoonist Paul Louis guides you step-by-step, teaching you how to create lines, add shading and use proportion to draw some of the most popular cartoon animals, including a cartoon dog, cat, duck and mouse. Follow the simple instructions in these online video clips and you’ll be drawing like a professional cartoonist in no time.

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Paul Louis. You can check out my artwork over at coolclones.com or www.reallusion.com over in the content store. I would like to welcome you. We are going to start off with a clean sheet of paper right over here and we are going to start our cartoon animals today with a cartoon dog, so let’s start off with a nice long line like so, curving down and then back up again. I then want to go right under here, draw another curvy line and go right up to that corner. I am then going to take a little tiny curvy line here, halfway through and then another one joining it. Underneath here, another curvy line going towards the right and down. Let’s go back up here now for a second; I want to draw her eyes, so two big circles will do for two big ovals and then in the center two little dark eyes. We could even make them droopy by putting a couple of lines like this."