Materials: white paper and colored pens.
1, draw a line.
Before drawing cartoon characters, you should first make a draft and arrange line drawings. When crossing the line, you should also pay attention to distinguish between different parts, which is very helpful for later coloring. The quality of line drawings directly affects the overall painting style.
2, processing line draft.
This step is also a very important link. We should deal with every detail of the characters clearly, so that it will be much easier for us to draw. Mainly to maintain a clean and clear shape, showing an arc turning and a sense of volume.
3. Draw a line draft.
After drawing the outline of the figure, you can draw it with colored strokes first, which will be clearer. You can draw it with bright colors, and then draw it with superimposed layers.
4. Local shadows.
At this time, the light color is smudged first, and after the shadow is drawn, there is a heavy color. At this time, the light reception can be displayed, the purity can be improved, and the effect is good.
5. Overall color.
The biggest feature of cartoon characters is bright colors, which are colored according to the requirements of the characters. To learn color matching well, you can find some works with good colors, watch more, think more and think more! In fact, with the previous foundation, the color matching ability of animation drawing will be better, and watching more animation drawing works can improve the color sense. This is also an aspect of practice.
6. Adjust the overall style.
The human body is the most important thing in the creation of animated illustrations. After we draw characters with colorful colors, we can add backgrounds appropriately. We can use a color to fuse first, and the background color to be added is integrated with the overall style.
7. Adjust the details.
After completing the above contents, do you think that this cartoon illustration still lacks some elements and the background is monotonous? In order to make the picture feel more harmonious and beautiful, you can add some elements in the background, such as flowers and trees. Simple elements can make the picture feel stronger.