[custom_adv] Practice drawing balloons about the size shown here, because most of your work as a cartoonist will call for heads this size or smaller. After you have gotten the hang of drawing the balloons and can dash them off easily, you are ready to swing the two guide lines in. [custom_adv] We've put together a list of cartoon characters and the real voices behind them. From Mila Kunis as Meg Griffin in Family Guy to Angelina Jolie as Master Tigress in Kung Fu Panda - prepare to be surprised. Or feel how everything makes so much more sense now! Keep on scrolling to take a look and don't forget to vote for your favorites. [custom_adv] Before beginning to draw cartoon heads, you must learn to draw the balloon shape freely and quickly. Never use a compass. To form your balloon, swing the pencil around several times on the paper. The freely drawn balloon will be only a guide for the general shape of the head, so make it light – you can strengthen the outline later. [custom_adv] If everyone had his or her hair shaved off, you would see that there is as much variety in the human head as there is in the top of a range of mountains. Human heads come in almost every shape, from a lima bean to a toy top – and so do cartoon heads. The round balloon head is only the beginning. [custom_adv] Imagine that you are grasping a toy balloon in your hands. Now squeeze it hard. The balloon changes its shape but it still keeps its three dimensions. The same thing must be true of the different-shaped cartoon heads you draw. [custom_adv] Regardless of the form, your center line must follow the curve of that form. If it does, you can place the features correctly in relation to the center line and maintain the three-dimensional effect. [custom_adv] Changing the shape of the basic balloon head is the key to creating many different cartoon types. As you see here, just a couple of varied shapes can be the start of a whole cast of interesting characters – Milquetoasts and mugs, debutantes and dowagers, seadogs and swamis. [custom_adv] Before beginning to draw cartoon heads, you must learn to draw the balloon shape freely and quickly. Never use a compass. To form your balloon, swing the pencil around several times on the paper. The freely drawn balloon will be only a guide for the general shape of the head, so make it light – you can strengthen the outline later.
