Learn To Draw Cartoons

Illustrating the key graphic differences

Published On: Thursday, June 16, 2011

By DEIDRE M. BASTIAN

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dobe Illustrator, despite not being as popular as its companion brother, Adobe Photoshop, was also developed by John and Thomas Knoll for the Apple Macintosh only. It was introduced in 1986, and has sporadically supported other platforms with the first version of Illustrator for Window. Version 2.0 was released in early 1989 and flopped. The next Windows version, 4.0, was widely criticised as being too similar to Illustrator 1.1. Thus Illustrator CS5 was released in April 2010, providing innovative tools that make it even easier for artists and designers to work with.

What is Adobe Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator is a software program used to create a unique quality look, using 'new' images from scratch. It is often used to quickly transform hand-drawn sketches on a sheet of paper into lively and colourful digital images.

Designers and artists use this powerful tool to create and draw shapes, lines, text, import pictures and create various elements on web pages and in print. Adobe Illustrator graphics can be used on cell phones as well. If you wish to personalise a background for your cell phone, it is possible with Adobe Illustrator's fluid process.

What does Illustrator do?

If you must draw an original illustration on the computer, Illustrator is your tool. Adobe Illustrator images can be used by various mediums for many different purposes, including print mediums such as magazines, newspapers and comic books. It can also be employed for videos, websites, magazine layouts, original art and graphical content for wireless devices such as cell phones.

Illustrator can trace old photos, existing image files,or scanned images, and can then modify them to become smaller or larger. Images can be modified to look as if you painted them with watercolours, while a company's logo or other symbols can be airbrushed and incorporated into a piece of artwork. Despite these qualities, Illustrator does have some shortcomings, which can be attributed to the lack of strict adherence to pixel-based measurements. This, though, can be easily worked out.

It is simple to create authentic collegiate t-shirt designs using Illustrator, Photoshop and a good ole-fashioned iron, an impressive gig poster design or a vector cartoon character from a hand-drawn sketch. Occasionally, a designer comes across the job of producing a road map that allows people to find their way.

Google Cartoons | Cartoons for every generation

Currently on the internet there are many many hundreds of templates that are step by step easy to follow diagrams. All you have to is start from step one all the way to the end to complete an excellent picture that you drew for yourself. If learning to draw is what you want to do then this is how I advise you to start. It will give you great enthusiasm and a great sense of pride if you were to begin your learning to draw quest with this as its easy to draw an exact replica of the Cartoon drawing in steps.

I started using this method twenty three years ago, using comics as my reference, we did not have internet all those years ago, I still managed though. Now days with the worldwide web it is as easy as typing “draw cartoons step by step” in the Google images tab. Do this and you will see many many easy to follow step by step diagrams of certain cartoons.

To recap, if you want to learn how to draw cartoons for free. All you have to do is search Google search engine and type in these keywords. (draw cartoons step by step) Then you will see exactly what you can draw for free online. I hope this helps you on your journey to becoming an artist, good luck. Give yourself a good chance to learn how to draw you will not learn over night how to draw properly but if you follow this simple instruction you will be well on your way to learning quickly.

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