American animation, such as Disney, pays attention to people's expressions and body movements. Painters are often required to have good basic skills. The Japanese, on the other hand, pay attention to beautiful painting style and beautiful figure.

There is no need to study the so-called human body structure in detail.

You don't need to practice sketching in detail, because cartoons often have no strong light and shade. Most of them are played in the shadows with neatly arranged lines, even if they represent.

In the same way, you can know that color and gouache are not the direction you need to work hard now.

Therefore, my advice to you is. Buy a graphic tablet. Because you are just out of hobby, an inexpensive but useful graphic tablet is almost necessary.

First, practice your lines. The most important thing is the lines. Although it's just a few lines, beautiful lines can outline everything. Tick the line when you have nothing to do, even if there is no purpose, you must look at it with your eyes. You can't tick the line while watching TV.

Second, all theoretical knowledge can be put aside. Perspective principle and background processing are not your current concerns. Of course, that doesn't mean you don't need to read it. These are absolutely necessary.

After practicing the lines, we will start sketching. This process requires a lot of copying and sketching, which is very painful. From chairs, tables, telephone poles, to street lamps, puppies, kittens, flowers and plants to people. When everything outlined by your lines is full of vitality. You can start reading a lot of comics.

Third, cartoon characters and sketch characters are completely different.

Close-ups of cartoon characters often appear on the cover of cartoons. Similarly, you can also find an illustrated album. Your painting style basically started from this time.

At this time, your sketching skills will be revealed. Strive for every stroke to be exactly the same as the copied illustration. And the lines must be smooth, lasting for a month or two or even three months. You find that you can draw some simple characters. Even if it is not so gorgeous, it is not so handsome and beautiful. Even drawing crayons or stick figures.

Fourth, in your mind, you must have the characteristics of the person being painted. For example, height, eyebrows and eyes, whether the figure is tall or strong, and even the character must have some concepts. At this time, you will feel that you are not so capable, although you can imagine it after painting.

Now, you need to learn perspective. Also too lazy to study. I'm sorry I have nothing to recommend for perspective books. You should not only draw the things in the book, but also use the perspective lens to find all the images. As long as you feel uncertain whether you can draw it, you must copy it, and then try to imagine and sketch.

During this period, we should also pick up the front and draw some sketches or simple sketches from time to time.

Fifth, you should study the composition of the format in comics.

Shot splitting is actually a saying in the animation industry. There is no such thing as a "split shot" in a still cartoon.

The opposite is the use of drawing space.

Comics can never be a piece of paper or a picture. (That's an example) It can't be four parallel lines forever. (That's a four-grid cartoon) You can observe all the cartoons carefully, and the arrangement between the grids is patchy. It's not crowded or too loose. Comic teacher often has an assistant to draw squares for him.

There's nothing to say about this. The key is to rely on the accumulation of time, you will naturally feel where the arrangement is wrong, and so on.

Sixth, (I am exhausted, in fact, I think I am writing some papers)

background

Girls' cartoons or close-ups often use more backgrounds. When a ticket is first placed on a handsome guy's face, it is often set off by a background.

The background is to be careful. Sometimes it is drawn bit by bit with a pen. They are all lit ~ or inked after being poked with a needle, and there is a special kind of pen, which is this kind of needle pen.

All the above are based on black and white. If you still want to draw. Please study the color composition.

The rest is to practice again and again.

I wish you rapid success.