Cartooning

, inThis link opens a survey to  figure out what your Totem (Spirit animals) is, which we will use to draw, wearing trojan armor, engaged in a sport. This is a great list of Model Sheets, along with this Twitter Site. Though you can't view it at school, here's a link to  Model Sheets on Pinterest. Daily Doodles for 2025. Google Search: black and white ink art of chibi animals playing sports.

Hero Forge Custom Miniatures: This is the site Dave Landry uses for 3D modeling figurines for his D&D Club, Fridays after school... we can use them in our classes too, for drawing and shading characters. 

Step-by-Step Cartoon Faces +
Google Search: "face proportions drawing cartoon"

Step-by-Step Warm-Up Drawings is a frequently updated list of links from the warm-ups we do at the beginning of class each day, to get the creative juices flowing.

365 Ideas for Drawing. This list of 365 drawing ideas is sure to inspire you to doodle, draw, or sketch something every single day of the year! The original site for this is called, "Drawing Prompts," from ArtJournalist.com

The Etherington Brothers have an incredible site for learning every aspect of Cartooning and Comics, as well as another bunch of tutorials. I'm not sure if Pinterest works at school, but try this link for a few ideas to draw.

This website is a great (out of print) resource for learning How to draw Cartoons. And here's a Bing search result for simple cartoons.

Interested in a career in Cartooning? Check out this article.

• The books to the right ought to be considered "text books" for the Cartooning portion of our studies. clicking on the images to each will open/download each PDF, to keep on your laptop.

• "How to Think When You Draw Junior" (The Etherington Brothers)

• Cartoon Fundamentals: The Secrets in Drawing Animals

• Model Sheets are used by Animation studios to show what characters look like from all sides, to keep them consistent. Here's Scott McKenzie's  Model Sheets Pinterest page

• Step-by-Step Drawing tutorials (Pinterest links), by:  Drawing How To Draw,

• Randy Glasbergen's "Toons" (GoodReads) + Amazon

• "Model Sheets" on one of my Pinterest pages, and another Pinterest Model Sheets 

• Interesting Monster Cartoons by Paride Bertolin, on an online portfolio site called, "Behance."

• Pinterest page for "CaptivArting" (which is one of my websites).

• Draw Simba, from The Lion King; Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Kim Possible,  Woody Woodpecker, & other Cartoon Characters.

• Paride Bertolin has some bizarre, but cool illustrations & sculptures on his Behance pages.

• Silhouetted Animals (scroll to the bottom of the page to search for clip art examples of your Totem animal).

• Cartoon Parody Portraits: Favorites are 1, 2, 3. Could be a fun way to tie Art History to a project.

• "Clip Art" Examples: "Gigantic Store," "Toon-a-Day," Cory Thoman.

• Grid Drawing Cartoons; "Level Up," with Rich Torrey (YouTube)

• Huge Pinterest page on Cartooning, by Mario Calva.