Learn to draw expressive cartoon characters from basic shapes to finished illustrations. Develop creativity, understand proportions, master facial expressions, and build confidence in sketching fun, engaging, and original characters unique.
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Level 2 - Certificate
18 Students 
6 hours, 53 minutes 
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Learn the fundamentals of Draw Cartoon Characters with a strong focus on Character Sketching, Cartoon Styles, Line Art, and Digital Illustration. This course builds creativity through Exaggeration Techniques and teaches how to simplify complex forms into expressive, engaging, and professional-quality cartoon artwork suitable for beginners and aspiring artists.
Master essential skills such as Facial Expressions, Body Proportions, Pose Drawing, and Storyboarding to bring characters to life. You will also learn Color Filling techniques that enhance visual appeal, helping you create dynamic scenes and develop strong storytelling abilities in modern cartoon illustration.
Through hands-on curriculum exercises, you will Loosen your hand, draw an advanced cartoon Elephant, a playful Cat, and expressive cartoon Hands. Learn Turnaround techniques to maintain Body Proportions and create consistent characters, plus a bonus lesson on drawing a cartoony Fox with professional-level control and confidence.
After completing the Draw Cartoon Characters course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a Free CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Studying Draw Cartoon Characters helps learners develop foundational illustration skills, including sketching, character proportions, and expressive design. It encourages creativity while teaching how to bring personality and storytelling into simple yet engaging cartoon visuals.
This training also improves artistic confidence and digital or hand-drawing techniques used in animation and illustration fields. It prepares individuals for creative careers in media, publishing, and entertainment where strong character design and visual storytelling are essential.
The “Draw Cartoon Characters” course has a total study time of 6 hours and 53 minutes. Learners can complete the training at a flexible pace, allowing them to schedule learning sessions conveniently while developing creative illustration skills in cartoon character drawing.
Requirements for the Draw Cartoon Characters course are simple and beginner-friendly. Learners should have basic drawing skills, creativity, and an interest in illustration. The course is fully online and requires only an internet-enabled device, allowing flexible, self-paced learning from any location at your convenience.
It is the process of creating simplified, stylized characters using exaggerated features and expressive designs.
No, beginners can start easily. Basic shapes and practice are enough to begin learning.
You can use pencil and paper or digital tools like tablets with software such as Photoshop or Procreate.
It depends on practice, but basic skills can be learned within a few weeks of regular drawing.
Key skills include sketching, creativity, character design, and understanding proportions and expressions.
| Loosen your hand | |||
| Introduction | 00:04:00 | ||
| Lesson 1:Loosen your hand to start drawing | 00:07:00 | ||
| Lesson 2: How to draw perspective using a sphere | 00:27:00 | ||
| Lesson 3: How to draw cubes in perspective to draw cartoony legs | 00:19:00 | ||
| Draw advanced cartoon character - An Elephant | |||
| Different approaches to draw a cartoon elephant | 00:43:00 | ||
| Draw advanced cartoon character in different poses – Part 1, Happy Elephant | 00:30:00 | ||
| Draw poses of a cartoon elephant – Part 2 Sad Emotions | 00:26:00 | ||
| Draw a cat | |||
| Draw different cat designs – a cartoon cat with defined features | 00:18:00 | ||
| Draw a stylized cat | 00:14:00 | ||
| Draw cartoon cat with more human-like features | 00:19:00 | ||
| Draw cartoon cat with evil look | 00:19:00 | ||
| How to bring to life even a very simplistic character | 00:51:00 | ||
| Emotions and Facial expression | |||
| Draw a advanceed cartoon bunny | 00:14:00 | ||
| Prepare some general facial expressions | 00:13:00 | ||
| Happy Bunny | 00:22:00 | ||
| Sad, angry Bunny | 00:21:00 | ||
| Cheeky Bunny | 00:12:00 | ||
| How to do a Turnaround and keep the character's proportion | |||
| Draw a Turnaround | 00:22:00 | ||
| Bonus: How to Draw proportions when posing the character | 00:18:00 | ||
| Draw cartoon hands | |||
| Draw your own hands | 00:09:00 | ||
| Bonus - How to draw cartoony Fox | |||
| How to draw cartoony Fox | 00:05:00 | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate Now | 00:00:00 | ||
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