How to Draw Cartoons Easy Step by Step Drawing Lessons. Awesome You can learn how to draw cartoons of all different kinds animals, people, dragons, monsters, fantasy, etc. Right now. Here on this site since its beginning in 2. Ive created a ton of simple step by step cartoon drawing lessons, made to inspire and help you improve at drawing, art and design. And for sure. Drawing is such a passion for me its one of my favorite things in the world. And what a great place to do it here on the Internet So then. Is this your first time learning how to drawThe overworked and underpaid artists on Adult Swims Rick and Morty ratified a new labor agreement last week, and Rick and Mortys cocreator doesnt like how. Dont learn how to draw cartoons without this essential lesson by your side. Learn how to draw a cartoon person today Learning how to draw is fun and easy, with these simple step by step online cartoon drawing lessons. Create animals, people, characters, monsters, and more. X500.jpg' alt='Absolutely Anything Cartoon Online ' title='Absolutely Anything Cartoon Online ' />14 TV shows you absolutely loved if you were an 80s or 90s kid. Sweet, hardhitting, silly and even sinister how many do you rememberIs so, please dont sweat it. Drawing is something that anyone can do. Were all at different levels, and at the end of the day it all comes down to passion. If you really love what youre doing its much easier to keep at it, practicing and repeating for as long as it takes. Which of course is forever. A lifelong pursuit Of course, even if you already see yourself at a higher level of ability thats great too. We all have lots to learn and through the learning process. In short, were learning how to draw as long and as much as we can and also. So hopefully, I can offer some new tips and tricks along the way. And on that note. Here are a few things to keep in mind about learning how to draw, and the cartoon drawing lessons here on this site before you start drawing. Click on one of the following links, and youll be taken further on down the page to learn more. Learn How to Draw for Free. Drawing Lesson Difficulty Levels. Drawing Lesson Categories. The Big Picture. How to Draw with Frameworks. Draw This First How to Draw Step by Step The Process. Creativity and Imagination. Learn How to Draw for FreePlease know that all of the lessons here on the site are completely free. Drawing is my passion, and so is helping others thats you learn and improve at their craft. So while youre browsing working away, know that there are no hidden costs of any kind. Just draw and enjoy Drawing Lesson Difficulty Levels Youll notice Ive divided the drawing lessons up into three categories Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Really, this is only a guideline and it doesnt necessarily mean that if youre just starting out you can ONLY do the Beginner lessons. I do my best to categorize each lesson accordingly, but really. I understand that everyone learn how to draw at a different pace. My best advice to you For sure if youre new to drawing, start with the Beginner online drawing lessons. But dont be afraid to try out another level. In short. Work at a level and on online drawing lessons that are most comfortable to you. And also, go with the categories and themes that you most enjoy. This is how Ive always done it drawing my all time favorite things, when growing up. I love drawing animals, dragons, monsters and also. Creating my own unique cartoon characters. So yes, this is what I focus on the most 3. Drawing Lesson Categories. Perhaps the most important factor when it comes to drawing and anything is to draw the things you most love. When you love what youre doing, work often feels more like play. And for sure, this is exactly how it should be To help with this, Ive divided the site into a series of online drawing lesson categories everything from animals to dragons to people. Choose the category youre most interested in, and practice your drawing skills in and around this theme. Do what you love and love what you do I put up an image of this whale shark character, because I really like drawing sea creatures, cartoon characters, monsters, etc. So when coming up with the design for this guy it was a lot easier, as I was working within a themecategory, that I really enjoy. So for sure, I recommend you do the same. Online Drawing Lessons The BIG Picture. In each of the online drawing lessons, the first thing youll see is a finished, colored version of the cartoon that youll soon be creating. I did this so that you have a clear goal before hand, of exactly what it is youll be doing. In this way. Youll have a better understanding of the step by step process, and it will be much easier for you to progress from start to finish. Often, when you first look at the end goal it sort cementsand idea in mind something that you can strive to accomplish. And no. Its not to say that you must create xactlythat picture, that you see. Id rather you be creative, and come up with your own unique drawings. Still. By seeing this final version before you even begin. Youll have a better sense of what sorts of shape, structure, color, etc. In a sense, its sort of like the light at the end of the tunnel. Or maybe even like walking through a forest. Have the end goal in mind exiting the forest but dont forget to enjoy all that beautiful nature along the way. Enjoy the process but keep pushing forward 5. How to Draw with Frameworks. I like to begin each lesson by encouraging you to draw, what I like to call a framework. Truly, everything we draw can be broken down into a series of simple, easy to recognize shapes. And similar to the way our bones are the frameworks of our bodies, and how steel beams are the frameworks of buildings. Simple shapes can be arranged ahead of time, as they help us visualize what it is were drawing. So yes, a series of simple shapes arranged in a particular way. Act as the framework in most of the online drawing lessons youll find here on the site. Not only does a framework aid in keeping a drawing looking the way its supposed to. It helps to maintain proportion so that you can put more focus on the creative left brain aspect of things. The more you practice and repeat, the more familiar you will become with the various patterns of shapes and lines involved in whatever it is that youre drawing and eventually. The less youll need to make use of a framework. Its at this point, when you begin to draw from memory similar to how you would play a musical instrument without even thinking about it. After lots and lots of practice. Something else Id like to point out just because I use frameworks here on the site doesnt mean you ave to use them OR that its absolutely necessary. Always do what works best for you. Draw this First Once you have a framework drawn if the lesson calls for it. I like to encourage you to begin these online drawing lessons, by drawing the head of whatever it is youre sketching especially obviously if its a cartoon character something that thinks. Something with eyes And speaking of eyes. After youve sketched out a framework with guidelines, the eyes are the very first thing in most cases, that Ill recommend you draw. Quite simply, the eyes are the windows to the soul, and so by drawing them first. It can really help to establish life and character in your drawing, early on and It can often make the rest of the process that much easier and more enjoyable Of course, this idea of drawing the eyes first is just that. Do what works for you. How to Draw Step by Step The Process Framework and head in place, the rest of the lesson takes place in series of very easy to follow steps. And yes, I really do try and make things as easy as possible for you. Often, Ill go a little overboard and include even the tiniest of steps. And I do this so that you know exactly whats going on and exactly what you need to draw next. Of course, every online drawing lesson Sdifferent. Sometimes, like say in this dragon lesson in the image to the left. Ill add in all sorts of details, simply because well. When it comes to drawing and I think we can all relate to this. Sometimes, we get caught up in the creativity of the moment and when its all said and drawn, stepping back. Its like ow I put a TON of effort into this, and it feels like no time has passed at all. Creativity and Imagination. Absolutely everything you need to know to understand 4chan, the Internets own bogeyman. Internet beasts, has seen a whole lot of press lately little of it good. First the site was blamed for leaking the stolen nude photographs of dozens of female celebrities. Later it invented an unfunny and inexplicable mascot for Ebola, and encouraged witless new i. Phone owners to microwave their phones. That latter rumor gained so much traction, the Los Angeles Police Department felt compelled to weigh in. Apparently convinced the ninth circle of Hell was not doing enough to sabotage itself, shady viral marketers posing as 4chan users then pretended to hack Emma Watsons nudes and in the ensuing Internet wide cacophony demanded that 4chan be shut down. The recent 4chan celebrity nude leaks have been an invasion of privacy, the hoaxsters railed in an open letter against 4chan, and are also clear indication that the Internet NEEDS to be censored. How, exactly, does one anonymous Web site generate such outrage And how can a series of wholly anonymous, time sensitive message boards message boards with an interface straight out of the Geocities age have such a profound, ranging impact on the Internet at large More importantly Who the heck are these people, and dont they have anything better to do No worries, bewildered reader. We have answers. What is 4chan Reddit, Something Awful, or other large scale Internet forums. The site is broken up into threads where users can discuss different topics everything from civet coffee to sex toys  and something like 2. Biography Cartoons Watch Toy Story Of Terror!. A couple things make 4chan unusual as a forum, however. For one thing, unlike Reddit, users never need to make an account or pick a username even a pseudonymous one. That means participants can say and do virtually anything they want with only the most remote threat of accountability. It also means you cant message other users or establish any kind of social relationship with them, unless they reveal their identity in some way. For a social network, thats pretty weird. In fact, a number of sociologists have spent time studying exactly how it works. To further complicate things, 4chan threads expire after a certain amount of time less time for R rated boards, more time for G or PG ones which lends a sense of impermanence to the whole operation and means that users rarely see the exact same thing. Few posts last more than a few days before theyre deleted from 4chans servers. Posts are organized reverse chronologically although organized maybe overstates it. Bottom line 4chan is a forum nothing crazy or mysterious there. Its just a forum with no names, few rules and few consequences, which is a the philosophical antithesis to virtually every other mainstream social property and b means people can and do say just about anything they want. Who uses 4chan According to the sites own statistics, the vast majority of its users are young, college educated men with an interest in Japanese culture, video games, comics and technology. Most live in English speaking countries the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia but the site also sees sizable traffic from Germany, Sweden and France. In late 2. 01. 0, a 4chan user conducted a wholly unscientific survey of other site users, which found that, among other things, most 4chan users dont discuss the site offline and most users wouldnt let their kids join it. The sites founder urged readers to take the survey with a massive grain of salt since the site thrives on anonymity, he pointed out, theres ultimately no way to know who uses it with any certainty. Why is 4chan importantwhy should I care Three reasons First, 4chan is the original incubator for a huge number of memes and behaviors that we now consider central to mainstream Internet culture. Second, 4chan is responsible for some of the largest hoaxes, cyberbullying incidents and Internet pranks of the past five years. Third, Anonymous got its start on 4chan and the hacktivist collective is an increasingly important player in news events from Ferguson to the Steubenville rape. In short, the full list of things 4chan has given the Internet would be pretty extensive. But heres a start on the good LOLCats funny pictures of cats with text superimposed on them. Dusty the cat an abused cat in Oklahoma whose video was posted to You. Tube 4chan tracked down the cats owner and sent his details to police. Advice animals pictures of animals or humans with stereotypical or archetypal captions superimposed. Rage comics a genre of simple, line drawn Web comics you probably recognize some of its most familiar characters from memes. Rickrolling the practice of sending someone a link that actually, secretly, links to the music video for Rick Astleys Never Gonna Give You Up. Chocolate Rain 4chan users swarmed the music video for Tay Zondays Chocolate Rain, thereby moving it up the You. Tube charts and transforming it into a veritable meme. Several mainstream artists have since covered it. Celebgate the leak of dozens of stolen celebrity nude photos, which while no longer available on 4chan still exist as downloadable torrents across the Web. Gamergate an ongoing movement to expose corruption in video game journalism, which was purportedly drummed up by 4chan users. Gamergate has since wrecked the lives of several female gamers and commentators and spawned a larger discussion about the way that industry treats women. The cyberbullying of Jessi Slaughter one of the earliest high profile incidents of cyberbullying, in which 4chan members sent death threats and calls to an 1. Google and poll bombing voting or searching for the same terms en masse, to either sabotage an online vote or make a topic trend artificially. Google. Fake bomb threats a vast number of hoaxers have posted mass bomb and shooting threats to 4chan, prompting several arrests and evacuations. Cutforbieber a Twitter hashtag that encouraged young Beliebers to cut themselves to demonstrate their love for the performer. Leakforjlaw a similar social media prank that encouraged women to post their nude photos in support of Jennifer Lawrence. Bikini bridge an invented beautyfitness trend that encouraged women to lose enough weight to create a gap between the bones of their hip and pelvis the trend, though fake, eventually caught on in online eating disorder communities. Apple Wave an alleged feature of the i. Phone 6, hyped by 4chan users on Twitter, wherein people can charge their phones by microwaving them. Needless to say, thats one of many 4chan news hoaxes. Ebola chan a jokey cartoon mascot for Ebola that, in the hands of some particularly unprincipled 4chan users, became a hoax directed at vulnerable West Africans. The list goes on. Doesnt 4chan have any rules There are a few rules. Users are banned from violating U. S. law, including copyright law, and from posting other peoples personal information, impersonating site administrators, and using bots on the site. Users can post racist, graphic and other grotesque material, but only on the board b. More on that later. But 4chan is notoriously tight lipped about who moderates it and how much. There is no way for an end user to accurately judge the amount of moderation taking place at any given point in time, the site explains in an FAQ. Is 4chan inherently evil That doesnt mean 4chan is inherently evil, or that everything on the site is somehow depraved. Just like Reddit or Hacker News or anything else, the good and the bad coexist. You get message boards like b, which frequently traffic in gore and other shock porn. But you also get people talking about how to roast raw coffee beans or come out as gay to their families.