Basic Cartoon Drawing Course

Course Description

Unlock your creativity and master the basics of cartoon drawing with our Basic Cartoon Drawing Course. Perfect for beginners and those wanting to strengthen their foundation, this course dives into the world of cartooning with expert guidance and time-tested techniques. Taught by an experienced instructor with over 15 years of teaching experience, the curriculum has been meticulously designed to nurture your creativity and refine your drawing skills.

Across six comprehensive lessons, you’ll learn the essentials of cartooning, starting with understanding what cartoons are and honing your fundamental drawing skills. You’ll explore how to generate unique ideas, convey emotions through expressive characters, and design complete cartoon figures. The course also guides you on building compositions, creating dialogue balloons, and crafting engaging backgrounds to bring your cartoons to life. To top it all off, you’ll discover the effective use of color to make your creations pop.

Course Content

Lesson

What is cartoon Test – Lesson

WHAT IS CARTOON AND 10% DRAWING Sample Lesson

IDEA

EXPRESSION

CARTOON FIGURE

COMPOSITION, DIALOGUE BALLOON and BACKGROUND

COLOR

What You’ll Learn

How to draw a range of expressions and various types of cartoon faces.
Mastering gesture drawings and designing unique cartoon figures.
Arranging drawings within a well-composed layout.
Creating minimalist cartoon backgrounds.
Making your files print-ready after coloring.

Requirements

A love for drawing.

Who This Course is For

Anyone who wants to draw cartoons!

About Instructor

Mehedi Haque

Mehedi Haque has been drawing cartoons since 1997. He began his career as a freelance cartoonist and joined the cartoon and satire magazine UNMAD in 1998. In 2003, he became the cartoonist for The Daily New Age. In 2011, Haque founded his own cartoon school, AKANTIS, to train aspiring young cartoonists. Since then, hundreds of young artists have joined the courses, with some now working professionally. Reflecting on his journey, Haque says, 'I always felt the absence of a cartoon school when I was learning, so I wanted to create one for the next generation, so they could have guidance in this field. Haque launched Bangladesh’s first dedicated comic book publication, Dhaka Comics, in 2003. Today, it is regarded as an important platform for Bangla comics. Haque is currently completing his Master’s in Comics at the California College of the Arts and looks forward to further enhancing his teaching skills with the knowledge he gains there.

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