How To Draw Cartoon Caricatures Using Free Digital Drawing Software - Pixia
Posted: Tuesday, February 09, 2010
by LeahG Artist
Cartoon & Illustration Services
As an artist, illustrator and cartoonist based in the UK, I am continually seeking to update my range of styles, be innovative and learn new drawing skills. With the introduction of digital art and the way it has taken the art world by storm (on the Internet at least) I am looking at ways I can enhance my hand-drawn traditional art images using drawing and cartooning software.
I downloaded the Pixia software for FREE (it took just a few seconds to download) and started using it right away . I have since used this software to create children's book illustrations and illsutrations for children's poems as seen below.
I drew this sleeping crocodile cartoon by hand using a black gel pen and then shaded it using the FREE Pixia drawing software. The process was fairly simple.
I selected the icon that showed I wished to fill gaps with colour. I then selected the colour, selected the gap (by moving my mouse into the gap area and right clicking) then I went to the paint-pot icon. The gap was then filled with the chosen colour. As well as colours Pixia has a variety of textures and allows multiple layered shading.
To get your Free Pixia drawing software simply visit the Pixia website.
For more cartoon drawing tips and advice about free online drawing tools visit my cartoon blog.
LeahG Artist and Designer
Leah left the retail and health management world a few years ago to become a freelance writer and artist. She now enjoys creating funky vibrant cartoons and illustrations for websites, promotional materials and as gifts. Leah would love to illustrate her own children's books in the future.
Visit LeahG's Cartoon and Illustration Services website here for updates and latest art work.
Leah left the retail and health management world a few years ago to become a freelance writer and artist. She now enjoys creating funky vibrant cartoons and illustrations for websites, promotional materials and as gifts. Leah would love to illustrate her own children's books in the future.
Visit LeahG's Cartoon and Illustration Services website here for updates and latest art work.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Sounds like great fun.It is :) The kids have been using it and my littlest is only 6!
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