doodletopia: cartoons by christopher hart - excerpt

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Contenʦ

Introduction 8

Warm Up 11

Fill in the Silhouette29

Draw the Other Half 43

Select Different Expressions 57

Choose and Design the Animals 71

Dress Up Your Cartoons 93

Finish the Funny Couples 115 Write in Cartoon Calligraphy 125

Draw Ridiculous Inventions 135

Complete the Cartoons 145

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I yu’r a dodlr, yu usd t ned t draw in th margins

ntboks, “t d” lisʦ, and vn n th back rciʦ.

But nw yu hav an ntir bok t fi with yur dodls.

This bok is abut dodling cartons. Evryn knws what

a carton is. But what, ray t, is a dodl xactly? A dodlis fn thught as a whimsical ragmnt art. Dodls

ar un t draw. Thy gt yur crativ juics flwing. Thy

ke yu awak during tam metings.

What i yu culd njy th sntanity dodling, but

nd u with a ral carton? This ida apald t m. And it

rmtd m t think u this bok. With ach dodl, yu’

draw a carton, which wi ntrtain yu, yur rinds, yuramily, and i thy’r xctinay intignt, yur ʦ.

Asiring artisʦ fn writ t m and say that thy find it

hard t cm u with idas. This bok wi insir yu and hl

kick-start yur imaginatin. I’ start ach ag with a drawing/

dodling rmt, and yu’ tak it rm thr. Each chatr

cntains many rjcʦ r yu t draw, dsign, and clr.

Enugh said. Gt ut yur ncils. Lt’s gt crativ.

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INTROUCTION

Folw the Guidlnes

Bf yu bgin t dodl, tak a lok at th tw guidlins

blw—th cnt lin and th y lin. Yu’ se ths guidlins

usd thughut th bok. Thy hlp atisʦ find th crctplacmnt f th fatus n th had. Using th guidlins wi

mak th chaacts asi t daw and m cnsistnt to.

The center line always goes down the middle of theface. However the eye line can move up or down tovary the placement of the eyes.

Centr Line

Eye Lin


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14 DOLTPIA: CRTONS

This character apears hw I used t lok when I reay wanted

smething and my arenʦ refused t buy it fr me. I wuld ut

until they caved. They were weak. This character is built with a

huge head n t f a shrt and skinny bdy. He has intense eyesand a tiny, dwnturned muth. Give his head an unwieldy mund f

ruffled hair in the frnt.

Add some shading to the shirt and leavethe shorts white to add contrast.

Se t h e ys

far d wn o t he

fac, rea t ing a

hug e for head.

O bser v t ha s k in y

c har tes —l i ke t h is

one —o f en ha ve

sl ig h t y sun ke c hs t.

H id h s ne k w i t h

an up trne clar.

Ad o vers iz s hor t o

ma ke h is leg o k e vn

s k in er b y cmpar ison.

Dra w h is bac kp hang i lo w, due to he

we ig h t o f h is bo ks.

To g i ve t h is c ar te

a l i t e s t yle, ma ke t h

bac k o f h is ead cme

to a p in t.


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WARM UP 15

A mug grin i art f the lok f vitry. Preiely acrding

t lan, hi arenʦ have bught him a e hne ugrade—

anything t ward ff mre whining. Like the uting exresin,

the mug mile feature uper eyelid that ret n t f the uil.


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30 DOLTPIA: CRTONS

We a know a igler—someone who lauhs at a your jokes. (Then

there’s also the kind of uy who lauhs at your haircut!) To create

a more mischievous rin, simply draw his eyebrows tiltin slihtly

downward, toward the bride of his nose. Finish with a lon, down-turned wisp of hair in front of his face.

HINTS

• Keep the eyes

simple—

don’t try

to do too much

with them.

• Give the

eyebrows some

thickness.

• Add a funny spiral

for the inside of

his ear.

• Make sure the

top of his head

is pretty flat.


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FIL N THE SILHOUET 3


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an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin

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WATSON-GUPTILL and the WG and Horse designs are registered

trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataHart, Christopher, 1957-

Doodletopia : cartoons : draw, design, and color your own

super-fun cartoon creations / Christopher Hart. — First Edition.

pages cm

1. Doodles—Technique. 2. Cartooning—Technique. I. Title.

NC915.D6H37 2015

741.5’1—dc23

2015012259

Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60774-691-1

Printed in the United States of America

Design by Betsy Stromberg

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