My daughter is working on a project about drawing cartoon characters. She's trying to gather information on statistics and record keeping, money and time, measurements and geometry. So far, she has the measurements, geometry and some of the money part figured out. But we need a little help on the time, statistics and recording keeping part. We've performed various searches, but haven't been very successful. Your help would be greatly appreciated!
2006-09-07 03:41:31 · 9 answers · asked by ms_coco31 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Thanks so much for your input! :) When I read my details I could see where some of you are coming from. To give a little more detail, my daughter is 9, and she will be drawing several of her favorite cartoon characters for the first time (and I will be timing her on it). I think it's a great idea for her to contact a local cartoonist for an interview, but unfortunately time won't permit it. She's definitely doing the bulk of her project on her own, but when it came down to some of her research, the answers to some of her questions were a little over her head. Therefore, I felt the need to step in. I've been looking for some good kid-friendly websites that I can direct her to, but the ones that I've found so far, didn't provide a whole lot of the information on her topic. We will likely take a trip to our local library this afternoon to see if she can find some of her answers there. Thank you again for your input, most of you guys have been very helpful!
2006-09-07 04:43:32 · update #1
Cartoons like comical figures, large heads (known as chibis) small bodies, can take from a few seconds to a minute. More in dephth cartoon like anime can take, depending mainly on detail, from one minute to twenty. It REALLY depends on if your daughter is any good at drawing, what the cartoons include. Whether it has to look professional, if it's colored, and if it's inked in.
2006-09-07 10:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sirius Black 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an artist, I would say that drawing the cartoon, especially one you've drawn a lot before, takes 5-10 minutes. It's coming up with seven ideas a week and how they fill the two or three boxes that takes the time. I'm sure any number of cartoons end up in the trash for each one we see in the papers.
And I agree that your daughter needs to be the one working on this.
2006-09-07 04:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by Teddie M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I constantly think about how my characters should look. I will look at myself in the mirror to see how to draw hands foreshotened or a certain facial expression. The important thing is to draw whenever the inspiration strikes. if you wait until you are finished watching TV or whatever, the image could have fallen out of your brain and onto the floor. I have even jumped out of bed when I am thinking about the way a certain character should look. then there were times where I waited, and i still cannot remember what i was thinking about. Drawing on the Funny side of the Brain is a great refernce book.
2006-09-07 10:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not guide her towards her answer by having her try and contact and possibly interview cartoonists? Local papers, magazines, shouldn't be too tough to find.
I do however find it humorous that "my daughter is working on a project" and "we need a little help" were in the same paragraph.
Point her in the right direction and let her do it.
2006-09-07 03:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by ~Gate~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know.. I just do not understand your question.. If you know the character you want to draw, you can draw it in 5 minutes or less.... BUT I get the feeling that is not what you are asking.. If you(SHE) is going to think of and initiate a BRAND NEW character, then it might take a week or so.
2006-09-07 03:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like to draw since i was young so it generally take me only 5-10 minutes for drawing one cartoon character i like, anyway it depends on the detail too i mean i can choose to draw it with alot of detail in it or just draw it simply narmal way which is easy for me.
2006-09-07 03:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 10:17:00 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on what characters and how detailed they r but it should take about on an average of 3-8 min
2006-09-07 14:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you get used to drawing it, it doesn;t take all that long to do so.
Garry Trudeau once drew Doonesbury in less than a minute to show he could do it fast
2006-09-07 03:44:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋