Why do my drawings look cartoonish?

The things that I feel make a drawing ‘cartoony’ are A: rigidity and simplification, B: monoweight and closed lines, C: flat color, lack of depth. A: Rigidity and simplification: Cartoons tend to simplify complex shapes into something more geometric. Blending the line with water makes it much less prominent.

How do you color a drawing to make it look realistic?

It is best to choose a light source coming from a top corner (usually on the left). This way the main shadows, highlights and, most importantly, reflections will be well-defined. The drawing will look more realistic where there’s only one light source because the transitions between tones are more visible.

How can I get better at colored pencil art?

Tips for Shading With Colored Pencils

1. Hold the pencil sideways so the greatest area of the tip is in contact with the paper.
2. Practice by shading two contrasting colors into one another.
3. Master the art of burnishing.
4. When creating highlights and shadows, avoid the temptation to use black and white.

How can you avoid a flat look in an artwork?

Stay loose and natural in appearance. Color: The landscape is generally less saturated than the colors that come directly out of the tube. Also, broken colors are a lot more interesting than the flat look you get when painting your forms as though you were applying color to a wall with a roller.

How can I make my art more cartoony?

So let’s start with my best cartoon drawing tips for beginners!

1. 1- ALWAYS Start With Basic Shapes.
2. 2- Use Guidelines On Your Sketches.
3. 3- Get Inspiration From Other Cartoon Artists.
4. 4- Squash And Stretch.
5. 5- Use Good Reference Material.
6. 6- Push The Limits Of Your Cartoon Drawing.
7. 7- Keep Your Art Clean.

How do you get better at drawing?

For those who want to draw better, here are a few recommendations:

1. Go draw something. Repeat.
2. Look at drawings. Whether simple line drawings or meticulously detailed renderings, you can learn a lot from looking at the work of others.
3. Draw from drawings.
4. Draw from photographs.
5. Draw from life.
6. Take a class.

How do I make my artwork pop?

10 ways to apply the lessons of pop art to your design

1. Play on the themes of consumption and materialism.
2. Use fame and celebrity culture.
3. Borrow from mass media.
4. Showcase ordinary objects.
5. Enlarge and repeat objects.
6. Isolate material from its context.
7. Collage images.
8. Reproduce, overlay, duplicate, and combine images.