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Article · David W. Fitzsimmons (Substack)

How I create a cartoon

By David W. Fitzsimmons

Type
Article
Level
All levels
Price
Free
Published
2024
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About this lesson

A working editorial cartoonist walks through one cartoon from idea to finish: gathering reference photos, penciling a likeness, inking with flexible-nib pens, tracing on a light table and coloring digitally. Gives concrete tool choices along the way.