Doesn’t it look fun when you check out your Avatar on Snapchat and WhatsApp? What makes it more interesting is its detailed similarity to your appearance and personality making it look more life-like. Having your own cartoon character can bring your childhood memories back when you used to binge-watch cartoon shows, and better if you still do. In today’s guide, we will discuss how one can make their own cartoon characters in simple steps. Let us see how it can be done.
What does it take to make my own cartoon character?
To make your own cartoon character takes an idea, the making of the character and then finally using an application or a third-party website to give it a final shape. To do the final step, you need to be careful as you need to choose the app or platform to finally create your cartoon avatar. Make sure you pick the one with the best reviews that can make the process easy and the results better.
What are the steps to create my cartoon character?
There are three major steps involved in the process of creating one’s cartoon character. We will discuss them all in detail so that you do not miss anything. Pick what you may need from here and then get back on creating your very own cartoon character.
Build the foundational design
To build the foundational design of the character is the first step in making your character. Give it the depth it requires. Take your time in giving the details to your character as this will give it a finishing touch. To do it better, make notes. Yes, try to note down every detail about your character. It can be physical, psychological or even the preferences of its food and music. This will create the basic pattern on which your character will now be made.
Draw your character
Now it is time to draw your character! Choose the outfits and the style that you feel suits your character the best. Hint: You can dress your character in the kind of clothes that you normally wear to make it look more natural. Then choose the facial features and the expressions. Yes, the expressions are important as they tell a lot about the character in the first look itself. Style it from head to toe and move ahead only when you are satisfied with what you have done to it.
Take the help of design software to have the final output
Here you have to use design software to finally create your cartoon character. Therefore, it is important that you choose the right one. Now, you can do that even on Canva. But for starters, you can try Cartoonify, Adobe Illustrator and more. If you have drawn your character on the paper, then you will be asked to scan it. If you have drawn it digitally on the software itself. You can proceed to create the character. Keep following the instructions on the screen and once done, you will have your cartoon character in the end.
That is simply how you can create your very own cartoon character.
