Drawing OWL

Owl cartoon
Owl cartoon

Let’s start drawing! First, create the outlines of the cartoon animal. Make sure that everything is clean and accurate. Make sure that all details on wings are well-reproduced. Then, apply plain colors to the owl’s body.


Owl cartoon
Owl cartoon

Next, use the gradient tool to give more depth to your character. On the stomach, the top of the round shape can be hidden a little bit using transparency.


Owl cartoon
Owl cartoon

It’s now time to add some nice effects on the eyes. Create large patches and place them behind the eyes. You can add a little bit of transparency on top of these shapes. Then, create white circles and add these shapes on the eyes and the pupils.


Owl cartoon
Owl cartoon

Create small shapes on each side of the head of the owl cartoon. Add transparency on the bottom of these new shapes. For the legs, create small shapes on each part to create dark shadows.


Owl cartoon
Owl cartoon

For each wing, you can add two triangles to illustrate feathers. You can also create a white shadow on the beak and a dark one on the stomach of your cartoon animal.


Owl cartoon
Owl cartoon

Finally, add more shadows below the beak, on the inside part of each wing, on the body and near the top of the head to complete your owl cartoon. As you can see, the character is now well-colored and shadows are adding depth to something that was previously made of simple basic shapes. Enjoy! 🙂

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