Tips & Trix

• Don't make your drawings too small. Let them fill the page!
  
• Relax your hand. Don't be shy with your pencil, but don't press down too hard either.
  
• Try to use long, bold lines instead of short, choppy ones.
  
• Always start by sketching loosely. Once you have the basic pose drawn, go back over the lines you want to keep and erase the ones you don't. Or you can trace a neater copy onto another piece of paper.
  
• When choosing a pose for your character, try to exaggerate it. If your character is sitting, show him really sprawling out like a couch potato. If he's pointing at something, make him really lean in the direction he's pointing.