How To Draw A Cartoon Cat

by onepagearticles

How to draw a cartoon cat step by step with step by step illustrative photo steps. Draw a cartoon cat and have fun drawing.

A Cartoon Cat to try and draw yourself step by step. This drawing tutorial is super easy to follow, with step by step photos the deliver a sequence of drawing actions to take. Learn how to draw a Cartoon Cat and make it fun at the same time. Take your time with this drawing lesson and don't worry if you make any mistakes.

Draw A Cartoon Cat

Learn How To Draw A Cartoon Cat

How to draw a Cartoon Cat is a step by step drawing process that I created and I have collected all of the sketching process in a sequence of step by step illustrations for you to follow and try and draw your own Cartoon Cat. Of course this isn't an exhaustive look at drawing Cartoon Cats, but it's a start and one you can hopefully become inspired by to sketch up some Cartoon Cats of your own.

I did edit some parts of this as it would have looked even longer had I put every step by step drawing on here, but if you really want to see the full thing in video format, then here is the link to my video - How To Draw Cartoon Cat it's a silent video and you can pause it anytime you want if you missed a step and are following along.

The collection of images below shows the inital sketching stage on how to build up the body, so just try and have fun.

How To Draw A Cartoon Cat

Draw Cartoon Cat
Drawing Cartoon Cat
Drawing Cartoon Cat

How To Sketch A Cartoon Cat

Draw Cartoon Cats
Sketch A Cartoon Cat
Sketch A Cartoon Cat

How To Draw A Cartoon Cat

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Cartoon Cat Drawing

Draw A Cartoon Cat Illutstration

Sketch Cartoon Cats
Sketch Cartoon Cats

Draw Eyes, Ears And Mouth

Sketch The Cats Face
Drawing The Cats Face
Drawing The Cats Face

Sketch More Details On The Cats Face

Add More Details On The Face
Add More Details On The Face

Drawing A Cartoon Cat

Cat Cartoon Art
Cat Cartoon Art

Refine And Define Your Cat Drawing

Darken And Improve The Pencil Lines

Now that you have the rough shape you can begin to define the elements of your Cat, such as the face and the fur around the Cat and darkening the pencil lines helps to achieve a clear drawing. This is also your chance to improve the bits you don't like and make the drawing as a whole become more presentable.

Refining Your Cartoon Cat Drawing

Make Your Drawing Look Clearer
Draw Teeth
Draw Teeth
Defining Pencil Lines
Defining Pencil Lines
Darken And Improve Pencil Lines
Darken And Improve Pencil Lines
Draw Draw And Draw Some More
Draw Draw And Draw Some More
Press Hard On Your Pencil
Press Hard On Your Pencil
Complete The Whole Drawing
Complete The Whole Drawing

Sketching In The Stripes Add Character To Your Cat

Furry Stripes Always Look Good On A Cat

When adding the black furry stripes it suddenly makes your drawing look more Cat like and also adds elements of visual interest. Although don't make the designs too complicated try and make them as simple as possible so that when it comes to the coloring stage it's easier to lay down some broad color.

Draw In Some Last Minute Details Furry Cat Stripes

Adding Furry Stripes
Adding Furry Stripes
Continue On The Whole Cats Body
Continue On The Whole Cats Body
Stripes Look Effective With Jagged Lines
Stripes Look Effective With Jagged Lines
Final Stripes On The Legs
Final Stripes On The Legs

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Ink Your Cat Pencil Drawing

When I inked this drawing I used a gel ink pen which are always cheap and affordable to use and the trick is to go over the pencil lines but also improve the drawing along the way and if that means cleaning up some areas that need attention then do that in this stage.

Pilot ink pens are also good to use as are Sharpie markers, it's entirely up to you what ink pens you use though.

Ink The Entire Cat Pencil Drawing

Adding Ink
Adding Ink

How To Color Your Cartoon Cat Ink Drawing

Coloring With Crayola Twistable Pencils

When coloring in this stage I used 4 main colors to achieve the finished color drawing effect.

A Black for the furry stripes all over the Cats body.

An Orange for the remaining fur on the Cat

A Yellow for the highlights on the Orange fur.

And a Pink for the nose and lip.

Below you can see the step by step process of the coloring stage and notice that after coloring with the orange I allowed some white space which would be for the yellow color highlights which help to blend the two colors together.

Coloring Your Cat Drawing

Color The Cat With Crayola Twistable Pencils
Color In The Black Stripes
Color In The Black Stripes
Black Stripes
Black Stripes
Black Crayola twistable On The Stripes
Black Crayola twistable On The Stripes
Color With Orange In Between The Black Stripes
Color With Orange In Between The Blac...
Continue With The Orange
Continue With The Orange
Leave Some White Space To Be Filled With Yellow
Leave Some White Space To Be Filled W...
Add Some Pink For The Nose
Add Some Pink For The Nose
Now Start To Add The Yellow On All Remaining White Spaces
Now Start To Add The Yellow On All Re...
All Done
All Done
Add Your Artists Signature
Add Your Artists Signature
Updated: 02/10/2013, onepagearticles
 
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DerdriuMarriner on 12/06/2023

The introductory paragraph advises us not to "worry if you make any mistakes" drawing cartoon cats.

Cartoon cats are such beloved profit-makers. What do you do with mistakes? Do you erase them or do you transfer to another paper, in the hope that the mistakes might not be mistakes in other contexts?

BrendaReeves on 07/26/2012

Thanks for the tutorial. I work in colored pencils. I'm going to get some Twistables for my grandkids. I also use Prismacolors, but maybe I'll give these a try.

onepagearticles on 03/02/2012

Cheers now! Lol Sunforged! I remember the days of my Son and Daughter grabbing all of my best art pencils and crayons and snapping each and every one of em! the little....Darlings!

Crayola Twistables are my best art pencils and they are up there with my Prismacolors too.

I'm working on a flipbook animated project for a new video hubpage and it's turning out quite well....

@siserou Thanks! It's a chore to do to add these images one by one but I like the look of the wizzles with lots of step by step images as it is something that I haven't seen other artists really do as they prefer to let you fill in the blanks of a complicated drawing tutorial and simply don't break it down sufficiently.

Sunforged on 03/02/2012

A fun tutorial! You know afterreading, if you scroll up and down real quick, the images almost become animated, like a flipbook.

I haven't seen twistable crayons before, seems like a very clever take. As of late, I have been confiscating crayon from the baby as she attempts to feed them to the dogs. Perhaps, this style would be less appealing or hold up to a few more chomps!

onepagearticles on 02/14/2012

Thank you! certainly my how to draw cartoon cat turned out better than my how to draw cartoon dog one, but then I seem to draw cartoon cats more than dogs even though in real life I like Dogs better as pets lol ah well! cheers now!

dustytoes on 02/14/2012

Excellent tutorial with great photos of your cartoon cat. I've never liked to draw animals as they always ended up looking like unrecognizable cartoons!

onepagearticles on 02/06/2012

cheers now! there will be more cartoon drawings as time goes by....

onepagearticles on 02/05/2012

cheers now Katie! I've definitely got more planned.

katiem2 on 02/04/2012

My daughter loves your work, and cats are a favorite, thanks and keep em coming.

onepagearticles on 02/02/2012

Thanks Paula! I was certainly trying to draw something other than I always draw for a change....diversification and all that jazz!


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