Below are 11 step-by-step drawing tutorials for beginners who want to draw popular cartoon characters. You can watch the video tutorial and follow along, pausing after each step to follow at your own pace. Or you can click through to the article, which has each step broken down into an individual image, with new pencil lines shown in red, and an explanation of what to draw.

 

 

Before you begin, practice drawing a few circles so you can create good guidelines. Here is an article showing four different techniques for drawing a perfect circle on How2DrawAnimals.com

Grab your pencil and paper, and let's get drawing! If you're curious, check out what art supplies I use for drawing.

 

1. How to Draw Michelangelo

Cowabunga! Michelangelo, also called Mike or Mikey, the youngest of the four brothers in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He wears an orange eye mask and fights with dual nunchaku. Find Michelangelo's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

2. How to Draw Elmo

Elmo is a furry red Muppet with an orange nose who lives on Sesame Street. He is three-and-a-half years old and hosts "Elmo's World," where he often talks to his pet goldfish Dorothy. Find Elmo's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

 

 

3. How to Draw King Boo

King Boo is the leader of the Boos, ruler of the Paranormal Dimension, and ally of Bowser. He is the arch-enemy of Luigi, but he has also captured and imprisoned Mario. Find King Boo's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

4. How to Draw Kirby

Kirby lives in the kingdom of Dream Land on Planet Popstar. Kirby fights to protect Dream Land from its corrupt King Dedede by using his signature power: inhaling items and enemies and spitting them out or copying their abilities. Find Kirby's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

5. Robin (Teen Titans)

Robin is the leader and one of the five founding members of the Teen Titans. Before that, he was trained by, and served as the sidekick to Batman. Find Robin's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

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6. How to Draw the Red Angry Bird

Red was introduced in 2009 as a core member and leader of the original Angry Birds flock. He is a very grumpy, short tempered bird. Find the Red Angry Bird's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

7. How to Draw Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty's real name is Kitty White. She lives with her mother, father and twin sister in the suburbs outside of London. She is a cheerful, warm-hearted third grader who loves baking cookies. Find Hello Kitty's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

 

 

8. How to Draw Darwin Watterson

Darwin from The Amazing World of Gumball is a goldfish. His full name is Darwin Raglan Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemius Watterson III. He used to be Gumball's pet fish, but after he grew arms and legs and adapted well to life out of water, he was adopted by the Waterson family. Find Darwin's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

9. How to Draw Batman (Mini/Chibi Version)

As a young boy, Bruce Wayne watched a mugger gun down his parents. This inspired him to become Batman, the crimefighting hero of Gotham City, after he grew up. Batman was first drawn by DC Comics artist Bob Kane in 1939. Now you can draw this cute mini version by following the written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

10. How to Draw Cosmo

In the Nickelodeon show The Fairly OddParents, Cosmo is one of Timmy Turner's fairy godparents. Poor Timmy Turner's wishes typically end up in disaster because the green-haired Cosmo, who wears a crown and carries a wand, isn't the smartest fairy godparent a kid could get. Find Cosmo's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.

 

11. How to Draw Dexter

In Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory, Dexter is a boy genius with a secret laboratory. He is one of the world's greatest inventors, but his sister Dee Dee is always breaking into his lab and destroying his work. Find Dexter's written step-by-step drawing tutorial here.