Grab a fineliner pen and cheap paper, and read the opening of Drawabox (module 01).
Start the Draw Like a Sir and Peter Han playlists (module 02), drawing whenever you can fit it
in — even short sessions count — and mixing in fun cartoon doodling.
Consider Lynda Barry’s 4-minute diary — it needs no drawing skill and can run
alongside everything else.
How you’ll know it’s time to move on
Past modules 02–03 — your lines are noticeably more confident and a box or
cylinder “sits” believably in 3D. Don’t wait for perfection.
Don’t chase perfect construction before moving on. Once a simple object
built from a couple of overlapping shapes reads believably, move to the perspective module and
start applying it loosely — precision is a means, not the goal, for a cartoonist.
Spend the bulk of your years in modules 05–07 — gesture, character design,
comics. This is what actually makes a cartoonist.
Adjust as you go
This plan gets edited as it’s worked through. If a resource isn’t working, look for a
better one and swap it in — that’s how module 02 came to be built on two YouTube playlists
instead of a textbook.
Dreading practice? Increase the play half, drop the most tedious exercise, draw more of
your own characters.
Figures feel stiff or floaty? Double down on gesture (module 05) — the highest-leverage fix.
Already drawing confident shapes? Compress modules 02–04 and jump toward gesture and
character design faster.
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