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Draw a Cute Cartoon Character

From Shawn Encarnacion, for About.com

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The Cute Cartoon Character Archetype

cute cartoon characterS. Encarnacion, licensed to About.com, Inc.
In cartooning, "archetypes" help us to communicate ideas about different types of characters. An archetype is a way to describe something universally accepted.

The archetype body for a cute character will be basically the same, even when the characters are different cute characters. This universal body shape often includes big heads, small bodies and arms, and legs.

Certain character types will be less similar between genders, but because the cute character takes its features from children's features, these characters are much more similar regardless of gender. They represent a time in life before the body fully matures into an adult or adolescent form, and thus gives it the "cute" appearance.

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