Recently I have been tinkering on some ClojureScript animations using Reanimated. One problem I ran into was that most of the drawing tools available to me were too complex for my needs. Most of the time I was fine creating with circles and rectangles, but I wanted some characters with a more hand drawn feel. So I built Napkindo. Here is a screencast that shows it in action:
Transcript:
Hi!
I’m CoderX and today I will show you how to draw a caricature in Napkindo. Let’s draw Hillary.
- First find some headshots or crop a picture.
- Start a new Napkindo and select the picture as the background.
- Trace the facial features.
Infuse a bit of personality as you go by exaggerating key features. - Trace and elaborate their hair. Simple strokes work best.
- What’s the first thing that comes to mind about this person? Think up an action scenario that embodies them. Do they have a favourite hobby or activity? Hillary wrote to NASA as a child inquiring how to become an astronaut.
Google some reference images. - Freehand in the scene peripheries.
- Let’s give our sketch a title: Hillary the astronaut.
As you can see, it doesn’t take much time or effort to produce a good looking, cartoonish caricature. So why not spend 10 minutes and draw a loved one or colleague?
It is a great way to show people that you take an interest in them. People sometimes use them as their avatars, or just for a laugh.
I drew a sketch of my colleagues every day for the past month, and they loved it.
They started using them as avatars in our chat rooms.
If this revived in you a desire to draw, I recommend you also watch
“Why people believe they can’t draw - and how to prove they can”
by Graham Shaw
We are all born creative.
Thanks for watching!
If you are interested in why SVG is useful in animation and drawing, I also recommend you check out Sketch n' Sketch https://youtu.be/YuGVC8VqXz0
This is CoderX, the voice for the screencast:
This is CoderX, the voice for the screencast:
