How to Draw a Cartoon Basketball Player

1. Begin the cartoon basketball player by drawing his face. Draw the large eyes, starting with curved lines at the tops and bottoms.

Enclose partial ovals between the lines, and shade smaller ovals within each. Use curved lines for the nose and smiling mouth.

2. Outline the face with a long curved line, doubling back on itself at one end to form the ear.

Use additional curved lines for the eyebrows, the open, smiling mouth, the teeth, the tongue, and the dimple at the corner of the mouth.

3. Use curved lines to enclose the top of the face, neck, shoulders, and arm. For the hair, use a series of short, connected curved lines.

Then, use small lines for the remaining ear, the contours within the ear, the top of the nose, and the dimple of the chin.

4. Draw a circle - that's the basketball. Then, use a series of curved lines to draw the arms and fingers.

5. Complete the boy's hand using a series of overlapping curved lines. Use lines of different lengths that meet at jagged points to enclose the rectangular torso.

6. Draw curved lines around the neck and arms, enclosing the shape of the jersey. Then, use a series of curved lines to sketch the leg of the shorts, the leg, and the top of the basketball shoe.

7. Complete the basketball shoe drawing, using curved lines for the laces, sides of the shoe, and sole. Then, complete the remaining leg of the shorts and the player's leg.

8. Draw the remaining shoe, using curved lines for the tongue, laces, sides, and sole. Draw a curved line down the center of the basketball.

9. Finish drawing the characteristic lines across the basketball. Then, use short curved lines to contour his collarbones, chest muscles, knees, and fabric.

Your cartoon basketball player outline is now complete. Color your character.

You can use the colors of your favorite basketball team. You can even draw a team logo on his jersey - check out this Chicago Bulls logo drawing.