Any advice for someone who wants to get into a cartoony style? I'd really like some advice on this...

I think I've recently kicked the 'anime' style and opted for a semi-realistic feel. I've been working hard on drawing people anatomically correct.
However, I have this problem where my people, drawing frontally look lopsided. Faces become 'saggy' or too flat on one side. One eye is bigger/slanted compared to the other eye. The torso and limb looks flat on their left side. Etc. etc.
I think this is because I am right-handed and drawing curves is more natural when I draw a person's right side.
So my question(s) is/are this: How does one go about drawing people 'well' without spending a ton of time scrutinizing every detail?
I've used the 'flip the paper over' trick and I use cylinders and guidelines before drawing a figure.
Is it simply practice that gets an artist to a level where they can freehand characters? Or, is there a 'trick' I can employ to give my figures a fluid, life-like feel?

I'd upload more a more recent example. However, my scanner is being a beeeech. The is from few months back.

>>3093
It really depends on what stage you are at. I'm not really a cartooning person, but a few of my friends are. With cartooning it is really important to develop your own style, one of those words that the chan hates. But it is the most important asset a cartoonist can have. Consider Lauren Faust (Powerpuff Girls, MLP), Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), and . Without even looking at pictures you can think of exactly what their work would look like.

How to develop style is another question. Every artist should have a style, but cartoonists have to take it a step further. I would say if you want to get into cartooning skip the photorealism studies (unless your name is Picasso) and work on life studies and loosening your lines. Loose the unnecessary details and work on showing more with less lines. Otherwise, if I had some examples of your work I could probably be a little more specific.

>>3094
I would suggest not to sweat the lopsided face thing that much, it's a problem that there's no real trick to fixing that almost everyone has.

How do people do 'well' with scrutinizing every detail: Learn to find and fix details faster. No joke. The more details you fix the less you'll make them in the first place. However, here are some tricks for you: When drawing too people in the same scene approximately the same distance from the 'camera', their heads will be the about same size. Otherwise, I like the direction you're going in, and congrats on kick the 'anime symbols' habit. You should probably watch the sameface, but otherwise you are doing fine, and just get more hours in to fix whatever concerns you have.

2nd anon here. Thanks for the advice and for pointing out the 'head size' issue. I didn't even consider that yet. Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas! I really appreciate you posting this because I have a late Christmas picture to do for my boyfriend of his spy loudout. I'm okay with it in some areas but in others not.

-The face, as I'm afraid it's rather boring mainly because his eyebrows are hidden with the brim of his hat.

-I don't draw hats often but I thought I did okay... opinion?

-What do I do with this pose? I like the shape of spy's body as I think it's the only dramatic thing in the picture. But still, is it weird for a guy to cross his arms? It's what I was planning on doing but I'm afraid it might look too effeminate.

-I think the colors I used are all too similar, but that's how spy's colors are. Mainly having trouble with his coat color and skin color being too close.

Alright sorry this is a long post I mainly wrote this to let you know which problems I'm aware of, and more importantly, which ones I'm not.

tl;dr: Positive with Advice w/ focus on pose

>>3099
I'm really liking the silhouette. The shape of his torso is pretty cool. Crossing your arms while sticking your hips out is a little strange but not unheard of. Keep in mind though that crossed arms are pretty tough to draw, so I suggest using a reference or two!

The hat needs some work as a 3-dimensional object, but you did alright for your first try. Remember that it has to fit snugly on the contours of the head and the brim is basically a flat circle. If one part of it tilts down, the other side tilts up. I think this is a fedora, so I added some of the shape.

Otherwise, I think it is very cute and a super nice gift. The way you drew the bowtie is particularly charming. If I were the one drawing it, I would consider adding some more of the loadout (such as what watch he uses). You could probably have the spy looking down at it without breaking the silhouette much.

I hope your boyfriend likes it.

>>3098
Happy holidays to you too.

emm...my native language isn't english. sorry for the gramatical errors.
I have a "crisis identity". i don't know what type of style i would like to draw in the future. now, i'm studing a degree not very related with the "art" or "ilustration" and sometimes I don't have time for practice/improve in the drawing. are there any recomendación for this problem?
In this month, the ONLY MOMENT when I did a drawing "more detailed",it was in christmast. Later of eat the christmas dinner, i draw this "fanart": photoshop + mouse (yes, i don't have money for buy a graphic tablet...for now). I need red lines in this fanart.
AH, i forgot to said this: the elf girl is not my OC. She looks very Mary Sue but this person exits in real life. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camila_Vallejo )

Finally, Happy Holidays Serain.

>>3096 I'm sorry, I didn't leave an example of my work. Here it is.

hey, you're always welcome to do some hardcore critique in my thread. >>3112
redlines would be awesome.