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Creative Sparks

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Creative Spark - cartoon you

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Adam Ming
Jan 11, 2026
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Note on the practice: Ten Minute Artist is about keeping an Artist Diary as a way to stay connected to our creativity in the present and through the years. To help you set up you diary I’ve created a FREE 5-day email course for you.

You can find Day 1, here.

Dear Artist Friend,

Today let’s start drawing simple characters that you can use to tell stories.

When you start drawing. There is always a desire to aim for realism. Maybe a better idea is to steal something out of a cartoonists playbook. Simple icons and characters can say as much as a realistic drawing…

And it’s a great way to start making something.

The easiest way to draw a character is starting with the Ivan Brunelli style.

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