Cartoon

Color cheerful animals, friendly characters and playful everyday scenes, with simple shapes or finer details. Explore Comic for stories arranged in panels, or Doodle for loose line drawings and decorative scenes. Download a free PDF and color on paper.

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Choose a pose or a whole imaginary world

Cartoon describes the drawing, not its difficulty. Compare the open space around the cat with the many small shapes in the house and flying scene.

A friendly cat stretches its front paws on an oval rug.

One readable action

The raised tail and stretched paws make the cat's action clear. Choose this when you want a broad subject and little background.

Cat’s Morning Stretch →
A storybook acorn house has a textured cap roof, round windows and a stone path among oak leaves and flowers.

A house made from an acorn

The door and windows turn an acorn into a home. Choose it for repeated roof shapes, stepping stones and small garden details.

Acorn House on a Woodland Path →
A small propeller plane climbs through clouds beneath a rainbow, above a river and village.

A scene above the village

The plane and wide rainbow sit above tiny roofs and trees. Start with the sky shapes if the village feels too detailed.

Airplane Beneath a Rainbow →

Let the cat's pose lead the color plan

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Digital coloring example

Orange stretching cat on a blue oval rug, with white eye highlights.
A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.
  • 1. Orange cat
  • 2. Blue rug
  • 3. White background
  1. Color the cat’s body orange with a light layer; keep the eye highlights white and any extra markings broad.
  2. Use blue on the oval rug, working around the paws so their shape remains clear.
  3. Leave the surrounding paper white. Check that the raised tail and stretched front paws stand out.

The pose is clear when the raised tail and front paws are easy to pick out. The white background can stay.

Tell the action before adding a background

Point to the raised tail and front paws. Describe what the cat is doing in one sentence, then decide where it might be stretching.

You can leave the existing white space alone. If you add a setting on your printed copy, keep it lighter than the cat so the action stays easy to see.

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