It may not seem like it at first glance, but the humble garbage truck plays a significant role in our lives, and is one of the most important vehicles in our society! In just a few short steps, we will learn how to bring our very own cartoon garbage truck to life: let’s get started.
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Begin with a gray pencil and a ruler, and draw a straight, horizontal line around an inch from the bottom of your page.
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Take the gray pencil, and use a drawing compass to add a small circle, with the central point on the line you just drew, around half an inch from the left-hand end of the line.
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Use the gray pencil and drawing compass to add two more lines, one around an inch from the right-hand end of the line, and the other an inch to the left of this.
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Take the gray pencil and drawing compass, and add another circle around each of these smaller ones, leaving you with a “ring” shape.
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Next, use the gray pencil and drawing compass to add another circle just outside the ones you just drew, creating another, thinner, “ring”.
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Use a black liner to add a series of small lines connecting the outside circle to the inner ring.
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Now, use the black liner to connect the ends of these lines in alternate shapes, creating a series of square or rectangular shapes around the outside of the ring.
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Use a black pen to fill in these straight-edged shapes, and the inside section of the circles – leave the inner circle blank for the moment.
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Next, use the eraser to remove any pencil lines from around the outside of the circle, as well as the original line.
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Take a gray pencil, and use this to carefully shade in the inner circle.
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Take a gray pencil and ruler, and draw a horizontal line just below the top of the rings, connecting the middle shape to that on the left-hand side. Extend the line out very slightly past the left-hand ring.
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Now, turn your attention to the ring on the right-hand side, and draw a straight line pointing up at a 45-degree angle from the top of this shape. Then, add another line at a 45-degree angle from this line, this time pointing up towards the top left-hand corner of the page.
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From the top of the line, you just drew, add another horizontal line, this time stretching across the top of the circles towards the left-hand side of the page.
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Use the eraser to remove the line sticking out on the right, leaving you with a sharp corner.
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Now add a curved line on the left, connecting the two lines here.
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Take the gray pencil, and shade in the shape you have just created.
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Now, use the ruler and pencil to draw three lines to the left of the shape – these should form a “rectangle”, but with the corners unconnected for the moment.
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Join the corners of these lines with a slight curve, completing the shape…
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And use the same gray pencil to fill in the color.
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Now, take a light green highlighter pen and a ruler, and add the color to the right-hand edge, before taking the line out horizontally to the right.
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Use the light green highlighter pen and ruler to extend the line up vertically…
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And then add the highlight to the top of the gray shape, in two separate lines.
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Use the orange pen to add a shape to the left-hand side of the main drawing, with straight-edged and a curved top.
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Use the light green highlighter pen and ruler to add a line connecting the bottom of the orange shape to the gray shape beneath it, and add a green dot to the top.
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Use the green to add three lines to the center of the shape, heading up towards the top of the page.
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Add another line to the right, this time slightly angled upwards…
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And connect this to the lines you drew on the right-hand side earlier.
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Now, add a series of horizontal lines to the shape you just created, forming a “ladder” look.
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Add another, slightly shorter, line to the left of the first line…
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Before connecting the top of the orange shape to this latest line with the green highlighter. Add a horizontal line from the bottom of this, connecting the shapes at the top and the bottom.
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Use a green pen to draw a short, horizontal line just above the one at the very bottom…
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And fill in the space with a light green highlighter pen, leaving the darker green clear and visible – this will be the cab of your truck.
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Use the gray pencil to add a tall rectangle to the space between the cab and the rest of the truck, and shade this in with the gray.
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Use a black liner and a ruler to add two vertical lines pointing up from the top of this gray rectangle, making the right one slightly taller than the left.
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Use the black liner to add a curved line, bending to the left, to the tops of these straight lines, and connect these at an angle.
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Use the black pen to fill in this shape, making it solid…
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Before using the green pen and ruler to add a series of connecting lines to the top of the truck.
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Use the light green highlighter pen and the ruler to go over the existing line at the bottom of the truck…
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And then use the green pen and ruler to add lines to the inside shapes.
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Fill in these shapes with a green pencil…
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Before using a black liner to add two semicircles to the cab at the front of the truck.
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Now, add two oval shapes just below this for eyes.
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Add two smaller dots inside these circles, and use the black to fill in the space around these.
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Take a gray pencil, and add a “U” shape beneath the eyes…
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Filling in the top of this with a brown pen – leave a small section at the bottom white for the moment.
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Now, fill in that section you just left using a pink pen, and add two pink oval shapes to either side, creating a smiling mouth and rosy cheeks.
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Finally, erase the pencil marks on the mouth to complete the design.
And there we have it: your very own cheeky, friendly garbage truck! Why not do some research to see which items you can recycle to help do your bit, and make your truck even happier?
