How to Draw Fat Albert
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Lets start off this step by drawing guidelines and humongous circle shapes. Starting at the head, draw a regular sized circle for the head, then draw a straight line coming down on an angle for his shoulder and arm combined. Draw another circle which
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In this step you will be drawing the guidelines for the face, and outlineing the actual shapes of the legs and lower stomach as shown. Start the outlines for the left and right arm and the the lining for the outside of the chubby face. Remember Fat A
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As you can see this step is all about detailing and sketching. Sketch in the eyes which are simply two small circles, then sketch in the shaping of the nose and mouth which happens to be grinning. From under his face you can see where you have to dra
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Here in this step you will be sketching in his little puffy afro, the basketball, and his right hand. His hair is a very simple thing to sketch out and draw, as well as his full looking lips. Move down over to the left side and detail the wrinkles in
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This is the last step, after you perfect your sketch erase all the guidelines that surround the Fat Albert drawing and erase all the sketch marks made by your pencil. After you are done all that is left to do is color his sweater red, his pants blue,
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February 11, 2008
Description: Hey, Hey, Hey. Remember those famous three words by that incredibly hefty cartoon character Fat Albert. The show was called Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, this series was created, produced, and hosted by Bill Cosby, he was also the voice talent for a few of the characters on the cartoon series as well. In the year of 1969 Fat Albert was aired as a one time prime time special on NBC called Hey, Hey, Hey, it’s Fat Albert. After the debut, producers wanted NBC to air the show and add it to Saturday mornings line up, but unfortunately NBC thought that the show was just too educational and felt that kids wouldn’t take a liken to the cartoon series. After the refusal to be aired on NBC, they presented Fat Albert to CBS, they came to an agreement and allowed the educational series to air and made its premier in September of 1972, three years after airing on NBC. Becoming a smash hit, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids remained on air for a total of 12 long years. The show was actually developed by Bill Cosby depicting his life as a child growing up in Philadelphia. He never imagined that the cartoon series would actually blow up the way it did. No reproductions where made after airing for twelve years, instead holiday specials and blooper reels where aired once in a while during certain holiday seasons. In 1974 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids received an Emmy nomination. The series officially ended in 1985, before the ending of the cartoon, Bill Cosby took his idea for a sitcom called The Cosby Show and made its debut in 1984. TV Guide gave Fat Albert the number 12 spot on their top 50 list of greatest cartoon shows of all time. In the middle 90s to early 2000s FUBU clothing line displayed Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang on a number of their different styles of clothes. Over time Fat Albert and his gang gradually faded away becoming a distant memory from our childhood. We will never forget the names of those funny looking characters; I mean, how can you not remember Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, Weird Harold, Bill, Rudy, Bucky, and MudFoot. Drawing Fat Albert is wicked simple as you can image. All he consists of is a bunch of big over sized circles. This tutorial will show you how to draw one of the biggest looking cartoon characters ever. I know you will have fun, and while you are sketching him out, I guarantee that you will reminisce on your childhood days.
