Cartoon Characters

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"You never know, until you try."

Now you can draw everyone's favorite cartoon characters, Character 1 and Character 2, with these soothing step-by-step instructions, far out.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Character 1 (Strong Bad), Character 2 (Homestar Runner)

Date: Monday, September 11, 2017

Running Time: 2:05

Page Title: Sassin back! Givin a time!

Transcript

{Cut to a red boxing glove holding a marker in front of a whiteboard designed to look like lined paper; a more relaxed music of the regular theme plays}

STRONG BAD: {in a relaxed tone} Calm yourself with more Skills of an Artist. Where I make drawing... funnnnnnnnn.

Today we're going to draw the cartoon characters, with these simple step-by-step instructions far out.

First we draw yours truly. Let's do an upside-down egg. {draws a egg-like shape. The words "UPSIDE-DOWN EGG" appear in the bottom left, with an egg next to them} That egg is not right-side-up, he's upside-down. Don't let all the yolk rush to your head, eh? {gibberish mumbling} Far out.

Alright, let's do a little "downtown", {Draws a small line at the "head" of the egg, resembling a neck. The word "DOWNTOWN" appears in the bottom left, with a vertical line next to it} and now, a "roundello". {Draws a circle at the empty end of the line. The word "ROUNDELLO" appears in the upper right, with a circle next to it.}

Look at that roundello. Crossbeam, {draws a line in the middle of the circle. The word "CROSSBEAM" appears in the upper right, with a horizontal line next to it} and now, using a little scritch-a-scratch fill-in, we're going to mark it right up far out. {Fills the bottom half of the circle in. The words "SCRITCH-A-SCRATCH FILL-IN" appear in the upper right, with a squiggle next to them}

Alright, now we're going to "an L", {Draws an L on the bottom-right part of the circle. The words "AN L" appear in the upper right, with an L next to them} and a preschool L. {Draws an L facing left. The words "A PRESCHOOL L" appear in the upper right, with a left-facing L next to them} Look at that.

And now, pokemouts, {Draws a diagonal line on the right of the circle. The word "POKEMOUTS" appears, with a diagonal line next to it} another pokemouts, {Draws a diagonal line on the left of the circle} and now for my...sizable gloves, we do...eights. {Draws an eight on the right diagonal line. The word "EIGHTS" appears in the upper right, with an eight next to it} Simple number eights, look at that, and over here, another {Draws an eight on the left diagonal line. The "EIGHTS" text appears again} number eight.

Alright, now we're gonna get very detailed, for the maskurus. Here we are. {Draws a V in the egg, followed by two small circles and a square} Look at this. {The words "VERY DETAILS" appear in the top right, with a V, two circles and a square next to them} Oh, he getting very recognizable as, something.

Let's give him a pal, it's the Homestar Runner, with an upside-down J. {Draws a large upside-down J next to the Strong Bad drawing. The words "UPSIDE-DOWN J" appear in the upper left, with an upside-down J next to them} Look at that. And now, an upside-down L. {Draws an upside-down L at that end of the J. The words "UPSIDE-DOWN L (bkwdsfarout)" appear in the upper right, with an upside-down L next to them} It's very alphabetical, far out.

Cross 'em up at the bottom, {Draws a line connecting the bottom parts of the J and L. The words "CROSS EM UP" appear in the upper right, with a horizontal line next to them} and another L, and another preschool L. {Draws two Ls, starting from the line. The "AN L" and "A PRESCHOOL L" signs appear as Strong Bad draws them} See?

And now, taow-taow-taow-taow-taow. {Draws a star above the line} We call that the 5-point taow. {The words "5-POINT TAOW" appear in the upper left, with a star next to them}

Alright, then, drop a little juice on them. {Draws a small dot above the star, the words "JUICE DROP" appear in the upper right, with a dot next to them} I like to pretend I was drinking a smarty juice. {The word "SMARTY" is added to the "JUICE DROP" sign} And dripped it right here on the paper. {Draws another dot to the right of the first one} 'Nother drop of juice, look at that.

Now, cross 'em out like this, {Draws a line above the dots. The "CROSS EM UP" sign appears again} and who knows who you got? It's Character 1, and Character 2.

Perhaps this character, is sassin' back. {Draws three "talk" lines to the left of the Homestar Runner drawing. The words "SASSIN BACK" appear in the upper right, with three lines next to them} And maybe this character, is givin' a time. {Draws three talk lines to the right of the Strong Bad drawing. The words "GIVIN A TIME" appear in the upper left, with three lines next to them}

You never know, until you try. That's Skills of an Artist, with a far out Strong Bad far out.

Fun Facts

Trivia

• The Tweet text reads, "Hang in there everybody! Escape the chaos for a moment with the Calming Skills of a Soothing Artistfarout."
• The YouTube description reads, "Learn to draw Character 1 and Character 2 using the most laid back methods ever devised (far-out)."

Remarks

• The symbol for "—" is labeled as three names: "Crossbeam, "Cross em Up", and "Cross em Out".

Inside References

• Strong Bad previously used a voice very similar to this "far out" voice in his podcasts from Fan Costumes 2016.
• Strong Bad draws Character 2 sassing back.

Fast Forward

• The soothing theme of this episode, including Strong Bad's narration, the two cartoon characters, and Smarty Juice, would later be revisited in Characters from Yonder Website, in which Characters 3 through 8 are also revealed. Yonder Website is later revisited several times.

External Links

• watch "Cartoon Characters"
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