Lesson #8: How to Draw a Cartoony Bandage Strip

. . . and have the courage to tear it off in one swipe!

By Chris Dunmire, Former Child Knee-Scraper

Got a boo-boo? Cartoony bandages are easy to draw if you see them as simple square and circle shapes, as I did in Nit Wits #17 ("Antagonizing Ants"). After you draw the outline of the bandage, color it light-pink or other fun color to look like a real bandage strip. Better yet, sketch in your favorite animated TV series character (I have a load of SpongeBob SquarePants Band-Aids in my bathroom cabinet! Cuts just heal better with comic relief, don't they?).

TIP: Easily reverse the side of the bandage with the color of the center square. Leave the square bright white for the adhesive side, or color it light-pink for the non-sticky side. Learn how to draw your own bandage by following my cartoony drawing lesson below.

Did You Know? If you're wondering why I didn't call my bandage strip a Band-Aid, it's because Band-Aid is an actual trademarked product name just like Kleenex (tissue), Xerox (copier), Rollerblade (inline roller skates). Now you know! (And next time, tear it off in one fell-swoop!).

Now wasn't that just the bees knees?
Wait — there's more! This sample fun cartoony lesson is published in my printable playbook, You Can Draw Cartoony Things! A Creative Drawing Book for Everyone. If you'd like to use my creativity-inspiring cartoony lessons for classroom projects or workshop exercises, please purchase and download the high-quality print-a-page e-book, which is dirt-cheap and formatted especially for printing and teaching purposes.
— Chris Dunmire, Author of You Can Draw Cartoony Things!

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