Well, that's what you sign up for when you decide to draw 2,500 different cartoon characters on one sheet of paper (click the image to see it full size and explore). Ray finished up the pencil ...

They’re pencils! Who better, then, than this fiction-M.F.A.-holding artist to offer a tutorial on drawing hilarious cartoons about characters from literature and about the literarily minded.

With just a pencil and some imagination ... Develop your own style by drawing cartoon characters with exaggerated features and expressions. This idea is perfect for practicing character design ...