Drawing/Calligraphy/Cartooning/drawing a cogwheel

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Expert: Inkwolf - 10/1/2005


Question
I need to draw a cogwheel (needs to be accurate). Can you help?

I'd be grateful for any information!

Answer
Well, I'd suggest either being very careful with a compass and ruler, or using a CAD/drawing program, in which case there should be shortcuts described in your manual for creating radial symmetry.

If you're drawing it by hand, I suggest you use a compass to draw an inner circle in pencil, then an outer circle for the cog teeth, and then use a protractor to measure off equal intervals for the cog teeth and spaces between them.

Hope that helps a little!

Inkwolf

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Inkwolf

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I can answer questions about classic-era and modern American comic strips, and have a good store of knowledge about animation and animated cartoons of the past. I know a bit about some American and European comic books (Humor only.) I can help with questions about traditional media and some computer methods of drawing and animating. And I can recommend some excellent and useful books! I can't give any idea of the monetary value of original artwork/animation cels, etc. PLEASE DON'T ASK ME ABOUT COLLECTIBLES!

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I have been cartooning and studying cartooning and animation for over 25 years. I maintain a comics website online, and have created online tutorials for using Painter 5 and beginning 3D art creation. I am also a library technician, with experience in research. I have frequently answered questions at CartoonsForum.com.

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Muehl Public Library

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Several semesters of college art and illustration, though I got my degree in other disciplines.

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