Drawing Exercises

What are good exercises to do daily to improve cartooning and drawing ?

I love to draw Disney characters and also have a go at normal sketching. I want to try and do some bits each day. Are there any good exercises to do to improve.

Public Comments

1. I think you answered your own question. The best exercise is to draw something each day. Practice makes perfect and I know that has worked for me. Good luck!
2. draw from real life more. it will help you improve your skills and you will learn more from drawing from life. practice drawing something from life as accurately as possible. make sure that all the proportions are correct and the angles are exact. dont do any shading untill you have mastered the proportions and accuracy of your drawings
3. You are on the right track when you said that you draw daily. First and foremost watch a lot of cartoons,ie. movies, more than once, think up any of the characters you've seen and draw them off your head then compare with the movie again. You can copy pictures and tracing helps a lot. DVD's are normally accompanied by either a special features in the main dvd or an extra disc that has the special features and the work that went behind a production of the movie. Worthwhile to watch.
4. observe.. you see a lot of people everyday.. observe how people react to certain situations.. see how people move and try to see what part of the muscles they are using.. it'll help you add some anatomy, forces and expressions when you draw..