Stereotypes and the Dark Side of the Force

I just gave a presentation on cartooning to a group of Middle-Schoolers at my kids' school, and I touched on a topic that seemed right for sharing here: Stereotypes.

I was explaining how, in general. females are drawn with curved lines and males are drawn with angular ones. And we do this despite the fact that we've all seen females with more angular features and males with more curved ones. And, of course, when it comes to oddball characters or downright caricatures, these rules go right out the window.

But, in general, these are the rules we follow when drawing stock characters.

"So, stereotypes," I explained, "are good for cartoonists."

"All stereotypes?" came the question.

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