How long does it generally take to draw a cartoon character?

it depends on what characters and how detailed they r but it should take about on an average of 3-8 min

I constantly think about how my characters should look. I will look at myself in the mirror to see how to draw hands foreshotened or a certain facial expression. The important thing is to draw whenever the inspiration strikes. if you wait until you are finished watching TV or whatever, the image could have fallen out of your brain and onto the floor. I have even jumped out of bed when I am thinking about the way a certain character should look. then there were times where I waited, and i still cannot remember what i was thinking about. Drawing on the Funny side of the Brain is a great refernce book.

As an artist, I would say that drawing the cartoon, especially one you've drawn a lot before, takes 5-10 minutes. It's coming up with seven ideas a week and how they fill the two or three boxes that takes the time. I'm sure any number of cartoons end up in the trash for each one we see in the papers. And I agree that your daughter needs to be the one working on this.

I like to draw since i was young so it generally take me only 5-10 minutes for drawing one cartoon character i like, anyway it depends on the detail too i mean i can choose to draw it with alot of detail in it or just draw it simply narmal way which is easy for me.

Why not guide her towards her answer by having her try and contact and possibly interview cartoonists? Local papers, magazines, shouldn't be too tough to find. I do however find it humorous that "my daughter is working on a project" and "we need a little help" were in the same paragraph. Point her in the right direction and let her do it.

Once you get used to drawing it, it doesn;t take all that long to do so. Garry Trudeau once drew Doonesbury in less than a minute to show he could do it fast