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Showing posts with label How to Draw Cartoons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to Draw Cartoons. Show all posts

Fleischer Studio style Mouth Charts from 1939's "How to Draw Animated Cartoons" Book

Tips on animating dialog from 1939's "How to Draw Animated Cartoons" by Edward F. Hopper and Screen Cartoon Studios. Dig those crazy Fleischer Studio style mouth shapes!
For more like this, check out my "How to Draw Cartoons" page on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/CartoonTips

The Simplest and Easiest Way to Draw Comic Faces -- from 1923 W.L. Evans School of Cartooning brochure

How to Draw Cartoon Faces vintage 1923 cartooning school W. L. Evans
"This is the simplest and easiest way to draw comic faces," claims this 1923 promotional sample page from the W.L. Evans School of Cartooning. CLICK on image to open up the full-sized version to see all the details.

More on W. L. Evans and his vintage lessons on how to draw cartoons, visit http://animationresources.org/education-w-l-evans-course-brochure/

Build your own gag with Osamu Tezuka!

Build your own gag with Osamu Tezuka! I don't even WANT to know the translation...this page makes my head spin in wonderful ways :)
Click image for full-size scan

“Tack’s Cartoon Tips for the Aspiring Cartoonist” (1923) Vintage Book on How to Draw Cartoons

Brand-new high-res scans from “Tack’s Cartoon Tips for the Aspiring Cartoonist” (1923) — I’ll be posting the whole book on my “How to Draw Cartoons” page at https://www.facebook.com/CartoonTips

"Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons" (1939) Complete scans from a great cartooning book

I love collecting old "How to Draw Cartoons" books, and this one is among my favorites: "Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons" by Joe Musial from 1939. I finally got a giant scanner, so now I can share this really fun vintage cartooning book!

Scans from 1939 book, Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons

The thumbnail below gives you just a hint of what's inside; There's about 40 full-sized pages of classic cartoon art and "How to draw cartoons" instruction. Click on the picture to jump to the photo album.

How to Draw Cartoons Popeye book cartooning
or you can find it here: http://bit.ly/PopeyeCartooningBook

“Tremendous Urgent Demand for Cartoonists” and other Vintage Art and Cartooning School Ads

Its a Cinch Earning Money in Cartooning pmDec25“Regardless of how little you know
about cartooning now, you can easily qualify
for a position in this attractive,
high-salaried business.”
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“New Method Makes Cartooning
Astonishingly Easy to Learn!” New Method Makes Cartooning Easy full pmJan26 Al Capp Famous Artists School pmMay1956 100 dollars a week How to Become a Cartoonist 01 pmOct25 -------100 dollars a week How to Become a Cartoonist 02 pmOct25
“You will be amazed at how quickly it teaches you to draw salable work…”

”Enjoy the fascinating life of a successful cartoonist – easy hours, freedom from routine, your own boss, and $3,000 to $15,000 a year for this work that is play!”
…and that’s in 1925 dollars! Sign me up!

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How to Draw Cartoons the "Old-School Way" by animator Bill Nolan

How to Draw Cartoons by cartoonist Bill Nolan

A couple years ago, our pals at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive scanned in this "how-to-draw" book by animation pioneer William C. Nolan: "Cartooning Self-Taught"

Update: seems like all the old links to the Archive site are broken, so I'm posting all the images right here until they return to the Asifa Archive blog.


Bill Nolan is one of the hugest unsung heroes and animation -- is often credited with creating the rubber hose style of cartoons. It was Bill Nolan that helped Otto Messmer refine Felix the Cat into the bouncy, round, cartoony character that he became in the mid-20s.


I just love the giant hands on all these characters, reminding me of Bud Fisher's Mutt& Jeff, Elzie C. Segar's Thimble Theater (Popeye) and George Herriman's Stumble Inn. It's kinda strange how different decades have different cartooning styles. I wouldn't mind at all if this old-timey "bigfoot" style started to make a comeback!

This book is a quick survey of the most basic building blocks of how to draw cartoon characters: There are different mini lessons on how to draw the head, hands, feet, full figures, action poses, animals and kids. Like a lot of books of this type, it doesn't go into great detail, but it's fun for what it is!

“Make Big Money - Become an Artist” 1950’s Correspondence Art & Cartooning School Ads

Be an Artist ad Popular Mechanics January 1950
“Make Big Money - Become an Artist”
“No Skill Needed!”
Cartoon the EASY Way ad PopMech Jan 1954 “Plastic template with cut-out spaces and holes
lets you make over 200 different cartoons”How to Make Money With Simple Cartoons ad Pop Mech Jan 1950
What About Your Future PMJan55 Artists Make Money ad Popular Mechanics January 1950
“Be popular – wow your friends!”

Master Cartooning at Home in a Few Short Weeks -- Vintage Ad from Popular Mechanics 1960

"Draw Cartoons..for a wonderful pastime or excellent earnings. Master cartooning at home in a few short weeks without waste of time or effort!"



Here are some ads for cartooning schools that ran in the 1930's



 …and here's a cool image from a Honda ad from the 1960 issue:

You can check out these high-quality scans
of vintage Popular Mechanics magazines at:

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This has nothing to do with cartooning, but it's a pretty cool image: