Ken Hultgren - The Know-How of Cartooning

CONTENTS Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2019, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1946 by Research Publishing Company, Los Angeles. Practice pages have been added to this edition. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hultgren, Ken, author. Title: The know-how of cartooning / Ken Hultgren. Description: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2019. | "This Dover edition, first published in 2019, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1946 by Research Publishing Company, Los Angeles.

Practice pages have been added to this edition." Identifiers: LCCN 2018045939 | ISBN 978-0-4868-3025-4| ISBN 048683025X Subjects: LCSH: CartooningTechnique. Classification: LCC NC1320 .H8 2019 | DDC 741.5/1dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045939 Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications 83025X01 2019 www.doverpublications.com INTRODUCTORY EXERCISES KEEP YOUR LINES CRISP AND CLEAN TRY TO MAKE YOUR LINES UNIFORM. DON'T "FREEZE LIP" WHEN INKINGRELAX. PRACTICE INTRODUCTORY EXERCISESACTION REGARDLESS OF HOW WELL YOU MAY FINISH A DRAWING, IF YOUR POSE HASN'T "PUNCH" OR DOESN'T TELL THE STORY, IT'S NOT A COMPLETE SUCCESS. REWORK YOUR POSE! ESTABLISH A LINE OF ACTION IN YOUR DRAWINGS. PRACTICE ACTIONAPPROACH FIG.

I SHOWING START- USING OVAL SHAPES FOR HEAD AND UPPER TORSO. FIG.II. I START BY DEVELOPING FEATURES, HAIR, ETC.FIG.III IS THE POLISHING-OFF STAGE, ADDING DETAILS AS SHOWN. PRACTICE APPROACHSIMPLE HEAD CONSTRUCTIONPRACTICE SIMPLE HEAD CONSTRUCTIONFEATURES and EXPRESSIONS EXPRESSION IS FEELING, AND PERHAPS THE BEST WAY TO STUDY IT IS TO SET A MIRROR IN FRONT OF YOUR DRAWING BOARD AND LET LOOSE WITH SOME GRIMACES OF YOUR OWN. PRACTICED FEATURES and EXPRESSIONSHANDS HANDS ARE ALWAYS TOUGH TO DRAW. FOR A SIMPLE APPROACH TRY THIS PRACTICE HANDSLETTERINGPRACTICE LETTERINGANIMATION IT WOULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO ILLUSTRATE ALL ABOUT ANIMATION FOR CARTOON PICTURES.

IT TAKES YEARS OF STUDY OF ACTION, STAGING, TIMING, ETC. HOWEVER I WILL MENTION A FEW POINTS HERE THAT MAY HELP YOU IN DRAWING TO THINK IN TERMS OF ACTION, WEIGHT AND EXAGGERATION. PRACTlCE ANIMATIONSQUASH and STRETCHPRACTICE SQUASH and STRETCHWEIGHTPRACTICE WEIGHTANIMALS SIMPLIFIED APPROACH PRACTICE ANIMALS SIMPLIFIED APPROACH ANIMAL HEADSPRACTICE ANIMAL HEADSANIMALS LINE of ACTION PRACTICE ANIMALS LINE of ACTION