This amazing book on cartooning can really set your imagination going and give you a lot of tools to move forward as an aspiring cartoonist. It talks about cartooning in the most basic and simplest way. It has the old-school cartoon styles of the 1920s and 1940s which is still very relevant and in fact making a comeback. A style that used to be a lot flatter and graphic and more illustrative. The book talks about the effect of using different types of papers (textures) and pens in cartooning. Even in this age of digital art, it is hard to replicate these retro effects by the computer-aided process. It can be experienced only by using those traditional dip pens and quill. So if you have a taste for these analog tools of drawing, then this book is for you. This book allows you to break the norms of the typical western animation style cartoons. It teaches you how to break convention and thus makes your work look less generic. It pushes your mind to become more innovative in your drawing approach. -- amazon.com
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