Apparently one of my uncles once dreamed of being a cartoonist as a boy, and ordered this art-school kit in pursuit of his dream. And while he didn't even actually finish this course, he thankfully didn't throw out his instruction books either!
Over the course of the next couple of months I'm going to be posting PDF scans I made from this "learn-at-home" course for all of us to enjoy. It's pretty fun to read, dated in a charming sort of way, full of old-school illustration, and offers you a pretty a neat glimpse onto pre-digital illustration techniques and design as well!
At first I was gonna just scan highlights, but the more I thought about it, I decided it'd be much more interesting to all to share the entire book! This is the first of a ten volume set, and yes, I'm going to share every single one!
So without further ado here's volume one of Cartooning For Profit, brought to you by the now defunct Cartoonist Exchange.
Get it here... (choose one)
Rapidshare Link
Zshare Link
Special shout-out and welcome to all you visitors from DRAWN!, it's always good to see ya!
I'm going to try and post the other books in this series roughly once a week as time allows me to work on it. If I get a few days behind, fear not, because I will post them all! Just keep checking!
UPDATE:Vol. 2 up right now!!!
9 comments:
This is really cool, great stuff!
this is soooo awesome!
i'm totally going to spread this around.
hi. i'd like to thank you for being so awesome!
these books look great.
THANK YOU !
Absolutely amazing! Keep on going!
Thank you for your future scans
Love the drawing of the woman - the whole scene.
"Oh, and honey, when you are finished serving me my dinner, would you mind posing in the nude? Gee whiz, you're the best!"
Hey man I saw your post on Drawn! Kitchy book man, I dig it.
I took the Cartoonist's Exchange courses in the late 60s / early 70s. I also did the cartoon strip lessons and the animation course. I was too young, but I found out later that my mom had included a letter with my application asking them to let me take it despite my young age (12). I completed every lesson and received advice and critiques from my personal instructor Y. E. Yenney. I later found out that Y.E. was a woman and I had addressed all my questions to "Mr. Yenney" but she never corrected me on that! I learned a lot. The strip course was designed by the guy who did the Etta Kitt comic strip way back when. I wish I had kept all the accompanying material! I think the whole experience helped a lot in getting a full art scholarship at a noted college. I became a commercial artist and have been in the graphic arts business for 30 years.
-Trebor
I got the complete kit etalback in the 60's and still looked through it for refrence often, but, I had to move and had to put my things in storage. Everything was going ood until I got sick and had to quit working. Needless to say, without my paychecks, I couldn't keep up the payments on my storage unit and they auctioned my things off. Anyway, I'd like to know if you knew where I might be able to get another full lesson set.
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