
Above: the students are given a gag line and then asked to draw what it suggests. This is "He has money to burn."
Time to look at some new cartoonists. Here are some scans of just a few of the drawings that we produce in the local cartooning class that I'm teaching once a week. There are up to a half dozen guys, all junior high and high school age -- and all of them are ready and eager to draw!

Above: another caption. This time the young cartoonist was given "He's eating me out of house and home!" and the image above was the result.

Above: my version.


Yes, we spend some time talking about musculature, but it's not as fun as anthropomorphic dogs with vests and ties!

We try to put character into all of our sketches. Look at the cool posture of this guy.

One of our warm up exercises one day was to play the Exquisite Corpse game, where one person draws the top and another person (without seeing what the other person has drawn) draws the bottom. Then you unfold it and see the resulting character. No, I don't know why it's called Exquisite Corpse!!!


Look at the detail: those buttons in the collar and the strips on the tie. That mouth is INSANE! And great crossed eyes!

I drew part of some of these. Above: I drew the fellow's chin and mouth and shoulders. Those crazy bloodshot eyes (and the cigarette & blacked out tooth) are all from one of the student cartoonists. Great imagination!


Whacky hair!

That's my writing, letting the student cartoonist know to draw the bottom of a head. I doodled the top.

Above: "Hey you kids! Stay offa my lawn!"

Above: a sweet young thing with a dimpled chin.

Goofy guy with a dopey hat and bowtie.

So, there you go: some cool new young cartoonists to cleanse the old cartoonist palate a bit.
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