“I’ve just discovered Chris Browne’s new blog. It’s crammed with good stuff—stories of his life, terrific paintings of commonplace objects and new cartoons. It shows other sides of Chris than his Hagar the Horrible work.”—senior editor, Sarasota Magazine, Robert Plunket.
Friday, November 21, 2008
A Missing Cartooning Lesson
You know I've never seen a book on cartooning go into the importance of erasing and it occurs to me that it's a big part of how a lot of cartoonists work. A lot of cartooning is course correction. You get the basic shape and the dialogue balloons in the right place, but then you brush it down with a kneaded eraser or an eraser bag and redraw, correcting as you go. I know it's just a little thing but I thought I'd write it down here before it leaves my brain.
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1 comment:
... and I'm glad it didn't! Well said, and it's always good to make note that much in life is course correction on the way to "getting to the good stuff!"
-flb in CT
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