Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters
by Christopher Hart
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Author: Christopher HartEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-24
ISBN: 0823005879
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
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- ISBN13: 9780823005871
- Condition: NEW
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Book Reviews of Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters
Book Review: Junk. Junk. Junk.
Summary: 1 Stars
Anybody tuned in, and turned on, by the old cubist, modernist UPA school of cartooning should avoid this amateurish dreck like the plague. For one thing, the hipper-than-thou text is incredibly annoying. Get this from your snooty author: "The retro family is a riot. Think of it as the quintessential 1960s sitcom family--but with each member suffering from Attention Deficit Order. Each family member is a turbo-charged nerd, self-centered in the extreme but with a weird patina of sugarcoating." That's the whole politically liberal tone of the book. It's not so much a celebration of Mid-Century art as a putdown of the 1950s and the family structure. Really weird. That could be acceptable if the art were any good. But it's garbage you wouldn't accept from a first-year student. It's an eyesore and way off the mark. Like a previous one-star review has noted, if you want to learn this kind of cartooning go to the original sources who had talent. Pick up the essential Cartoon Modern from Chronicle Books. It's chock-full of great art with informative text. Then study old UPA cartoons like Mister Magoo, and some of Ward Kimball's cartoons for Walt Disney. A good compilation would be Beer Commericals from Something Weird Video, which has great 30-second commericals from TV's early years. Retro artists like Shag and Derek Yaniger are current masters of this style. Chris Hart grinds out these crude books like sausage. Some are okay. Some belong in the round file. This is one of them.
Summary of Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters
Love that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling author Christopher Hart shows beginning cartoonists, retro fans, and all other hipsters how to get that almost-1950s look in their drawings. His trademark step-by-step drawings and crystal-clear text are sure to make Saturday mornings more creative!General Books
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