July 26: Tack’s Cartoon Tips for Aspiring Cartoonists
TACK'S CARTOONING TIPS for Aspiring Cartoonists (PDF ebook) – In 1923, cartoonist B. Knight, working under the monicker of "Tack", compiled a small collection of cartoon tips and examples for aspiring cartoonists in a small booklet called "Tack’s Cartoon Tips". This is a GREAT little book for your budding cartoonists to practice creating their own drawings, and would make an excellent series of simple cartoon art lessons. I know that several cartooning teachers have used this in the past to teach their students the basics of cartoon construction.
Note: We left out Plate 9, which was how to draw ethnic stereotype characters, not "PC" today, though that was a typical mainstay of cartooning in the early to mid 20th century. You'll still run across one or two innocuous examples of stereotype ethnic cartoon characters in the book as it is, so if that bothers you just take them as a reflection of the times when these were drawn.
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July 26th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I think that having the ethnic drawings would still be okay, because there are distinct nationalities in the world, and if my child has a friend with that type of face, they might want to know how to easily draw that. Would you be willing to email me that plate #9 page? The book overall looks very good. Some of my children have already been starting to cartoon, and this will supplement that.