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Irv Spector Pretty Girl Comics

Here's an Irv Spector treat.









Spector is the same guy who draws the beautiful Coogy comics.


He blends appealing traits from a lot of different styles all into one.


http://irvspector.blogspot.com/2009/12/comic-book-interlude-farmers-daughter-1.html

George Scarbo Funny Animals

Here's a real find: The Comic Zoo by George Scarbo
I don't know anything about him except that he has a really unique and appealing style.
It's cute but bold and aggressively confident.

I love the way he draws eyes.
This pussy reminds me of the little cute one in Kitty Kornered. I bet Clampett was a fan of Scarbo. I wish he was around to ask.


I only knew about Scarbo at all because of couple of his strips are printed in Walter T. Foster's classic "The Modern Cartoon" book:
There is also a lot of great cartoon intsruction in Foster's "How To Draw Comics" book. I used to stare at the strips and wonder about them when I was a kid. They are printed in black and white in the book so I could really marvel at the great linework and striking designs.

I never thought I'd see the original color strips but thanks to the magical Chris Lopez here they are. I don't know how he, Ger, Mykal and others do it but we cartoonists owe the guys for making all this great stuff available.

http://comicrazys.com/2010/12/01/the-comic-zoo-sundays-1943-george-scarbo/

Composition 13: Dick Shaw

Here are some beautiful cartoon panels drawn by Dick Shaw.
They have a unique combination of dynamic perspective, loose line style and intelligent composition.
He looks partly influenced by George Lichty - not only in the loose line style, but in the tricky angles the cartoons are staged with.
He might also be influenced by Toonerville Trolley. The staging is very similar.














These are from a newspaper called the Redwood Weekly Gazette which featured a comics page filled with strips drawn by animation cartoonists.

Here's one by an artist who must have been Freddie Moore's assistant.

REDWOOD WEEKLY GAZETTE

HOW TO DO GOOD COMPOSITIONS IN CARTOONS

Chuck Jones Drawings

All these great Chuck Jones drawings use the basic animation drawing principles, yet they are all uniquely his style.Construction, line of action, negative spaces inside and outside, clear staging, opposing poses, contrasts, organic...everything good

Some folks think that learning good basic drawing is a style. It isn't. The style is what you lay on top of the solid foundation - once you have one.