Cartooning

CARTOONING

CARTOONING

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CARTOONING PHILOSOPHY and PRACTICE

I VA N B R U N E T T I

 Y A L E NEW

UNIVERSIT Y HAVEN

&

PRESS

LONDON

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Figure 1. A smorgasbord of doodles.

Figure 2.1. The Catcher in the Rye as a single-panel cartoon.

Figure 2.2. Some basic compositional ideas: E crowded, and F empty.

 A

boring,

B

interesting,

C

still,

D

active,

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Figure 3. Sample drawings for today’s exercise.

Figure 4. Working out a simple sequence. The four-panel sequence in the center was drawn rst, and the top and bottom panels were added afterward.