Learn from Walt Disney Studios animator and comic book artist Ken Hultgren and his book “The Know-How of Cartooning”. This book one of the more lesser known books on animation and art, but a great resource!

KenHultgrenKen Hultgren (November 14, 1915 – December 13, 1968) Kenneth Vernon Hultgren was one of the great “animal artists” at Disney in the 1940s. Born in Minneapolis, he studied at the School of Art in his hometown. In 1935 he moved to California to start his artistic career. Soon afterwards, he joined the Disney Studios, where he became one of the best animators. He worked on such productions as ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ (1937) and ‘Bambi’ (1942), doing model sheets and layouts.

He worked on the ‘Mickey Mouse’ daily comic with writer Milt Banta, succeeding Larry Knighton. From 1955 to 1962 he also worked for Archie Comics and several syndicates, doing among others a comic strip based on Hanna-Barbera’s ‘The Flintstones’. At the same time, Hultgren remained active as an animator (‘Mr. Magoo’, ‘Popeye’, ‘The Archie Show’). Ken Hultgren died of a heart attack in 1968. (via Lambiek comiclopedia)

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Lavalle Lee

Lavalle Lee has been creating animated cartoons online since 1999/2000 for his website flashcartoons.org. Many cartoons on the site have gained viral video status reaching millions of viewers online. In 2009, Lavalle started learning hand drawn animation from Don Bluth in his animation classes, as well as attending his Masterclasses in Arizona. He has also personally studied animation and visual effects from Veteran Disney animators in Orlando, FL.

Lavalle is widely known in the animation industry as the creator of the TraditionalAnimation.com website. After seeing that most animation sites were about all types of animation, not any specific to classical hand drawn animation, Lavalle knew Traditional Animation needed to be represented online. TraditionalAnimation.com has become the leading website and social media account for all things 2D. The website served as inspiration for “The Traditional Animation Show” in which Lavalle was both producer and host.

His partnership with Don Bluth began when he championed the Dragon's Lair Indiegogo campaign as lead project manager, editor, voice actor and in-betweener. The campaign reached $730,000 dollars to produce a 7-minute pitch video. In 2017, Lavalle brought the idea of creating a school to Don Bluth, and Don Bluth University was born. After a decade of learning from Don Bluth and working together on multiple pitches and business ventures, Lavalle accepted the position as Vice President of Don Bluth's new company Don Bluth Studios.

35 Comments

  1. October 30, 2017 at 6:35 pm — Reply

    Does anybody know if he sketched straight with ink and brush ?Interestng.

  2. October 30, 2017 at 9:27 pm — Reply

    Codi Nicole Anderson

  3. October 31, 2017 at 12:48 am — Reply

    য়্রত্রচস!

  4. October 31, 2017 at 2:07 am — Reply

    Gabriel

  5. October 31, 2017 at 2:29 am — Reply

    Lucas Almeida Demelo

  6. October 31, 2017 at 3:41 am — Reply

    Monica

  7. October 31, 2017 at 3:41 am — Reply

    Livro completo, um dos primeiros desenhistas da Disney, somente sobre animação Monica

  8. October 31, 2017 at 3:46 am — Reply

    Love it. I’m always doodling something up in a hurry.

  9. October 31, 2017 at 5:00 pm — Reply

    Laura

  10. December 2, 2017 at 3:30 pm — Reply

    Mateo Arciniegas Caicedo

  11. December 2, 2017 at 7:05 pm — Reply

    Nikki Fridrich Brianna Rivers

  12. December 2, 2017 at 9:04 pm — Reply

    I’d love to have a copy of this for my students!!!

  13. December 3, 2017 at 4:38 am — Reply

    This is wonderful. Anyone know if the book can be bought anywhere? My daughter is an aspiring animator and she draws dozens of drawings in a day.

  14. December 3, 2017 at 6:44 am — Reply

    Sonjoy Das

  15. December 3, 2017 at 6:39 pm — Reply

    Que legal , filho Fernando Miller !!!

  16. December 3, 2017 at 10:36 pm — Reply

    Daniel Messias

    • December 5, 2017 at 12:42 pm — Reply

      Pedro Cherem, Ken Hultgren conhecia a anatomia animal como nenhum outro ilustrador. Existe um outro livro do mesmo autor sobre anatomia de quadrúpedes, desenho realista, que é uma verdadeira bíblia para quem quer dominar anatomia animal. É um dos livros imprescindíveis na animação,

  17. December 4, 2017 at 11:53 am — Reply

    Newaz Akbar Hossain

  18. December 4, 2017 at 1:38 pm — Reply

    Felipe L Bende, olha o cavalo ali!

  19. December 16, 2017 at 5:14 am — Reply

    Here a traditional animation made on paper:
    http://creativecocco.com/en/traditional-animation-in-5-frames/

  20. January 14, 2018 at 2:48 pm — Reply

    I always like cartoons lessons for my daughter.Thanks for such a great post.

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