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[Comeekz]

Some of the samples in here have a definite "Disney" look to them. I also see influences from Will Eisenhower of "The Spirit" fame, particularly around page 36. There are even influences from Walt Kelly's "Pogo" comic strip. A great reference, especially for those interested in drawing funny animals.

Link to the book: The Know-How of Cartooning by Ken Hultgren

[crashryan]

Hultgren had a stellar career which included a long association with Disney. Among other things he drew model sheets and layouts for Snow White and Bambi. Here's a link to his Lambiek bio:

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hultgren_ken.htm

It's interesting to see similarities in some sections, like squash-and-stretch, to Preston Blair's animation books. Their Disney upbringing shows clearly.

[Robb_K]

Both Hultgren and Blair were trained at Disney as the Bambi crew, to be able to draw animals in motion from any angle, by watching  images of real live animals moving, through a kinoscope, then drawing over both still shots from that, and also making quick sketches from watching the kinoscope at full speed for hundreds of hours.  They become some of the best artists in The World at drawing animals realistically, and then using that knowledge in simplifying the figures down to a cartoon image of the real animal's biological structural and physical motion situation, to provide the desired visual simplification and yet, keep the accuracy of movement.

Both of them worked for The Sangor Shop in their comic book careers, and Hultgren also worked for Western Printing, drawing Disney Comics.