Monday, July 09, 2007

Time to give a lil' sumpin' back

Sharper scans are up!

Put these up for John who sent me a very thoughtful and generous letter back in 1998. In his recent posts he talks about why its important to construct a drawing, rather than draw straight ahead.








12 comments:

Clinton said...

That's awesome! I'm going to apply the information in this letter to my own work :)

Amir Avni said...

Glad to hear! That's the intent of the post

Ryan G. said...

Wow! thats so cool.. Hand written gold from a true master..I better go practice those lessons!

Pete Emslie said...

Hi Amir,

Despite the fact that John has divulged most of the secrets of good cartooning to you in those handwritten notes, I still expect you come to my class next September to learn the few things that are left. Okay?! :)

Amir Avni said...

Pete, only a fool would miss your class!

Jinny Liang said...

Thanks for sharing this Amir~~ Hope you're having a fun and productive summer~~ All the best! =)

Mitch Leeuwe said...

Wow, cool man :D

And I need to say that I really like youre blog and work :)
Keep it up :D

Craig D said...

...and you'll be putting this letter up on eBay, when..?

What a mind-blowing thrill it must've been to open this envelope!

Thanks for sharing and best of luck with your animation endeavors.

Amir Avni said...

Jinny- glad to share! Hope you're enjoying summer as well.

Mitch- Appreciate it man! Your work is looking good.

Craig D- It sure was mind blowing! Glad you enjoyed the read.

Brandon said...

Great letter. I still need to sit down and do some hard core study of Preston Blair.

Hodges said...

John K always seems to come across to me as kind of a jerk, but thats amazingly kind of him to take his time and send you a book even, shows he really does care, and hes got some very good info in those notes, even if i often take what he says on his blog with a grain of salt

Anonymous said...

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