GENERAL PENCIL and MATTHEW LUHN have partnered to create great new sets and books that teach How To Draw Cartoons and How to Draw Cartoon Animation FlipBooks.
How to Draw Cartoons! Kit
How to Draw Cartoon Animation Flipbooks! Kit
Detailed Cartoon Kit Information
Cartoon & Animation Kits sold at your favorite art & craft retailer:
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Joann Fabrics & Crafts- Nationwide Sept. 2009
National Gallery of Art Shop- Washington, DC
Crafts & Stuff- Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
Central Art Supply- New York, NY
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Rochester Art- Rochester, NY
Riley Street Art- Santa Rosa, CA
Richard's- Livermore & Alamo, CA
Dawn's Art- Auburn, CA
Palace Art- Santa Cruz, CA
University Art- San Jose, CA
National Art Supply- New Orleans, LA
Texas Art Supply- http://texasart.com
Merion Whiteprint- Auburn, PA
Wet Paint- St. Paul, MN
How to Draw a Pencil Hero with Matthew Luhn! from General Pencil on Vimeo.
How to Draw a Bunny with Cartoonist Matthew Luhn! from General Pencil on Vimeo.
Matthew Luhn- Story Artist/ Animator at Pixar Animation Studios
When I was three years old I drew my first cartoon. It was a drawing of my Dad with a stomach ache. Though the drawing was very simple, only made up of a couple of shapes and scribbles, my Dad thought it was amazing and placed the doodle in a frame which he proudly displayed in our house. I grew up near San Francisco where my Dad, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather owned and operated a number of family toy stores called Jeffrey’s Toys. I loved visiting the toy stores and later in life would think back to those experiences while working as an Animator and Storyboard Artist on the “Toy Story” movies! Along with being surrounded by toys, I was also surrounded by a wonderful family of artists. My Grandmother was an oil painter, my Dad was an artist, and my Uncle was a photographer and musician. They all inspired me and encouraged me to keep drawing. As I got older, my Dad and Mom enrolled me in drawing classes, and gave me a variety of how-to-draw books. By the time I was in High School I knew I wanted to pursue a career in Animation. It was at this time that I began turning my doodles into flipbooks and short movies! After graduation, I attended the California Institute of the Arts, founded by Walt Disney, to study Animation.
At the end of my first year at Cal Arts, I was hired as an Animator on the television show “The Simpsons” in Hollywood, California! It was hard to believe that at 20 years old I was animating on a T.V. show! After working on “The Simpsons” for a year, I continued my studies at Cal Arts until I was hired at Pixar Animation Studios as a Computer Animator on “Toy Story!” Since that time I have worked as a Storyboard Artist on “Toy Story 2,” “Monsters Inc.,” “Finding Nemo,” “Cars,” “Ratatouille,” “UP,” and am presently working on the development of new Pixar films! Along with working as a Storyboard Artist, I teach kids and adults all over the world how they too, can turn their ideas and doodles into Cartoons!
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