Comments on: Trailer Tuesday: Illustrator Ed Emberley documentary

By: benher

benher — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:52:00 +0000

I just remembered something to mention in one of these EE threads that I always forget.

If you have any interest in Japanese wood block prints, scope out some of the old Hokusai drawing dictionaries – he breaks down all his drawings from nature in a very similar way – basic shapes arranged in pleasing patterns as a base for his natural forms. It’s more than a tenuous connection – as I perused my Hokusai library I found memories of all those drawing books come flooding back – the ideas incubating all this time waiting to resurface. I am now (very) fortunate to make my living as an artist full time – but I had the help of inspirational artists like Ed and his books. If you’ve got young kids, these don’t cost a lot and are a worthy beginning for the any tyke’s budding reference library!

By: benher

benher — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:47:00 +0000

Oh hells yes! Big Green Drawing BOOOOOOK in the HIzzznuuuuhhh!

By: Melinda9

Melinda9 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:37:00 +0000

Thanks for this. I love the thumbprint book.

By: sarah dawn

sarah dawn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:45:00 +0000

i still have a vhs video of his called “squiggles, dots, and lines” — i still love to watch it with my children. yay emberly. peace

By: Senor Schaffer

Senor Schaffer — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:29:00 +0000

Yeah! Some of this was filmed in my daughter’s class. She’s at 1:09

Me<—–proud father

By: grimc

grimc — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Ed Emberley is right alongside Fred Rogers, Dr. Seuss and Jim Henson in the pantheon.

By: ifriit

ifriit — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Holy crap, Ed Emberly. I loved his books. I had four or five of his drawing books, and have fond memories of drawing for hours with them.

By: Bartacus

Bartacus — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:25:00 +0000

I loved Ed’s books then I was a kid. I was lucky to stumble across them in my elementary school’s library. He was a genius at starting with primitive shapes (circle, oval, triangle, rectangles) and using those to build the character design.