Life Is Art

As a Cartoonist, one must have the knowledge of HOW TO DRAW various kind of people and the things around his environment. But, practically it seems very difficult to remember the exact details and construction of the characters: be it baby, boy, girl, man or woman, natural scenes, vehicles, birds, animals, plants, various types of electronic gadgets etc., which the Cartoonists may have to draw in their Cartoons. So, any person who aspires tom become a cartoonist must start to collect the REFERENCE IMAGES, as soon he begins to study this art. This practice may well be compared to age old saying: "The journey of thousand miles must begin with a single step." A COLLECTION may be summed up as pictures of just everything under the sun, round the globe. In this computer/ digital age, it has become much easier to collect the images that one might need with help of various search engines like Google, Yahoo etc. Here I would suggest a great Resource called DREAMSTIME, w...

Famous quotes of Vincent van Gogh Craft: Artist Nationality: Dutch Born: 30th of March, 1853 Died: 29th of July, 1890   Popular Vincent van Gogh paintings : "Starry Night over the Rhone", "Cafe Terrace at Night",  "Sunflowers", and "Self Portrait". Vincent van Gogh Quotes: An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate. I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone. I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed. I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.' I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling fo...

Biography of Walt Disney Type: Cartoonist Nationality: American Born: December 5, 1901 Died: December 15, 1966 On Disneyland Biggest problem? Well, I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life. MONEY. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. From the very start it was a problem. Getting the money to open Disneyland. About seventeen million it took. And we had everything mortgaged including my personal insurance. Disneyland is a show.  Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role. Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money. Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world. Disneyland is not just another amusement park. It's unique, and I want it kept that way. Besides, you don't work for a dollar - you work to create and have fun. I d...