1. Last year I redrew my mother’s entire high school yearbook from 1968—over a thousand heads. Good cartooning, to me, is all about simplification, and this was a fun experiment in distilling each person’s likeness down to a simple cartoon version and learning to draw efficiently, with both speed and as few details as possible. (via Yearbook Project: Excelsior 1968 - RobotJohnny.com)

    Last year I redrew my mother’s entire high school yearbook from 1968—over a thousand heads. Good cartooning, to me, is all about simplification, and this was a fun experiment in distilling each person’s likeness down to a simple cartoon version and learning to draw efficiently, with both speed and as few details as possible. (via Yearbook Project: Excelsior 1968 - RobotJohnny.com)

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    Very cool project! Check out the whole set on flickr,...another similar project by John...
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