@wardjenkins
Storyboard Artist (MLP:FIM, Ada Twist, Camp Snoopy) & Children’s Book Illustrator. SPACE CASE: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs out now! [he/him] Absolutely NO AI. wardjenkins.com I share things, too: #wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
Photo of the book Character Animation Crash Course! by Eric Goldberg.
Essential animation books from my bookshelf part 6:
A somewhat newer entry is Character Animation Crash Course! by Eric Goldberg. Some of Eric's notes and sketches for this book were passed around amongst us animators long before the book was ever published. It's a great book.
Photo of the book Don Bluth's The Art of Animation Drawing.
Essential animation books from my bookshelf part 5:
Don Bluth's The Art of Animation Drawing. Ngl, never thought that this book would be worth as much as it's going for in some bookseller circles (it's a modest softcover tbh), but Bluth's drawings are always worth it, I'm guessing.
I do have that copy, but it’s currently packed away in some box in my garage, sadly. However, I have some good news: Taylor is also here on BS! @sidfudd.bsky.social
Photo of the book The Animator's Survival Kit, by Richard Williams.
Essential animation books from my bookshelf part 4:
The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams. Pure nuts n' bolts, breaking down movements and really getting into the nitty gritty stuff. I attended Dick's Animation Masterclass in NYC (at Tribeca Film Center!) when he was doing a tour.
Photo of the book Batman: Animated by Paul Dini and Chip Kidd.
Essential animation books from my bookshelf part 3:
Batman: Animated by Paul Dini and Chip Kidd. This hard-to-find book was finally released digitally for the masses. It's full of incredible work. Bruce Timm FTW
Photo of the book Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair.
Essential animation books from my bookshelf part 2:
Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair. This book is a combo of the two books from the Walter T. Foster series that Preston did and is in a more concise size for studying.
Photo of the big animation book, Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
Essential animation books from my bookshelf part 1:
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. I also have the softcover version that happens to be signed by them.
Black & white illustration of a 50s teenager looking at himself older in the mirror.
Black & white illustration of a teen boy giving a present to a teen girl.
Black & white illustration of a mother reading a book on child care at the dinner table with a young child sitting next to her.
Black & white illustration of two women talking on a sofa while a young boy sits in a chair nearby.
More interior illustrations for When Children Start Dating, 1951. Artist is Janet La Salle.
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Black and white illustration of a teenage couple, skating.
Teenage boy from the 50s tinkering with a radio.
Black and white illustration of a teenage girl from the 50s talking with her mother.
Black and white illustration of a teenage girl from the 50s talking with her father on an old fashioned couch.
More interior illustrations for When Children Start Dating, 1951. Artist is Janet La Salle.
Some of the descriptions below the illustrations are priceless.
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Haha i love this!
She's one of the best
Black and white illustration of four teenager girls from the 50s, hangin' and chillin' on a couch.
Black and white illustration of a teenage boy from the 50s being reprimanded by his mother.
Black and white illustration of a teenage boy ringing the doorbell while a teenage girl awaits on the other side of the door.
Black and white illustration of 1950s teenagers hanging out.
Janet La Salle is one of my favorite midcentury illustrators. Here, her earlier work is more angular with a certain stiffness to it, but still works for me. Love these poses and expressions.
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Black and white illustration of a young teenage couple from the early-1950s.
Cover illustration to When Children Start Dating, by Edith G. Neisser. Illustrated by Janet La Salle. 1951. # 17 booklet in a series called "Better Living." This is from my own collection.
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In my local library, unfortunately (I love my library and go there all the time to work)
So, my feeling is that the top byline, "adapted for the modern reader, etc..." is put on all the books, and so for this book, it wouldn't make sense. There's no translation done - it's all exact wording from the original text. I checked to see if there were any other typos, but didn't see any.
I wish it was fake, but it's not - found it in my local library.
I drew storyboards for André 3000 one time
Truly 😩😭
YES - and i'm reluctant to say it's at my local library, which kinda hits me hard ngl
I mean, “translated”?
Close up of the cover with a U.S. seal but looks suspiciously like ai.
This looks sus ai
Photo of a book of the constitution of the United States but they misspelled “united” as “unided” on the cover.
Guys I can’t even
Great! It's a nice balance to the fiction series, giving a spotlight to the real spies - and this'll be a series, too!
Special announcement! New non-fiction spinoff from the Spy School series by Stuart Gibbs - illustrated by me! Coming Nov. 10, 2026.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Totall...
Illustration of two children, a boy and a girl, watching a western on an old school TV set.
Illustration of a man in a doctor's office, talking with the doctor.
More spot illustrations by J.P. Miller in a Metropolitan Life Insurance booklet, 1956.
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Nope. And if this was an A24 horror film, the next shot would be him getting his head cut off suddenly by a passing truck or something
Illustration of a teenager from the 1950s, looking at herself in a bedroom mirror.
Illustration of a man walking outside as he takes his first steps out and down the doorsteps of some establishment.
And more! Artist: J.P. Miller.
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Illustration of a mother ringing an actual dinner bell for her family to come and eat.
Illustration of a woman on a bus and she's taken off one of her shoes and rubbing her foot while she has lots of purchases in boxes and bags next to her.
More illustrations from the Metropolitan Life Insurance booklet by J.P. Miller.
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Cover illustration for a booklet on life insurance and there's a family of four in a grid pattern, along with a house in the middle square, some food, and sports equipment.
Cover to a booklet for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (1956). No artist credit was given, but I think it's J.P. Miller. It's pretty much his style. This scan is from my own collection.
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Just added it to the thread!