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Take a camera out with you and take photos of
interesting people or places to use later in your own drawings. (If you
don�t have a camera, cut interesting pictures out of magazines instead.)
Look at how Hergé has changed or simplified the photos to make them more cartoon-like. Can you do the same?
Look at how Hergé has changed or simplified the photos to make them more cartoon-like. Can you do the same?
Hergé often used photos of real-life
places and objects to provide inspiration for his artwork. Can you match
these drawings from The Adventures of Tintin with the photos Hergé
based them on?
We challenged three modern artists to work like
Hergé and transform a historic photograph into cartoon form.
Look at their finished pieces here, and discover how they did it as they take us through the process in their own words.
Look at their finished pieces here, and discover how they did it as they take us through the process in their own words.
Select your artist
Illustrator whose works include the Wombles & Paddington Bear
A wide range of illustration for books, TV and the web.
Has done drawing and painting for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’
All Tintin images © Hergé / Moulinsart 2004