Bruce got his start in cartooning by doodling on anything and everything in his house while growing up in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. “I especially liked drawing on this terrific piece of white cardboard that used to be packaged with my father’s freshly laundered shirtsto this day, that is the best drawing paper there will ever be”!!Playing keyboards in rock bands while growing up and then Bruce got his start in cartooning by doodling on anything and everything in his house while growing up in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. “I especially liked drawing on this terrific piece of white cardboard that used to be packaged with my father’s freshly laundered shirtsto this day, that is the best drawing paper there will ever be”!!Playing keyboards in rock bands while growing up and then professionally for many years, Bruce would always take time to doodle.
“I used to draw the band members and customers while on break wherever we playedyears later I started drawing fulltime as a caricature artist at the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville Tennessee.' Ruce Blitz is the creator and host of the national and international Television Series, 'Cartooning with Blitz'.With 104 episodes, he was rewarded with four Emmy-nominations for his popular program. Cartooning with Blitz, is a fast-paced cartooning variety show with everything from drawing animals, comic strips, cartoon portraits, spinning the Wheel of Features, which can create over 100,000 cartoon faces, to going on fascinating trips like the Museum of Cartoon Art, Busch Gardens as well as interviews with celebrity guest cartoonists.
How To Draw Cartoons Easy
Bruce wrote and performed all the music for his TV series, for which he received an Emmy-nomination.As the host of this unique program “Cartooning with Blitz”, he demonstrates how to draw; interviews celebrity guests like Dr. Joyce Brothers, John Cullen Murphy who drew the long running comic strip Prince Valiant, Denis Lebrun of the comic strip Blondie, Mort Walker and Beetle Bailey, Chris Brown and Hagar the Horrible, Pulitzer prize winner Mike peters who writes and draws “Mother Goose and Grimm”, Will Eisner Known as the father of the Comic Art form and has created the well-known character “The Spirit”, Duck Edwing from Mad Magazine, Jose Delbo the artist that has drawn Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman, and many more!!
If you are interested in cartooning, this is a comprehensive collection of DVDs that contains five instructional videos on two DVDs. The lessons are taught by Bruce Blitz and teach both drawing and cartooning to give you a solid foundation in creating your artistic visions. This complete course is hosted by the Emmy-nominated host of the show 'Blitz on Cartooning.' This series of lessons will teach you about the basic concepts of drawing as well as cartooning. Learn about drawing cartoons, creating your own comic strips, drawing cartoon animals and tricks to draw cartoon doodles. After watching this instructional series and drawing along, you will have a deeper understanding of the basic forms and techniques used when drawing and cartooning.
It's a great way to get professional, comprehensive drawing lessons in one two-DVD collection. Bruce Blitz started out as 'the boy who drew funny pictures of the principal at school.' As bruce says, 'somebody had to do it!' Bruce now appears at numerous school assembly programs demonstrating his cartooning skills to everyone's (including from the principal's!) rave reviews!Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bruce now resides in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He has been drawing professionally for more than twenty years.Blitz is the creator and host of the national and international Television Series, 'Blitz on Cartooning'. He was rewarded with four Emmy-nominations for his show. As the host of this unique program, he demonstrates how to draw; interviews celebrity guests like Dr.
Joyce Brothers, John Cullen Murphy who draws the long running comic strip Prince Valiant, Denis Lebrun of the comic strip Blondie, takes the viewer to draw cartoons on locations such as Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida, the aquarium and much more.Bruce, author of many art instructional books and producer of a series of instructional videos, has appeared on The Joan Rivers Show, drawn cartoons on the Discovery Channel's hit show, 'Start to Finish', and the QVC Shopping Network. His formal training was spent at the Tyler Art School, a division of Temple University, Weist-Barron Television Acting School and Combs College of Music, but admits to being mostly self-taught having worked in a wide variety of artisic fields. He has operated his own animation company in Philadelphia and later in Las Vegas, where he produced cartoon television commercials and animated sequences. Blitz, an accomplished musician performing on piano and organ, also wrote and perfomed all of the music for his instructional videos as well as his Television Series. His TV music was nominated for an Emmy award. Blitz is also noted for his caricature work and has appeared at trade shows, conventions, vacation resorts and the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee.