One of my favorite child hood artists is now on Lynda.com.  Ed Emberley’s thumbprint drawing books were very influential in getting me into drawing and art as a kid.  I really love his spoken and drawn narration style when he starts to explain his upbringing and how he got into illustration in his introduction video.

Getting to know Ed

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