When I was about 14, I learned that The Art Corner was selling an animation kit. I don't know where that information came from, but I went bananas when I found out. Since Christmas was coming up, I told my parents that THIS was the gift I wanted. I still can't believe the price tag: $6.95! My parents were able to get it for me--now that I think of it, this was a long time after the Art Corner's heyday, so I probably got the last Animation Kit in existence! It was pretty bare-bones as you can see in the photo. I didn't get the "How to Draw Donald Duck" or "How to Draw Chip and Dale" books, though. Little did I realize at the time, that this would be the first step toward "Animan-ism".
Now I don't use a drawing table, because then I'd have to scan in all the drawings. My current software (and hardware) allow me to draw directly onto the computer screen. This is light-years beyond the Animation Kit.
