Lesson 4 - Da bodies

Well, it's almost been 2 weeks since this lesson was posted on John K's blog. I really took this one slow. Sure, it had a little to do with the fact i was catching up on lesson 3 last weekend, but these pages here were very challenging. I think i'm starting to get the hang of body construction. One thing i loved about this lesson was that when looking at some of the drawings on the screwball page, i thought to myself, "Man, i'm not gonna be able to draw that!". The thing i came to realise is that after getting the correct construction down, detail is just lines. You can really draw anything. John wasn't kidding when he said you'd be able to draw in any style once you get the fundementals down.

The lesson can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 4

Lesson 3, Page 3

The final page of lesson 3. Now i stuffed up here. About halfway through the dog heads, i decided to try to sketch out the construction in blue pencil, and then go over in black. It worked fine but i forgot to scan them in colour so on the last 6 or so heads, it's hard to see the construction (it's also hard to read my notes on mistakes. I dunno the best way to keep them low file size and legible yet).

EDIT - I rescanned the pages. You can now see some blue line on the pages scanned in colour. Also, i constructed the pages like my previous posts. It seems that creating long pages allows the notes to be somewhat legible.




















The lesson can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 3

Lesson 3, Page 2

This is the same technique i used on page one. Lightbox tracing, drawing the drawings myself and then comparing to find those mistakes. Biggest problem at this point is i'm making the noses too long. Plenty of time tomorrow to amend that as the next page is all the squash and stretch dog heads.

The lesson, can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 3

Lesson 3, Part 1 - Mistakes

This is the first page of the Preston Blair book redone so i could notice my mistakes. What i did was trace the drawings out of the book with my lightbox, then draw them myself and compare. Already there is a huge difference between these and the heads further down the page. The other 2 pages of the book are on their way using this method.

The lesson can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 3

Basics - Eggs & Head Construction

I wasn't happy with a few of the heads i drew, so i went back and spent a couple hours on head construction. It starts off really bad but begins to tighten up near the end. Like with the squash and stretch, there were ideas that clicked after drawing them for a while. The final bunny head i was really pleased with.












































































Now there's a few drawings from the further head construction and squash and stretch pages i want to redo. Those later.

The lesson can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 1

A challenge

Well upon showing a friend of mine the squash and stretch heads i just posted, he exclaimed "Nice, now let's see you draw Dave like that".

Up for the challenge, here's a drawing i did of the main character of my webcomic (based on myself).

More heads - squash and stretch

Here we go! Continuation of the squash and stretch dog heads i did in my 2nd post. I think by the end, construction of the head with squash and stretch finally clicked. Judge for yourself.
























































The lesson can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 2

It was closing in on midnight. I was typing an essay for uni...

After a week of drawing from stills, good animation books and model sheets, i already see it rubbing off on my own work. I need some help with hands though. Damn hands.

Captures

Thanks to the blogs of John K and Duck Dodgers, i've been really inspired to draw the last couple weeks. I've really been inspired partially due to how awesome it looks when you copy a great still from an old animated cartoon and the feeling of the still is at least noticable in your work. The following is a bunch of drawings of classic animation from screen capture stills and at least one old model sheet.













This is the second page of drawings i did based off a bunch of captures on Duck Dodger's site. As you can see by the drawing on the right, i'm starting to get the feeling of movement down in my work.











I'm starting to get the hang of it a little more here. I'm quite proud of these drawings. The only thing really annoying me is i couldn't get his left foot to look correct as he was running away :/
















I've never actually drawn animals much. That's another reason drawing screen caps from old cartoons is so enthralling to me. The characters are all animals. The horse came out well in my opinion. I like goofy characters.












Not too happy with this page. The only thing i think i got halfway right was Jerry's posing while sneaking. Still, you gotta try to find out what you did wrong.




















I wanted to draw Bugs. I loved this still but the drawing isn't exactly flattering... or well done. Onto the next one!




















Another one i'm happy with. I love that just by the action and expression, you can tell how these two characters interact. The wiseass and the stupid one.




















Last but not least, another Bugs. One that is modelled a little better than my last attempt. I like any drawing from the back since i've hardly drawn characters like that.

Well that's the last week and a half of classic cartoons. I got a couple modern cartoon sketches i'll show off soon. I hope my scanner doesn't die. I've been working it hard today.

Heads of Preston Blair

I've been told that the best way to improve your work is to copy the work of those before you and get the fundementals down. These are some drawings of heads from one of Preston Blair's books.







Lots more drawings to come. It's going slowly as i have an A3 sketchbook and an A4 scanner. Ugh.

The lesson can be found here, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 1

Intro

G'day folks.

My name is David Flodine and have created this blog as a place to specifically post a lot of the drawing i've been doing to further my talents in cartooning and animation. Lot's of posts will shortly arrive today.

Stay Tooned! (hoho)