Copying Jerry

John K lesson 9a

According to John K, tom and jerry are ideal for copying as they are pretty much as generic as you can get as far as design goes. I spent a bit more time than usual trying to get proportion right although I let the last two go a bit. in the full body sketches, i was concentrating a lot on perspective and i think the drawings show a bit more depth.

Suprise Take

Thought I might start following some of the animation lessons from Eric Goldberg's book directly. This is a surprise take I replaced with my own character. I wanted to see if i could apply some of the construction lessons I've been learning to an animation. Starting to slowly comprehend the squash and stretch function of the cheeks and how the mouth pushes them up.

Copying Animation Frames

Half Pint Pygmy

These are some frames from Half Pint Pygmy that I tried to draw on the pegged animation paper. definitely doesnt have the vitality of the original frames. need to work on keeping proportion right as well as line of action.

comic book construction

Life Drawing 22/02/10

Line And Silhouette

trying to combine line of action and silhouette with solid construction. the idea is you can tell what the action is even if the figure is completely blacked out. some poses read better than others.

flash sites

Just got back from India and nepal so i have been quiet over last few weeks. keen to get back into the learning. thought i would have a browse at some flash sites and see what info i could get.

cold hard flash

computer arts

this is a site that centres around toon boom animate

calico monkey