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The best way to learn any skill is to practice and teach it. This blog allows talented folks the ability to critique and be critiqued. Techniques will be perfected, eyes will become sharper, and we will go from good to great. Honest, constructive, and sincere (not mean-spirited) comments are welcomed and appreciated. We will focus primarily on animation principles with flexibility on other subjects (technology, clean-up).
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- JOHN K Teaches How to Properly Copy a Drawing (VIDEO!)
- ASIFA (Preston Blair Book)
- JOHN K STUFF
- HOW TO CHECK YOUR WORK
- BRIAN ROMERO DIGITAL INKS POSTS (scroll down)
- NICK CROSS INKING
- KATIE RICE INKING pt 1
- KATIE RICE INKING pt 2
- CORBETT VANONI INKING IN ILLUSTRATOR
- ILLUSTRATOR INKING by MITCH LEEUWE
- IS A GOOD LINE IMPORTANT? by JOHN K.
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- Nicolas Martinez
- egghead
- Preston Blair
- patrick
- Lesson 1
- Caleb
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 4
- James
- Lesson 6
- Meathead
- Wicks for Candlesticks
- Lesson 11
- Hammerson
- Lesson 10
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9
- head construction
- mustache guy
- Christine Gerardi
- Jeremy
- Joey Barr
- Lesson 13
- preston blair lesson
- update
- Egg
- Lesson 12
- clinton
- drawing tips
- granny
- inking
- inks
- lesson 2 preston blair
- Barney Bear
- Bugs Bunny
- Clean up
- Critique
- Daffy Duck
- Gabe Fullilove
- Lesson 33
- Lessson 2
- Mickey
- Preston Blair lesson 4 third attempt
- STUDIO
- Shane Glines
- Warner Bros. Bob Clampett
- art school
- caricatures
- cleaner lines
- gabriele gabba preston blair cartoon cartoons face drawing warner brothers bros construction
- hands
- james sugrue
- lesson 14
- lesson 15
- preston blair lesson 3
5 comments:
Good to see you posting :)
I'd say keep an eye on the negative space and shapes around the head.
If you compare your pic to the one next to it and look at the negative space you can tell your shapes in general are too big.
Lay your scan over the original in photoshop or some such similar program and then see where you can improve.. (or use a lightbox)
Yeah, I'd say between every couple of steps use a lightbox to compare the two.
It also looks like you know what you're supposed to draw, but you aren't drawing it. It just doesn't look solid to me. You know what they say, try try and try again.
Thanks for the input guys. I've stopped checking my drawings in the light box so I can train myself to learn the shapes better. For these exercises I want to be able to draw the figures and see the mistakes without using an overlay. When I'm done drawing all of the Preston Blair figures, I'll probably draw them all over again.
I'd love to see what you guys are working on.
Hey Caleb,
I agree with your idea to give up the lightbox, it can really mess with you.
In fact i think Overlaying is only something we should do once we have the basics down and our drawings start looking very close to perfect.
Hi Gabriele, I did learn a lot from constantly checking my lines (I would scan each version and overlay in PS). It taught me to pay attention to subtle bends in lines and to make smoother curves. After awhile though, it seemed too close to tracing.
I think it's good to make sure the egg shape is solid first though, since it's really hard to make it look right if that is off. I'm sure with enough practice you could eventually stop overlaying the egg shape, and just use your eyes to check it.
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