Artistry Gone Awry: Drawing... animation follows

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Drawing... animation follows

On the blog, Art of Dave Pimentel came across some really nice posts on drawing for animation

(for those who think that "drawing" skills is not important in 3D animation era, it trains your eyes to pick up better posing for your characters and also spacing, even if it is stick figures you can still capture emotion. Other than video reference it is one of the best tools in your arsenal when it comes to animating).

"the more that you have observed the easier time that you will have when you create" Dave Pimentel

Some of the posts are:
Artist in Animation vs. Animation Artist
Straight and Curves
Mr stickman vs. contour approach
The drawing pivot point

1 comment:

Frank said...: good notes

I like this one: http://drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/mr-stick-man-vs-contour-approach.html; June 13, 2012 at 10:55 PM

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James Baxter "actors do while animators describe".

Eric Larson (on animating the character through emotions)
If it’s not sincere, the audience won’t believe it

Richard Williams
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Milt blew up 'That's the wrong way to look at it! Don't think of it like that! Just concentrate on giving the performance - that's what's important! The play's the thing. You'll get all tangled up if you think of it in a technical way!'

Keith Lango
Here's to the joy of learning and growing as an animator. Always be brutal, always hear what others have to say (with no prideful stiff-necked rejection of it), always tear your stuff apart, always adapt and grow.

Brad Bird
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DJ Nicke
Are there any DO's and DONT's that newbies should be aware of?
DON'T Listen to music when you animate!
DON'T Offset your keys! Use breakdowns instead
DO Take regular breaks
DO Draw! I don't care if you're no good at drawing, just trying to draw a person forces you to really observe them, so get to it!
(and)
Are there any must have's that all animators should have (Animator's Survival Kit, Illusion of Life, Wall-e, blogs, websites) and/or study?
You must have a curiosity for things. How does it move? What were they thinking? Why does your cat lift its leg when it licks itself? You can't learn animation from any book, the books just guide your curiosity. If you didn't have that curiosity, then you probably wouldn't have any of those books (or wouldn't read them anyway), and you probably wouldn't have read this...

Grim Natwick
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Glen Keane
"Animation alone may move drawings, but it will not move an audience."

John K
"Frank and Ollie explain the ingredients of drawing life very well. Line of action gives a character's body a direction, exaggeration nails the point of the attitude, clear silhouettes make the pose read, expressions define the character and his emotion".

Bill Plympton
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Drawing... animation follows

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