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I've been working on some new stickers of Binto, Blop and currently some aliens.\n\n\n\nI thought I'd share my process with you one step at a time.\n\nSketch Design\n\n \n\nImport into TB Animate 3 and start inking \nI have Harmony but I like the brush better in Animate. \nI usually start with the body, inking the biggest shapes first. \n\n  \n\n Finish outline of "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5755937370743230035"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5755937370743230035"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2019\/08\/inking-and-coloring-step-by-step-alien.html","title":"Inking and coloring step by step - Alien Stickers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qZfmua-nOEY\/XUx4ppJnPgI\/AAAAAAAA47M\/W9EjVHU6qxAbEcxd38FScsnCf_TLgPyPACEwYBhgL\/s72-c\/1WalleyedThingAlien.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-8179641389441503786"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-26T14:14:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-08-02T13:59:12.983-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dream Pets To Draw 1: Crotchy"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n \n\n Here's Crotchy the Pup proudly displaying himself so you can learn to draw toy anatomy.\n\n\n\n\n Crotchy has always dreamed of being a nude life model - see his sad puppy eyes\n\n\n\nDrawing toys is a very good way to sharpen your construction and perspective skills.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUse his seams to help you see how his construction works.\n\n\n\nAdd caption\n\n\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8179641389441503786"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8179641389441503786"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/dream-pets-to-draw-1-crotchy.html","title":"Dream Pets To Draw 1: Crotchy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eSHATcLZUdQ\/UGNu7Akes0I\/AAAAAAAAz7A\/bB8D-EmRQTM\/s72-c\/get-attachment-13.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2807730703948262321"},"published":{"$t":"2012-05-06T10:15:00.023-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-05-07T19:05:44.677-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"color"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inking"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"marker cards"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Inking a Marker Card"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nI've been animating on the computer for so long now that I was fearing I would forget what paper pencils and markers were. I had to do a poster for someone so thought I'd share the process step by step with the rest of you cavemen who still draw with your hands and primitive utensils.\nFirst, I rough out the drawing very lightly with a colerase pencil. I use red for Ren and Stimpy because most of"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2807730703948262321"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2807730703948262321"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/inking-marker-card.html","title":"Inking a Marker Card"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3NSR0wBwsfY\/T6ax6blZyMI\/AAAAAAAAydw\/x1Jj0k9sp4E\/s72-c\/100_0321.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-8208267526678507281"},"published":{"$t":"2011-07-22T11:13:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-07-23T16:31:45.036-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rubber hose"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Evolution Of Macaroni"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Late 20s, early 30s: Characters are made of simple torso shapes. Limbs are tubes that have no pliability. They are even widths from one end to the other. When they bend, they bend mechanically in the middle, not towards one end or the other.The macaronis can stretch but generally stay the same widths from end to end.They gradually start to loosen up and get more organic.Mid 30s - Getting more "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8208267526678507281"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8208267526678507281"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/evolution-of-macaroni.html","title":"Evolution Of 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The older edition (the skinny pages) has slightly better "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2357832296821208359"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2357832296821208359"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/pretty-girls-by-rasmusson.html","title":"Pretty Girls by Rasmusson"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TR_CYM8l_FI\/AAAAAAAAubM\/MrPFP5E5MWo\/s72-c\/coveragain.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6896765430391272355"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-11T08:26:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-12T12:11:41.302-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tommy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tommy's Lesson 1"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I started by explaining the most fundamental parts of good cartoon drawing:1) Construction:I pointed out that the center lines that slice through forms are not parallel to the edges of the forms.I pointed out that on a 3\/4 view you see more of the side of the head and face than from the front view (which many young cartoonists don't realize).Here are very simply explained facial mechanics. When "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6896765430391272355"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6896765430391272355"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/tommys-lesson-1.html","title":"Tommy's Lesson 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TQOtQC_d05I\/AAAAAAAAt-k\/GcHM59Y2B2I\/s72-c\/using%2Byour%2Bbrain.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1074534861380771347"},"published":{"$t":"2010-11-29T21:06:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-11-29T21:44:34.800-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoony"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"composition"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kurtzman"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"space and fills"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cartoony, Graphic and Directly to the Point: Kurtzman's Hey Look"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Harvey Kurtzman's \"Hey Look\" is UPA before UPA. It's also something more. It has the graphic qualities of \"Gerald McBoing Boing\" and \"Fudget's Budget\", but without abandoning its cartoony roots. It's similar to T. Hee's style, but with a lot more verve.Technically, Harvey has a lot of obvious great qualities but above and beyond them all is his ability to balance them graphically to convey a "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1074534861380771347"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1074534861380771347"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/cartoony-graphic-and-directly-to-point.html","title":"Cartoony, Graphic and Directly to the Point: Kurtzman's Hey Look"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TPSHggT7YRI\/AAAAAAAAt2E\/2Ba7sEDaGqg\/s72-c\/heylookgraphic.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-8229219273243938953"},"published":{"$t":"2010-11-28T10:18:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-11T09:34:57.450-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tommy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Incredible Story of Tommy, My First Official Cartooning Student"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I was shopping for meat one day and I noticed a tall lanky youth following close behind me. I assumed he could tell I knew my meats and wanted to copy my selections, but after a few minutes he walked up to me, clamped his hand onto my skull and addressed me. He said \"Are you........him?\" I said \"I am one of him.\" He then queried: \"John K.?\" Then he hailed his sister over. \"Hey sis, it's John K.!\""},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8229219273243938953"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8229219273243938953"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/incedible-story-of-tommy-my-first.html","title":"The Incredible Story of Tommy, My First Official Cartooning Student"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TPKkDhg15vI\/AAAAAAAAtz8\/3yqDxHOH3hM\/s72-c\/TommyBeforeAfter.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5927290036042594790"},"published":{"$t":"2010-09-20T15:47:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-10-18T10:44:29.370-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HB"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Huckleberry Hound"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jinks the Cat"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"verbal analysis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yogi"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Classic Character Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"When I want to learn how to draw classic characters, I don't only look at the model sheets but it's a good place to start. I try to find the earliest incarnations first.After studying the models I then also look at animators' drawings, storyboard drawings, toys and comic book or comic strip drawings too.I look for the most appealing incarnations of the characters and try to incorporate them all "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5927290036042594790"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5927290036042594790"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/classic-character-studies.html","title":"Classic Character Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TJflLGGt2HI\/AAAAAAAAsOE\/qFysfk_2r1E\/s72-c\/Jinksstudy.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-7968059974700474500"},"published":{"$t":"2010-09-15T03:24:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-09-15T04:13:39.250-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HB"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yogi"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Harder Angles"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":""},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7968059974700474500"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7968059974700474500"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/harder-angles.html","title":"Harder Angles"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TJCfTTT062I\/AAAAAAAAsCI\/Wa3r6gzdhes\/s72-c\/10.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2113107757023037826"},"published":{"$t":"2010-08-25T11:38:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-08-25T12:20:23.658-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"verbal analysis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"warm up exercises"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Stiff Warm Ups and Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I am slowly, painstakingly trying to beat new information into my brain.2 things I have been working on are facial structure and legs - with attention to balanced poses and how they work. Like many cartoonists, my eye lies to me a lot and I naturally draw things out of proportion.I think I am just beginning to understand how the major facial muscles and features interrelate with each other. The "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2113107757023037826"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2113107757023037826"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/stiff-warm-ups-and-studies.html","title":"Stiff Warm Ups and Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/THVkiTPG7wI\/AAAAAAAArqs\/wt_AHZXhCyU\/s72-c\/Twilites.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-4967210541736085613"},"published":{"$t":"2010-08-18T09:09:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-08-18T10:43:54.107-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Private Lessons"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Private Lessons"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I started giving private lessons to a fellow named Tommy who moved out to LA from the midwest to pursue his dream of being a top Hollywood cartoonist and getting beaten down by the man. I ran into him at the supermarket the day he arrived and he dropped his eggs all over the floor and did a Tex Avery take. \"You're....HIM...\" Jesus.  I almost called the manager. Then he demanded lessons. I took "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4967210541736085613"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4967210541736085613"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/private-lessons.html","title":"Private Lessons"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TGwJ4IDGZ1I\/AAAAAAAArgU\/o3s-wfLXHzc\/s72-c\/duck.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1853636374876884318"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-23T00:44:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-07-23T01:13:22.273-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"caricature"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Life Drawing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Does All This Human Drawing Help Cartooning?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Honestly, I'm not sure yet.I'm realizing that I use a whole different type of thinking when I copy live humans (or photos of them) than when I draw cartoon characters and I haven't yet figured out how to link the two types of reasoning.Boy I see even more mistakes when I compare the drawings to the photos after I blog them. Like many cartoonists I tend to shrink open spaces when I copy real "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1853636374876884318"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1853636374876884318"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/does-all-this-human-drawing-help.html","title":"Does All This Human Drawing Help Cartooning?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TElKEpTxpbI\/AAAAAAAAqt8\/JOxEhamkX34\/s72-c\/3.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1918192495460638403"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-15T20:04:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-07-16T10:45:35.222-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"caricature"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"specific design"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"teeth"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Teeth Help People Be Specific"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"No two people have the same tooth personalities.I've been noticing how important the shape of peoples' teeth are to their individuality. If you don't get the teeth shape right it can lose the likeness.Below is my breakdown of a very famous set of chompers. First I figure out what the whole mess looks like as an overall shape - each person's bar of teeth has its own unique shape. Then I break it "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1918192495460638403"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1918192495460638403"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/teeth-help-people-be-specific.html","title":"Teeth Help People Be Specific"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TD-xTincOqI\/AAAAAAAAqqg\/Hby3FwzPICw\/s72-c\/2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5699466513690611459"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-29T11:40:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-29T12:16:53.101-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"animation hair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"More Hair : Asian Girls"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"My \"realistic\" drawings are about as bland as bland can be. I'm ready for when Filmation starts up again. My goal is not to learn to draw realistically, but to understand why things look a certain way in general logical terms so I can then simplify and cartoon them.I gave myself a double problem with these studies. I want to add some hairstyles to my pretty girl palette and am using a Japanese "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5699466513690611459"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5699466513690611459"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/more-hair-asian-girls.html","title":"More Hair : Asian Girls"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TCo_UNzzKcI\/AAAAAAAAqCA\/1f-yyqmi1Rg\/s72-c\/1stiff.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-849572857087567977"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-24T18:23:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-24T18:38:38.652-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"caricature"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"warm up exercises"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Warmups: Caricatures \/ Heart Throbs"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I haven't done caricatures in awhile, so I thought I'd warm up by doing some of the current teen heart throbs.Because you never know when Jeffrey might call me in to design the latest romantic emos for a picture.As you can see, I'm out of practice.I don't really know who these people are, but they certainly have interesting heads.I love this head. 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Athletes warm up before stressing their stiff joints, musicians practice their scales every day before jumping right into their performances and I think cartoonists can benefit from limbering up their pencils and brains before they attack their work. I should follow this advice and I did this morning.PRACTICE THE "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/914074489140029125"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/914074489140029125"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/cartoonist-warm-up-exercises-girls-hair.html","title":"Cartoonist Warm Up Exercises: Girls' Hair"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/TCOsTVCWNoI\/AAAAAAAAp5Y\/OohYHtx1Ln0\/s72-c\/5StylishGirl.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2334815327737281310"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-15T08:39:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-15T09:08:45.803-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"application"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"functional drawing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Application Of Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Some people might wonder what the point is in copying the drawings of others. I'll tell you. It's so you can apply what you learned from the copies to your own drawings. It's not just so you can be good at copying.Geneva has been studying the work of Harvey Eisenberg and copying his original poses and scenes.She got very good at these straight copies so I suggested she go to the next step.  ...to"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2334815327737281310"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2334815327737281310"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/application-of-studies.html","title":"Application Of Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xXUQ_ogeWsU\/TBHUlgUNwXI\/AAAAAAAACRw\/AzLfp5ZjM_Y\/s72-c\/faganposelisten-f2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1360864029964874138"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-30T14:56:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-31T17:55:22.580-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Going to Get a Cartooning Class Together"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Live, in LA Areaif enough folks are interested12 lessons$12006 weeks\/2 lessons per weekmust have some basic skills firstIf you're interested post drawing lessons from 1-7 on a blog and send me a link to checkIf you have the stuff it takes you will be acceptedhttp:\/\/johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/preston-blair-lessons-fundamentals-of.htmlmore details to come"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1360864029964874138"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1360864029964874138"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/going-to-get-cartooning-class-together.html","title":"Going to Get a Cartooning Class Together"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1741081845260788917"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-20T09:48:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-20T10:09:52.700-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"opposing poses"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Good Poses to Study"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I haven't posted any new lessons lately because there are so many on the College blog, but here are some good drawings you might be able to get something out of.You can see the excellent construction and hierarchy in this close up of Tom and the mice. The whole pose reads well, the characters are solid and all the details wrap around the forms.http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1741081845260788917"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1741081845260788917"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/good-poses-to-study.html","title":"Good Poses to Study"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/S83bDWtpSWI\/AAAAAAAAnZw\/80PMnPWsK8c\/s72-c\/TomHead.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2057368481040844853"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-23T08:43:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-17T18:56:18.208-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"functional drawing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kaspar"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Layout"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L.O. 3c: Applying Preston\/Disney Principles to my SB sketches"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I gave Kali a layout lesson yesterday. Here's just the first drawing I did. It came from this rough below. The first thing I did was block everything out real roughly to make sure I had the line of action and big negative spaces between the main parts of the action- between his body foot and dresser.Like everyone does, I toned it down a bit, but now that it's all constructed I could easily go "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2057368481040844853"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2057368481040844853"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/applying-prestondisney-principles-to-my.html","title":"L.O. 3c: Applying Preston\/Disney Principles to my SB sketches"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Swq9U_EPsnI\/AAAAAAAAjlE\/TFNLjngfYSw\/s72-c\/KasparLeansBack.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5867877858363451545"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-15T09:46:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-17T18:54:44.121-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"appeal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kaspar"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Layout"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"maintaining guts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L.o. 3a: Constructing a pose: Kaspar Tiptoe rough layout"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Jojo was over the other night and so I showed him how to translate a storyboard pose into a layout pose.Here's the pose. Notice that it's a scribble. Not every line is meant t be taken literally. You have to maintain the pose and the guts and expression, but make a finished sensible constructed drawing, using logic (and appeal).You should see the action in context of the story:http:\/\/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5867877858363451545"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5867877858363451545"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/kaspar-tiptoe-rough-layout.html","title":"L.o. 3a: Constructing a pose: Kaspar Tiptoe rough layout"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SwA_EUsnI8I\/AAAAAAAAjbs\/l0_i5kWhAEo\/s72-c\/TipToe.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5746135214956672310"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-08T07:55:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-01T15:58:53.262-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toy Drawing 7: John (not me) Is A Good Man"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here, John is following instructions in the lessons.He is making solid shapes, each of which interweaves and connects to their shapes within the overall structure.I only had minor corrections and I posted them at his own blog. (Porky could use some upper arm structure under his sleeve-that connects to his shoulder.)http:\/\/itsacartoon.blogspot.com\/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5746135214956672310"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5746135214956672310"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/john-not-me-is-good-man.html","title":"Toy Drawing 7: John (not me) Is A Good Man"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SvbqJoTrGGI\/AAAAAAAAjRk\/PSYukJnan6o\/s72-c\/ptoy02.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-3109849258440595721"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-07T11:05:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-17T18:52:52.368-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kaspar"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Layout"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"maintaining guts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L.O. 4 :From Storyboard To Layout"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Kaspar sits up quickly, wide awake and excited.This is the first couple steps I would expect a layout artist to take when translating my storyboard poses to layout. First-to understand what the character is doing and feeling, and second to analyze how to construct that sensibly and fix any mistakes in the rough.For example, in the layout, I fixed the nose.I, like most people did tone down the "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/3109849258440595721"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/3109849258440595721"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/from-storyboard-to-layout.html","title":"L.O. 4 :From Storyboard To Layout"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SvSCqESnjdI\/AAAAAAAAjPc\/cAZXqtCvD80\/s72-c\/getsup.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-7203606220290917896"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-04T08:11:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-01T15:58:30.705-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toy Drawing 6: Reader Popeye Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"http:\/\/leoanimate.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/popeye-toy-turnarounds.htmlhttp:\/\/nicolasartblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/popeye-toy-turnaraounds.htmlNot so easy as it looks, huh?I would like to see a little more construction. See the forms that make up the overall outline-and then how each individual form flows into each other.Of course you have all thought of the obvious analogy of cartoons and chainsaws. "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7203606220290917896"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7203606220290917896"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/reader-popeye-studies.html","title":"Toy Drawing 6: Reader Popeye Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_tHGY7k-q-no\/SvEydyoxeuI\/AAAAAAAAAhI\/_fB2mAnINAQ\/s72-c\/2profile_leo.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-867340101464631674"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-03T16:38:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-01T15:58:08.482-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"01 PAYPAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Popeye"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toy Drawing 5: Popeye Toy Turnaround"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I can't think of a better drawing exercise for an animation student than to draw a toy of a classic cartoon character from different angles.I drew mine too big and cut off the feet.I would love to see cartoonists start to use some perspective in their cartoon drawings speaking of feet.Note that the bottom of his feet aren't cut off on a straight line like you see in many cartoons today. That's "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/867340101464631674"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/867340101464631674"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/popeye-toy-turnaround.html","title":"Toy Drawing 5: Popeye Toy Turnaround"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SvDN5_4711I\/AAAAAAAAjHM\/93Nyf3ubEBk\/s72-c\/2profile.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2303181165661480996"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-02T18:22:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-03T17:06:48.579-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"01 PAYPAL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"application"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eisenberg"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Life Drawing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tom and jerry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Stiff Period to the Fluid Period. No Balls on Balls"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I'll get to the Popeye toy real soon, but first to set it up.here is another sample of a lesson from the mysterious secret cartoon college:I suggest (if you don't already) supplementing your cartoon studies with some life drawing. (I know this is a photo, not a live model)Why should you?Because when studying Preston Blair type construction - made of spheres and pear shapes, there is a tendency "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2303181165661480996"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2303181165661480996"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/stiff-period-to-fluid-period.html","title":"The Stiff Period to the Fluid Period. No Balls on Balls"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Suu-lxLy_OI\/AAAAAAAAi9g\/fc3QsM6pETQ\/s72-c\/1photo.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-3441947606411085631"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-04T10:13:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-17T18:51:46.898-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Layout"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"verbal analysis"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"L.O. 6: Analyze and Check your Layout against the storyboard. a sample lesson from secret cartoon college - using words to analyze an image"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Let's just look at the poses of the 2 humans...Now you should analyze what's different with this copy and correct it before cleaning the whole picture up___________________Knowing what to fix and what to leave alone and what to push furtherThis is all very tricky stuff but here's the goal:Each artist in a cartoon production line has is or her specialty.A storyboard artists creates the continuity "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/3441947606411085631"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/3441947606411085631"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/sample-lesson-from-secret-cartoon.html","title":"L.O. 6: Analyze and Check your Layout against the storyboard. a sample lesson from secret cartoon college - using words to analyze an image"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_osG0Ta7RUh8\/SsfChsU17rI\/AAAAAAAABQE\/os2GXwmkCu8\/s72-c\/9.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6703526684426415024"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-02T21:21:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-05T09:26:40.814-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Asymmetry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Disney principles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"getting started"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"line of action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"principles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"silhouettes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Preston Blair Lessons"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-1-construction.htmlhttp:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-2-squash-and.htmlhttp:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-3-how-to-check.htmlhttp:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-lesson-4-2-legged-characters.htmlhttp:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6703526684426415024"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6703526684426415024"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/preston-blair-lessons.html","title":"Preston Blair Lessons"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5620955898308048274"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-02T07:45:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-02T08:00:06.505-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kahl"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"TJ's Progress"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"TJ had one particular thing I thought he should work on: Some of his constructed forms were a bit wonky or wobbly.You can really see it here in Hook's skull - or lack of one. He seems to be melting.You can also see it clearly in this Shere Khan model sheet. I would strongly advise, when you are studying construction and basic concepts, that you don't start with the hardest character ever "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5620955898308048274"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5620955898308048274"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/tjs-progress.html","title":"TJ's Progress"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Sp6FVGfEVII\/AAAAAAAAhKg\/dIBUmw7sYFo\/s72-c\/Daffy.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-888760394626549849"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-31T08:50:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-31T21:05:16.399-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Daniel's Progress"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Daniel's latest studies show hierarchy: Lines of action, construction, silhouettes, details and linework are all following the same plan and reinforcing each other.I've been checking out everyone's links to their practice studies and am quite encouraged, indeed.Not just by the quality of some of the drawings - but by how fast the artists who apply themselves to them advance.Just a couple years "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/888760394626549849"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/888760394626549849"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/daniels-progress.html","title":"Daniel's Progress"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SpvxnQD9huI\/AAAAAAAAhI4\/8UhKcLfedUk\/s72-c\/screwball1-527x1024.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-293437236968473220"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-27T18:33:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-27T22:01:22.665-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"EMSLIE"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sporn"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Will Traditional Cartoon Principles Survive?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I was worried classic cartoon techniques - and the great studio cartoons of the 30s to the 50s themselves would soon die out and be forgotten. Certainly if all you could ever see were the modern cartoons on TV and even the feature films it would be a guarantee that our glorious past could never come back - and that would be profoundly depressing.I'm encouraged lately by how many young cartoonists"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/293437236968473220"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/293437236968473220"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/will-traditional-cartoon-principles.html","title":"Will Traditional Cartoon Principles Survive?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HR3JtqIfTiE\/RzdeNJ6WXxI\/AAAAAAAAAUc\/sTEJzPxRuis\/s72-c\/emslie1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-9199540322676689885"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-26T09:18:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-26T09:23:40.831-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Some Results From Cartoon College"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Everyone is improving fast      Doing practical, logical exercises is the fastest way to get good at cartooning and I am proud to show these off after less than 2 weeks of the blog."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/9199540322676689885"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/9199540322676689885"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/some-results-from-cartoon-college.html","title":"Some Results From Cartoon College"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jUeCR_WF4LQ\/SpQ7epVwj3I\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/4KOHVk-V7bg\/s72-c\/hare1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-7679500371666467862"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-24T16:14:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-24T16:26:56.276-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"application"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"comic books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"comics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's the goal - to make your own poses"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"There is a purpose to copying good cartoon drawings: it's not just to be able to make a good copy of something that's already been done.It's to learn the underlying principles and procedures that went into the good drawings you copy.These are good copies, because they use the same procedure that the original artist did.If you truly understand the underlying tools of good cartoon drawing, then you"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7679500371666467862"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7679500371666467862"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/heres-goal-to-make-your-own-poses.html","title":"Here's the goal - to make your own poses"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SpMfWJTeg8I\/AAAAAAAAhFI\/7KODxLENT40\/s72-c\/foxcrow09.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-8548227127655863947"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-20T08:39:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-20T08:50:22.653-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Paul is Thinking Step by Step"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's Paul showing a good grasp of hierarchy and building up his drawings step by step.His proportions are slihlty off but he is understanding the important parts of the drawing: The life, the line of action, silhouettes, construction, etc.The dogs closed eye could be more clear by making the closed eyelids thicker in the middle, and the eyebrow a bit thicker. Otherwise it's just a jumble of "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8548227127655863947"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8548227127655863947"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/paul-is-thinking-step-by-step.html","title":"Paul is Thinking Step by Step"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/So1u83_N2aI\/AAAAAAAAg64\/BQ5FGdMAabc\/s72-c\/elmeritch1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2641058985979182154"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-18T22:34:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-18T22:44:26.675-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Watch Out For Inverted Curves!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"One of the main things an animation artist needs is to be able to take what sketches come before and keep the guts of them, while fixing the actual mistakes. The more you understand the tools, the easier that becomes.One thing I watch for is too many inverted curves that break up the form or line action.I've exaggerated the inverted curve at the front of George's torso to show what I mean.You "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2641058985979182154"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2641058985979182154"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/watch-out-for-inverted-curves.html","title":"Watch Out For Inverted Curves!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SonNwHq5xkI\/AAAAAAAAg3E\/ngkiWadvZbk\/s72-c\/Johnfired.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-8292636506537787006"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-18T09:26:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-18T09:26:00.322-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"composition"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hierarchy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hierarchy and Composition - Try drawing this"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I like this image because it's small and doesn't have any details on it. -So you can easily see how all the parts fit together into a:1) Clear and easy to read composition (functional)2) Each part - each positive part (trees, foliage, hills) and each negative part balance artistically against each otherin a pleasant design (artistic)balancing art and function is the goalhttp:\/\/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8292636506537787006"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/8292636506537787006"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/hierarchy-and-composition-try-drawing.html","title":"Hierarchy and Composition - Try drawing this"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SomFX-IBkSI\/AAAAAAAAg14\/BRgm4vCAdzQ\/s72-c\/04Simplecomp.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-7779025056159760157"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-17T13:50:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-17T13:57:58.605-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"appeal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"functional drawing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"line of action"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cartoon College for Free"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Hi folks.I decided to do a private blog for the cartoonists who are really serious about learning to draw funny cartoons.Obviously I can't give everyone individual notes, but folks like Rex, Mitch, Geneva and others who have shown aptitude and dedication deserve some extra hep when I have time to give it.If you have been invited, it means you have already shown that you are serious by doing many "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7779025056159760157"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7779025056159760157"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/cartoon-college-for-free.html","title":"Cartoon College for Free"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SmVOIhcUqeI\/AAAAAAAAgO0\/nJid2DaWuzQ\/s72-c\/30.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6443705099474962344"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-10T22:33:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T10:30:25.251-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"critique"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eisenberg"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"line of action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"silhouettes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 7: Combining Construction With Clear Silhouettes"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Drawing principles is not easy. There are so many to balance at once. I ask students to copy good drawings from old cartoons or from good comics just to see how pro artists use principles.The next step is for the student to try drawing those characters in their own poses to see if they can apply those principles themselves.Here, Geneva tried her hand at doing some poses of Tom. My critique was "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6443705099474962344"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6443705099474962344"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/combining-construction-with-clear.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 7: Combining Construction With Clear Silhouettes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xXUQ_ogeWsU\/SdgS0oanlXI\/AAAAAAAABfM\/hUYffyH4doE\/s72-c\/eisenstudy.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6306461146429388777"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-10T09:02:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-03T17:13:28.656-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"critique"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Becky's Top Cat Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Becky is a very serious student of funny pictures. She knows that her ample and obvious talent can be pushed much farther by adding knowledge.When you draw toys, the goal is to understand solidity, perspective and how cartoon shapes move in space from different angles - then to apply that knowledge to your own work.Top Cat's Hat is cocked at an angle-lower at the left. I missed that myself at "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6306461146429388777"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6306461146429388777"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/beckys-top-cat-studies.html","title":"Becky's Top Cat Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SoBMMoxgGrI\/AAAAAAAAgwM\/XazlsFzch5c\/s72-c\/HAPPY_BIRTHDAY_CHELLYBATS_by_Pocketowl.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-4012635433466969303"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-09T11:52:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T09:31:43.938-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"critique"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"eyes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jetsons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"maintaining guts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Eyes 2: Eyes, Eyelids and Eyebrow Theories"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here is Kelly's interpretation of my rough scribble. She kept the guts, but needs to make the hierarchy of details make more sense. Let's look at the eyes.Eyelids need to wrap around the eyes from the direction we see the eyes; in this case, we are looking up at them. Kelly has drawn them as if we are looking down on them. The curve is upside down. It's a misinterpretation of my scribble that has"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4012635433466969303"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4012635433466969303"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/eyes-eyelids-and-eyebrow-theories.html","title":"Eyes 2: Eyes, Eyelids and Eyebrow Theories"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Sn8buvcCFgI\/AAAAAAAAguU\/oG-33ejzY7s\/s72-c\/GeorgeEyesKelly.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6778261549758574096"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-04T08:46:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-07T21:31:55.166-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1948"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jones"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"musical sfx"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"story"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"what-causes-tit-eyes - 3"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"What goes with tit-eyes? Find out in another post coming soon.In the meantime, here's another great scene from \"Mouse Wreckers\".These are all great frames to draw from.1948 was a year when Chuck was drawing extra solidly.  He combined human anatomy with pears and sphere style with animal anatomy.I just love how solid and menacing this bulldog looks.The lip is beautiful!This dog is very McKimson "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6778261549758574096"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6778261549758574096"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/what-causes-tit-eyes-3.html","title":"what-causes-tit-eyes - 3"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SlIUN7UidjI\/AAAAAAAAft0\/GAOwtbr1CIg\/s72-c\/rudemissile.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-4842185626472774667"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-03T13:53:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-03T14:49:12.636-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1945"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"appeal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hook"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"line of action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"overlapping action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Scribner"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"An encyclopedia of animation and cartooning techniques in one scene"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Design and AppealDesign and appeal aren't exactly the same things but they are related. This character was designed in a modernistic style (for 1944-45) by Hank Ketcham. It's very different than the mid 40s WB style. But this cartoon is animated by Bob Clampett's unit of guys and the combination of styles is spectacular.Hank's design is appealing and the poses drawn by this animator are extremely"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4842185626472774667"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4842185626472774667"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/encyclopedia-of-animation-and.html","title":"An encyclopedia of animation and cartooning techniques in one scene"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Sk5xuLBm_5I\/AAAAAAAAfrA\/MnUZUJWyd1s\/s72-c\/1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-327196849237224916"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-01T19:06:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-01T19:14:44.334-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"critique"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Clampett Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here are some of Geneva's latest studies. Good stuff.I have one criticism: The lines are too hard and clean and  I don't totally feel the construction underneath. 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She has a very strong personal style of her own, but has chosen to go back and practice some classic cartoon construction to supplement her already impressive talents.These Preston Blair dogs show that she has a good grasp of hierarchy - making the details subject to the physics of the larger shapes. She also has a very natural flair for nice linework and "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6507651022861288648"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6507651022861288648"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/student-copies-of-hb-characters.html","title":"Student Copies Of HB Characters"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SiSJF8R1nII\/AAAAAAAAfBY\/geLiq0IKk-E\/s72-c\/dog-pencils-6.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1688474547903684611"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-02T07:44:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-02T10:16:12.570-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1947"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"animation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"solid ivory"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"timing to beats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"walks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Walter Lantz"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Skipping Chicken - Solid Ivory"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's a funny skipping action.Here's the pattern:Left foot one beat  Right foot one beat float one beatRight Foot one beat Left Foot one beat Float one beatRepeat to the musicIf it looks like there are a couple of jerks in there, it's probably from the transfer from 30x\/sec to 24x\/sec and it dropped the odd frame and repeated another.In the middle of the musical sequence he floats for a couple "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1688474547903684611"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1688474547903684611"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/skipping-chicken-solid-ivory.html","title":"Skipping Chicken - Solid Ivory"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SfvdC52ySsI\/AAAAAAAAeCM\/qbBeiJ6Py5M\/s72-c\/1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5070912260890318525"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-19T09:24:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-19T09:42:08.003-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"critique"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Does Construction Work? 2 - A Self Critique From a Student"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's another student who thinks so.Geneva says....\"I was pleased with how much easier crazy, seemingly complex drawing is when you start to practice construction and hierarchy! It felt good. BUT...\"The best way to improve fast is to learn some basics from a common-sense no-bull teacher, and then to learn to analyze and critique yourself."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5070912260890318525"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5070912260890318525"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/does-construction-work-2-self-critique.html","title":"Does Construction Work? 2 - A Self Critique From a Student"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SegiMqMXCyI\/AAAAAAAAdbU\/rcJpLNLcMmg\/s72-c\/bugs-scream.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-7474207489564226962"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-26T13:54:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-26T13:57:11.419-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chloe"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"critique"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"More Chloe - Cartoon Morphing"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":""},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7474207489564226962"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7474207489564226962"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/more-chloe-cartoon-morphing.html","title":"More Chloe - Cartoon Morphing"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SacQJvcxX9I\/AAAAAAAAbzs\/SOLSsTU91bU\/s72-c\/get-attachment-5.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1621842611805573064"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-15T13:34:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T09:31:12.690-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"eyes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"George Liquor"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hierarchy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Eyes 2: HIERARCHY -3 EYE AREA - eyebrows, irises, wrinkles"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I could probably make 10 posts just about eyes, but here's a primer.Like all constructed objects,  eyes and eyebrows  follow a hierarchy.Pupils sit on the eyeballs. So do the irises. The irises follow the pupils where ever they travel on the eyeballs, so  they all have to relate to each other and be in agreement.Daffy's pupils are not exactly the same shape as the eyeballs, but they sit along the"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1621842611805573064"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1621842611805573064"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/hierarchy-3-eye-area-eyebrows-irises.html","title":"Eyes 2: HIERARCHY -3 EYE AREA - eyebrows, irises, wrinkles"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SZijtBXLZGI\/AAAAAAAAblQ\/EsziUjvvww0\/s72-c\/IrisesGeorge.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2607405447422541795"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-13T15:08:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-24T09:07:32.108-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mouth and cheek construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hierarchy 2 - The Facial Expression in broad strokes"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"You might look at a drawing like this and think that it's complicated because there so many lines and wrinkles. But if you understand form and hierarchy, you can easily make sense of it all.I'll start with a simpler expression:Once you have your basic composition and attitudes in mind and everything roughly constructed, the next most important thing is the facial expression. 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An apprentice is basically a clean up artist. Clean up is something animation schools tend to neglect, which is a shame.In order to be a good clean up artist, you have to know more than how to draw a clean line. You still have to understand the big concepts, like construction and hierarchy. You need to know "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/9125610431502975745"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/9125610431502975745"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/hierarchy-level-1-composition-relations.html","title":"Hierarchy - Level 1 - Composition, Relations of Basic Construction"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SZRciwoGeuI\/AAAAAAAAbfQ\/XrCgSb4oL1Y\/s72-c\/1Construction.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-2493998190104938120"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-06T17:58:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-07T08:19:48.195-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Critiques Of Comic Cover Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"ElanaThis shows marked improvement in her work.Center line of Bugs' head should be in the center in perspective, not to the left of center. His face should tilt back more. His muzzle area should be more in front of his cranium. Especially the teeth which look like they have been punched in. Don't let the hairs cut holes in his skull.Watch out for pointy corners (like at the back of his foot)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2493998190104938120"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2493998190104938120"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/critiques-of-comic-cover-studies.html","title":"Critiques Of Comic Cover Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SY2vAcKGobI\/AAAAAAAAbVg\/yCx-eWyPgqc\/s72-c\/bugs1.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6895197599194720077"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-05T11:19:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-05T12:57:06.245-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Link To your Studies In this post"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"To everyone who has been drawing comic book covers:If you could put a link in the comments in this post, then I can find them all easily. Right now they are all over many posts and would be hard to find. Please make it a clickable link. I won't be able to critique everyone's of course, but I'll pick some that have instructional value to others. 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Now I want to take those skills and broaden the students' horizons.Artists need to learn how to recognize the difference between formula and "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4162858509458918109"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4162858509458918109"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/cartoon-college-year-3.html","title":"Cartoon College Year 3"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/R0sUEoe1zvI\/AAAAAAAAJb0\/gMvPXTtYUJ0\/s72-c\/barrymore_hirschfeld_nyt1997june1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5476743473431220784"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-21T15:20:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-09T15:16:26.626-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Avery"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bugs bunny"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Scribner"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Heckling Hare: step-by-step construction lesson"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"ROD SCRIBNER LOVES WRINKLES!Here is a really cool  frame from Tex Avery's \"Heckling Hare\". 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They make sense.They wrap around the structure of the head "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5476743473431220784"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5476743473431220784"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/heckling-hare-step-by-step-construction.html","title":"Heckling Hare: step-by-step construction lesson"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/RwwBI5ExJ_I\/AAAAAAAAIRg\/CM-fxHr6c1Y\/s72-c\/hecklinghareScribner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1374241323058143335"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-15T17:54:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-24T06:59:51.016-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Flip"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rubber hose"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"timing to beats"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"10 x beats. Flip the Frog:  double bounce walk"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation students can learn 2 things from this lesson:1) What a double-bounce walk is and how to draw one.2) What a 10x beat feels like10 X BEATSDifferent tempos in animation have different feels.A 12x beat is an easy natural feel.An 8x beat has a quick uptempo feel.A 10x beat is inbetween those 2. It feels urgent, like a march beat. Brisk and energetic.The scene below is timed to a 10x beat.All"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1374241323058143335"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1374241323058143335"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/10-x-beats-flip-frog-double-bounce-walk.html","title":"10 x beats. Flip the Frog:  double bounce walk"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Rw7GeZExKsI\/AAAAAAAAIXA\/ILr6nYwdJAA\/s72-c\/nurse+maid+double+bounce.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1582864201834808652"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-09T20:57:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-09T15:16:59.808-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"learn from the masters"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Amir Avni's Progress"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Amir has been taking my advice and learning from the masters. To learn construction, he is copying frames from Bob McKimson scenes.http:\/\/aapractice.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/falling-hare.htmlHis first copy is not bad, but a little on the flat side. 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It's a matter of good looking shapes that balance well together.http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/design-appeal-mickey-mouse-club-cute.htmlhttp:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/appeal-1-starting-with-cuteness-as-1st.htmlThis means you need to know how to use negative areas "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4561274519861406728"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4561274519861406728"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/year-2-cartoon-college.html","title":"Cartoon College Year 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/RvwOxkyIMHI\/AAAAAAAAH7o\/Ray0tFfHbiM\/s72-c\/025_Cowboy_06.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1373617399244222764"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-23T09:53:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-01T15:52:18.825-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toy Drawing 2: Top Cat Studies"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Draw it, then check it for accuracy. This will train your eye and your head.http:\/\/mitchoo.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/new-top-cat.htmlhttp:\/\/callum-barker.blogspot.com\/http:\/\/mattworldnews.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/top-cat-construction-study.htmlhttp:\/\/pupick.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/hooneymooners-and-top-cat.html"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1373617399244222764"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/1373617399244222764"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/top-cat-studies.html","title":"Toy Drawing 2: Top Cat Studies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/RvdPlUyILjI\/AAAAAAAAH3I\/hrv8EZZMSgY\/s72-c\/sketch86.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5991498823058083995"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-22T11:47:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-01T15:51:56.344-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toys"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toy Drawing 1: Top  Cat Turnaround Toy  Construction Exercise"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Toys are Better Than Life Drawing for Cartoon Construction StudiesLife drawing in theory can be useful to an animator. It can teach you perspective and construction, foreshortening and the like, but in reality, it's very hard to  look at very complicated structures of human beings and break them down into fundamentals you can use for cartoon shapes.You get too easily distracted and confused by "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5991498823058083995"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5991498823058083995"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/top-cat-turnaround-toy-construction_19.html","title":"Toy Drawing 1: Top  Cat Turnaround Toy  Construction Exercise"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/RvIM9eSh5NI\/AAAAAAAAHzY\/8WGT9nn5goc\/s72-c\/fullbody.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5035922832364558670"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-17T18:06:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-15T08:50:11.686-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cartoon College Year 1: My Ideal Cartoon School"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"This course is designed to make the graduates as skilled as possible.On top of that, they would be trained to  be extremely observant and analytic. They would be able to adapt to many drawing styles, because they would know the difference between what is a universal drawing principle and what is a superficial stylistic habit.It doesn't matter if you plan to be a 2d animator, CG animator or even a"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5035922832364558670"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/5035922832364558670"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/my-ideal-cartoon-school.html","title":"Cartoon College Year 1: My Ideal Cartoon School"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Ru8wSPTBosI\/AAAAAAAAHvw\/vXcBKXLYDco\/s72-c\/12761.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6914259132977104434"},"published":{"$t":"2007-08-05T16:15:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-09T15:19:24.409-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"animation lesson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bouncing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rubber hose"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"timing to beats"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation Course Level 1, Lesson 1 - The Beat - Kali Does Bosko"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Did you ever wonder how animators got this good in such a short time? This is 1942. only a few years later than rubber hose animation. Who wouldn't love to be able to do this?Coal Black, BicycleGreat animators started simple40s animators were so great because they learned to animate like this below. They started with really simple character designs and animated to musical beats.Bosko DanceEarly "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6914259132977104434"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6914259132977104434"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/animation-course-1-lesson-1-beat-kali.html","title":"Animation Course Level 1, Lesson 1 - The Beat - Kali Does Bosko"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/RrZ9dM4MRgI\/AAAAAAAAGyY\/G-fUzxyslJU\/s72-c\/coalblack_bicycle08smile.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-7078419414892283278"},"published":{"$t":"2007-07-07T13:00:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-09T15:21:03.209-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bugs bunny"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Clampett"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"McKimson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Scribner"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Constructing Bugs Bunny"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"This Bugs Bunny model sheet uses all the classic principles of good drawings together and is appealing too.Bugs looks simple but is really pretty tricky.Do you ever wonder why the modern versions of Bugs don't look like the real Bugs from the classic cartoons? Not only does he have mushy construction now, but there are some subtleties in his  face that are just really  hard to draw. Not even all "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7078419414892283278"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/7078419414892283278"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/constructing-bugs-bunny.html","title":"Constructing Bugs Bunny"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Ro_Jiq0PW-I\/AAAAAAAAFuY\/NOnKRWAcAWY\/s72-c\/1943_McKimson_ModelSheet.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-116508873663051390"},"published":{"$t":"2006-12-05T11:44:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-30T09:13:17.016-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"BG Painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cartoon College"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HB"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lozzi"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"BG Painting 4 \/ Color Theory- Art Lozzi explains some technique"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Yes John,   I saw the newest post and I sit here open-mouthed  at the reaction and the responses. Above all (and I repeat) you deserve lots of  praise for turning these people on and directing them, like you're satisfying a  hunger. The way you describe and analyze makes it clear that you have  a great sense of color yourself.But as you point out, color sense is not a  subject or an item that can"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/116508873663051390"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/116508873663051390"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/color-theory-art-lozzi-explains-some.html","title":"BG Painting 4 \/ Color Theory- Art Lozzi explains some technique"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JohnK"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14033480276168015590"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"22","src":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SgsO7BUkyKI\/AAAAAAAAeVw\/Dr8XLbMrgS8\/S220\/johnsmallest.jpg"}}]}]}});