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CRAMPED AREAS - No Negative SpaceDino's whole face is "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4664618858345867369"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/4664618858345867369"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/toot-head-construction.html","title":"Animation School 14: Toot Head 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:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/Su21qo6_QPI\/AAAAAAAAjDc\/pHUN3Ouz868\/s72-c\/2DisneyHeadToot3shape.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-3138363988729566883"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-30T18:11:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-19T09:06:32.509-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1953"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"50s style"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Design"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Disney principles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Oreb"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School 13:  Classic Animation Principles and Hierarchy Applied To Stylized Drawing"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Is this a rebellion against Disney from within? I don't think so.I think it reeks of Disney to the core. This may look like a simple easy-to-do flat hip drawing like you see in modern cartoons, but it's nothing of the kind.This is the result of a decade and a half of honing Disney principles, inbetweening and animating on classic rounded Disney characters. 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There are so many to balance at once. I ask students to copy good drawings from old cartoons or from good comics just to see how pro artists use principles.The next step is for the student to try drawing those characters in their own poses to see if they can apply those principles themselves.Here, Geneva tried her hand at doing some poses of Tom. My critique was "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6443705099474962344"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6443705099474962344"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/combining-construction-with-clear.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 7: Combining Construction With Clear Silhouettes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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-2053127293922977603"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-05T11:52:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T09:29:48.806-08:00"},"category":[{"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":"Eisenberg"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lessons 12: Head Mechanics and Hierarchy"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"This drawing of Tom, at first glance looks very complicated. There are a lot of lines and details and hairs that could possibly distract you from the contruction and logic of the face. Jerry and Tuffy's faces are simple by comparisn - BUT THEY FOLLOW THE SAME LOGIC.Tom is just more detailed than the mice, because his drawing is so much bigger. The bigger your character is on screen, the more "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2053127293922977603"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/2053127293922977603"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/head-mechanics-and-hierarchy.html","title":"Animation School Lessons 12: Head Mechanics and Hierarchy"}],"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\/SWJmaDM-lQI\/AAAAAAAAZ2Q\/erJYpUCqy4A\/s72-c\/TomJerryExpressions.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6872934125156989420"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-03T12:13:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T09:29:13.140-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Disney"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eisenberg"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"principles"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School 11: Getting Back To The Primal Needs Of A Cartoonist"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"This comic cover by Harvey Eisenberg shows off every animation cartoon drawing fundamental in beautiful complex balance. It has a composition, great posing, perfect artistic use of negative space, lines of action, opposing poses, overlapping action and one thing more fundamental than all those. It's a good solid drawing.Every now and then I have to go back and remind people that the number 1 most"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6872934125156989420"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6872934125156989420"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/getting-back-to-primal-needs-of.html","title":"Animation School 11: Getting Back To The Primal Needs Of A Cartoonist"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k\/SV_IYa2F-hI\/AAAAAAAAZ0Q\/c3J09PDE2vo\/s72-c\/TomJerryCover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-114955326729128845"},"published":{"$t":"2007-07-20T16:18:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T16:29:07.974-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"generic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"getting started"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"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":"tom and jerry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School 7 - When Generic is a Good Thing"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Remember when I talked about the two different types of cartoonists?One conservative, the other wild and crazy?http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/2-types-of-cartoonists-origin-of.htmlThese two types worked together all through the 30s and came up with a blended style-the 40s style of pears and spheres and sausages style which is my favorite type of animation.If you are a young cartoonist (or "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114955326729128845"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114955326729128845"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/animation-school-7-when-generic-is.html","title":"Animation School 7 - When Generic is a Good Thing"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6209657784939792752"},"published":{"$t":"2007-03-04T11:51:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-05T09:23:54.878-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"animation lesson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 10 - Copy Old Cartoons and learn from the best"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Wacky and Sillyhttp:\/\/classiccartoons.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/woody-woodpecker-1941.htmlGeniushttp:\/\/classiccartoons.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/so-white-never-looked-so-good.html"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6209657784939792752"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/6209657784939792752"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/animation-school-lesson-10-copy-old.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 10 - Copy Old Cartoons and learn from the best"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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-116884526198566771"},"published":{"$t":"2007-01-14T22:47:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-05T09:23:29.818-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tom and jerry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"ANIMATION SCHOOL LESSON 9A - TOM AND JERRY AGAIN"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Some people asked for Tom and Jerry models, so here's what I could find:I put them in roughly chronological order so you can see the evolution and devolution of the style. All these drawings have most of the basic principles I always harp about so they are great to draw from.The earliest cartoons had less construction.Here Tom is getting solidified, not perfectly constructed yet, but that's good,"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/116884526198566771"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/116884526198566771"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/animation-school-lesson-9a-tom-and.html","title":"ANIMATION SCHOOL LESSON 9A - TOM AND JERRY AGAIN"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-116873606139658339"},"published":{"$t":"2007-01-13T16:18:00.002-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-05T09:23:04.612-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"principles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School. Lesson 9: Model sheets\/Steve's gift to young cartoonists who thirst for knowledge"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"ConstructionLine Of ActionFluid PosesClear silhouettes, using negative shapesAppeal and cutenessThis is a very serious message from me to you if you ever want to work on real cartoons, not phony-ass flat Nick stuff.You have to teach yourself the principles of good animation drawing, because no school will teach you and I can't afford to train you on the job. I'm starting a new studio soon and "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/116873606139658339"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/116873606139658339"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/animation-school-lesson-9-_116873606139658339.html","title":"Animation School. Lesson 9: Model sheets\/Steve's gift to young cartoonists who thirst for knowledge"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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-115008840025543609"},"published":{"$t":"2006-06-18T21:51:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-02T21:18:44.576-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 5a - Hands"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"HEY YOU YOUNG CARTOONISTS!WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL YOUR HOMEWORK? If you don't do your lessons, how are you gonna save the cartoon business when you grow up?Hands look complicated when you look at real ones. You see tons of details and the more details you think about, the harder it is to draw something.Look at this beautifully simplified page of hands by Preston Blair.Copy each and every one of "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/115008840025543609"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/115008840025543609"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/animation-school-lesson-hands.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 5a - Hands"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-114955427198999134"},"published":{"$t":"2006-06-08T17:37:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-02-24T22:40:34.749-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"contrasts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School 8 - Proportions affect design-Contrasts"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"http:\/\/www.animationarchive.org\/2006\/06\/media-tail-of-two-bulldogs_114980929673711442.htmlWhat makes something cartoony?Partly it's exaggerated proportions.Here is your basic generic 1940s cartoon bulldog.It's not very cartoony.Why?Because the proportions are too even.The chest is big but not too big.The butt is small but not too small.His head is split evenly into 2 parts: the cranium and the "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114955427198999134"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114955427198999134"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/animation-school-8-proportions-affect.html","title":"Animation School 8 - Proportions affect design-Contrasts"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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-114908949771013744"},"published":{"$t":"2006-05-31T08:24:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-13T09:38:18.030-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"clear staging"},{"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":"School"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"silhouettes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 5 - Line Of Action, Silhouettes"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"http:\/\/www.animationarchive.org\/2006\/05\/meta-100000-animation-drawing-course_31.htmlClick the link to get a nice big hi rez version of the page above.Hi students. You've been doing great on the construction lessons, so now it's time to learn another important principle: Line of Action.This principle is different than construction in that it is not based on tangible reality.Everything in real life"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114908949771013744"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114908949771013744"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-5-line-of.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 5 - Line Of Action, 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"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-114779356856295123"},"published":{"$t":"2006-05-16T08:12:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-01-27T12:44:23.166-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 4 - 2 legged characters-full body"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIESBlogger won't let me upload images and hasn't for a couple days.I have new posts ready except for the pictures.Computer torture!OK, now you know the procedure for copying and learning. Apply the same procedure to drawing these simple two-legged typical 40s cartoon characters.Note that they both have \"pear-shaped\" bodies. This was pretty common in old cartoons. Bugs, Daffy, "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114779356856295123"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114779356856295123"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-lesson-4-2-legged-characters.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 4 - 2 legged characters-full body"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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-114762878863193332"},"published":{"$t":"2006-05-14T10:19:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-01-27T12:44:08.843-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 3 - how to check your copies-PROPORTION"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's a star pupil:http:\/\/tarkscraps.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/john-k-animation-school-lesson-3.htmlBE LIKE THESE SMART STUDENTS:http:\/\/wicksforcandlesticksomar.blogspot.com\/http:\/\/jeffmilner.com\/index.php\/2006\/05\/14\/lesson-3-part-1\/All these characters below have the same head construction. Then why do they look like different characters? The proportions of the shapes that make up their heads are "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114762878863193332"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114762878863193332"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-3-how-to-check.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 3 - how to check your copies-PROPORTION"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-114745854640065702"},"published":{"$t":"2006-05-12T11:09:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-01-27T12:43:52.693-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School Lesson 2 -Squash and Stretch on heads"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"OK, here we go kids. If you haven't already  drawn all the drawings from lesson 1, then don't proceed to this lesson. You need to already have a firm grasp of solid construction before you can start stretching the crap out of your drawings. Otherwise they will look like mush.Preston makes an important point in his notes: The top of the head (the cranium) is not as pliable as the bottom half (the "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114745854640065702"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114745854640065702"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-2-squash-and.html","title":"Animation School Lesson 2 -Squash and Stretch on heads"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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-114684532022009321"},"published":{"$t":"2006-05-05T09:00:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-10T14:42:13.060-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"construction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"getting started"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Preston Blair"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"principles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"School"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Animation School lesson 1\/ CONSTRUCTION\/ The Head"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nWHY DO DRAWINGS FROM CLASSIC CARTOONS LOOK SO MUCH BETTER THAN ALL OTHER CARTOON DRAWINGS?\nIf you are a young cartoonist who wants to learn all the secrets of great cartooning, this is your lucky day.\n\n\nI used to watch cartoons all the time growing up and buy all the comic books of the same characters to try to learn to draw in \"animation style\".\nEven as a kid, though, I could see that the "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114684532022009321"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22406604\/posts\/default\/114684532022009321"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/johnkstuff.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/animation-school-lesson-1-construction.html","title":"Animation School lesson 1\/ CONSTRUCTION\/ The Head"}],"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"}}]}]}});