BGS: Layout, Color Key, Finished Painting
I wanted my Yogis to have some feeling of the original 195-1960 cartoons. I didn't want them to be like the 1970s, an 80s redos where the characters try to be be with the times. No cleaning up the environment or riding skateboards - and no pink purple and lime green airbrushed bgs. I got Ed Benedict to do some of the background layouts and design and he drew them in pretty much the style he drew
Marker Color Keys
I often do marker color keys of scenes to give my painters. I can't paint, so markers are easy for me to dash out.They tend to fade in color over the years though, and I had a heck of a time trying to get the colors to scan right. They also look different on every computer screen I checked, so who knows what colors you'll see.This one is from my Bjork video and the colors here look much less
Next
I found some BG color keys and one BG from a cut scene from Day in The Life of Ranger Smith if anyone wants to see them.
UFC 118 Tonight
They are marketing it as boxing VS MMA.I can't wait to see what happens. Lots of other great matchups too.http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC118
Striving For Accuracy
I wasn't satisfied with my last Beebers; I knew there were subtleties I was missing, so I looked closer to try to figure out what I wasn't capturing.And I came up with this.Here are some more "serious" studies of celebrity childs and magazine people.This stuff busts my brain.But I think it's slowly paying off.
Beautiful Beeb
Girls, calm your poor hearts...I sort of applied what I remembered from drawing gym shoes the other day.
Stiff Warm Ups and Studies
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
Owen Fitzgerald Dennis Christmas trees
Level 1: Overall Tree Shape- Green bent triangleLevel 2: Tree trunk and branches structure, inside green shapeLevel 3: Sub branches coming off horizontal branchesLevel 4: Needles coming off sub-branchesEach of the levels is following the shape and direction - and line of action of the level above. Every detail fits within the overall schemeVery artistically cleverThese trees, as stylized as they
Carlos Nine
JoJo turned me on to a cartoonist I didn't know about. Carlos Nine combines illustration and cartoon skills into one fantastic style.I'm hoping Jojo will scan the pages Nine drew with Popeye and Olive for us. You'll die!I think you can buy Nine's comic, Meurtres et Chatiments here, but I'm not sure how:http://www.stuartngbooks.com/preview_nine_meurtres.htmlhttp://ronniedelcarmen.blogspot.com/2007
Cartoony Principles 1: Contrasts
I did this drawing the other day in a private lesson as an example of exaggerating what you see by using the principle of contrast.My student had copied this Preston Blair drawing above and had drawn the proportions too conservatively. The baby's head was too small in comparison to his body. I'll ask him if I can use the drawing to show you, but basically he undertured it.He was actually trying
A Classic Cartoon Face In Real Life
Ingrid Bergman has a great facial structure. She has very strong defined bones and then really distinct cheeks, lips and nose and eyes sticking out of, wrapped around and sitting within them.Unfortunately, in these glamor photos you don't see them quite as well as you can in her movies. I think the publicity department went out of its way to try to hide her most interesting features.She has a
Kirby Back 3/4 Heads
This is an angle I've always found hard to construct.I love the way Kirby does it.
Vintage UFC
I found these the other day. They are from the Golden Age of UFC in the mid 90s. I'm sorry I don't have higher rez versions.That's Tank Abbot above. He is my all time favorite UFC fighter - not because he always wins, but because he's a true bully. A great winner and poor loser - but he's always super entertaining. I wish he would get into shape and get back in the Octagon. I always thought that
Low Hairline Action and Other Forms Of Natural Beauty
"I'm filthy rich and no one knows why"Crappy ones
Private Lessons
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
Kirby Effects and Graphic Textures
These all predate the famous iconic Kirby cosmic dots effects he used so much from the 60s on.
Kirby's Wide Stance
The characters in Kirby's comics must have really loose groin muscles to be able to push their feet so far away from each other.I love this stuff.
Kirby Aliens
Do you love Kirby aliens as much as I do?I can never figure out whether they are supposed to be funny or serious.I hope they meant to be taken seriously because that makes them even funnier.
DON'T FORGET FLAGSTAFF
If you happen to live in Arizona, drive over for Saturday or Sunday's show.http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/07/ill-be-at-flagstaff-film-festival.html
Kirby Before Marvel: Anatomical Structure
The Kirby style most people are familiar with is the superflat 70s and 80s Kirby. At least that's the style people generally imitate when they draw in his style.I love his 60s Marvel superheroes, not just because of his iconic surface stylings, but because of how solid his drawings were. You can see that even better in his earlier comics.Kirby is known for making up muscles that don't exist, but
Thanks To Donators
Thanks to all these folks and I hope you are getting something out of it!BTW, I have started my first private and semi private lessons. Rather than having one all-encompassing course that each student has to fit into, I am tailoring classes to the individual's needs and their stage of skill. If you live in the LA area and are interested, put a comment and a link to some of your work.Classes would
Ron Ferdinand Interview 2
b) Who were all his ghosts?The names I recall are Fitzgerald, Al Wiseman, Lee Holley, Bob Bugg and later Frank Hill….there were a few more that escape me at the moment. (Marcus Hamilton - jk)http://www.dennisthemenace.com/marcushamilton.htmlWhen did Ketcham start using assistants?I think he did the whole enchilada for the first year or two.Who did the Sunday pages in the 50s and sixties?Y’know ,
Inked Asses
Here, I added some sick colors like the execs love.Mitch inked these Little Asses for fun and he did a swell job.He also did these.Here's how he did it:http://mitchoo.blogspot.com/2008/09/ink-tricks-tutorial.html
What Do They Eat?
The colorful asses are full of superabundant love energy. Their tails gleam with magic and Ass Power(TM). But where does all this color and energy come from? From nature's generous bounty.My Little Asses eat an all natural organic diet of butterfly wings. The colors in the wings imbue the Ass-Tails with magical properties.Sensitive Ass-nostrils seek out the tastiest wing-colors. Little hungry
Trying To Draw Small
One of my drawing problems that I wish I could solve is that I draw too big.So this morning I tried to do tiny caricatures.It's extra hard for me because I tend to get distracted by details and I magnify them.I'm hoping that drawing small will force me to see the major shapes better. So far I'm sloppy.
The HB I Like
I don't like Tom and Jerry at all. I do like Hanna Barbera's TV cartoons from 1957 to about 1962. Really to about 1960. They are fun cartoons to eat breakfast with.They were on to a great thing for kids and then dumped everything good about it really fast.The color and design in the early HB cartoons is pure candy.I also like the simplicity. Simple, that is but with a method. Not simple without
Walt In The Tabloids
Here it is in this week's Globe magazine.I'm sure it's all made up but it would explain a lot if true.
Do Tabloids Reflect The Tastes and Beliefs Of Most People?
I think they must.After all, they are the biggest selling magazines in existence. They are at every cash register in every supermarket.Even I buy them. I like to draw the celebrities, but I sometimes read the articles and wonder "Do people really care about this stuff?". Even more puzzling to me are the things that the Tabloids sell to the readers: Elvis plates, Dead Babies, The Noble Wolf
Bobby Driscoll's Story
More wacky tabloid lies...Driscoll as rugged "garbage". (his word)Actually I always thought that Walt hired boys who looked like him when he was a kid because all the child stars have a similar look in Disney's films.
In Progress
Still got some details to finish...like another arm for Johnny.Well it's not really a caricature of Kirby's style. it's more of a combination of him, Mad comics and Not Brand Ecchh - and me.
Nice Pencil Work From Assorted Animation Studios
Here are some good animation pencils in various stages of clean up and in assorted styles.What makes them good is not the quality of each individual line itself, but rather the ability of all the lines to contain the forms within them. All these pencils reveal that the artists understand that the characters are made of forms that all make sense and fit into a plan that adds up to instant
Naked Dead Baby With Dangling Parts Cut Off Construction
This has to be the cheapest character design ever.It's just a construction model for a stock 40s baby character.It's such a funny concept to have a character without a design or any details at all. Even ears are too expensive to draw!There are a million characters based on this construction, but this is the only one that is nothing but construction.Here it is with ears and clothes:Here he is with
Kirby Is Killing Me
I know you're dying for an exlanation of that crying tree.It all started with an assignment I have to draw an illustration using some Marvel characters in my style.My idea was to do a cartoony caricature of Kirby. As you can see, this is not an easy task.I'm trying to come up with one good pose of Crystal from the Inhumans.So far, not happy with any.Drawing girls is hard enough.Trying to draw
Pete Emslie Wants To Share
Pete sent me this picture. At first I thought it was an ad for a glass eye manufacturer.Pete: "I'm certainly more the Disney fan than you are, but even I'm getting really bad vibes about this film. "
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