Ed Love: Connecting Held Poses

From :"Drooler's Delight":Ed Love is great at varying how he connects his bold and clear poses. Here's a real simple general way:STRETCH WOODY'S NECKHere are the 2 poses we see and feel in the animation. They are holds. They are drawn with perfectly clear negative spaces, contrasts and lines of action. The action happening between them is visually obvious. Buzz stretches Woody up. The action is

Methodical Study

My pal Jojo is a young whippersnapper who is constantly improving his skills.I suggested he study some Tom and Jerry animation and copy some of the basic actions.I have noticed over the past few years that students who study and even copy old animation do not in turn always apply what they studied to their own work.So I suggested to Jojo to animate another character doing the same action as a Tom

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Lichty, a Real Man's Cartoonist

Look at this great drawing and technique.LOTS MORE LICHTY at the ANIMATION ARCHIVE

For Eddie: Dabbing

This is some really important shit. Stop drawing and study animation mimes instead.You'll want your cartoon characters to act like this if you want true believability.Ask Eddie what it all means.Clips:MEET MYSTERY ANIMATION ACTING MAN, ED HOOKSTHE MIMESIMPROVE YOUR CARTOON ACTING WITH "DABBING"

Meet Jim Smith In The Raw Flesh

And buy some of his cartoon art! He likes man hugs by the way.FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT MYSTERY PAGE

Rubber Buddies

There are some characters that have such an inherent iconic quality that regardless of whether their cartoons are hilarious or not, they just look good in rubber.Doesn't this Peabody toy make you imagine it must be from a fantastic cartoon?This Tom looks good too, but is not quite so distinct or iconic as the Jay Ward characters - even though the cartoons he's in are much more animated.Some fans

More Milt Stein

Cartoons and dinosaurs: 2 eternally cool things.Here's some more amazing Milt Stein cartoon art.He's obviously an animator but also influenced by the graphic looks of such comic strip artists as Herriman and Sterret.So cute and so stylish at the same time. A rare combination.And great backgrounds too!Milt understood the graphic power of stars.Not only did he draw nice star shapes (not easy to do!

Milt Stein - a perfect funny animal man

Here's a cartoonist I like a lot. He's a drawing textbook for all the cartoon skills and techniques I promote.His basic style is generic 40s animation funny animal. He has all the principles that add up to that look almost perfectly. On top of that he has his own unique stylistic finish.His most amazing skill is his ability to organize all the principles and design elements with a scene and

Little Iodine and The Cartoon Rule Of Starched Skirts

aI like this style. It's sort of a cross between Jimmy Hatlo and Chic Young.Compared to animation of the same time period it's a bit stiff, but it has other attributes:Great linework, interesting detail and a gritty man-on-the-street sort of outlook.I like the perception of the world that many strip cartoonists had ( as opposed to Disney-influenced animation designers). They pictured everyone

Real Animation

Here is my favorite run cycle from a Clampett cartoon:I think it's Scribner. It's interesting how awkward (and sloppy) the individual frames are as opposed to how magnificently smooth and powerful the motion is.There are 6 drawings on ones for each step.The rest of the scene is great too. Such amazing force!Full ClipYou can buy this set of rare Snafu cartoons on Amazon. This is the best set there