Inking Tips: UNDERSTAND the drawing before you ink it


Here's a swell pencil drawing of Ernie by Jim Smith. Jim is very good at suggesting form even with rough sketches. If the drawings aren't carefully cleaned up or inked, they can easily flatten out and lose their impact. So it's important to analyze a drawing before you start inking. The first thing is to note how the biggest forms are constructed and how they relate to each other in dimension

Bob McKimson Tribute at the Aero on Friday



Hey the Aero theater in Santa Monica is presenting a Bob McKimson retrospective Friday evening and you should go if you can.

 MCKIMSON AS ANIMATOR:





Bob was one of the best animators ever. He drew better than just about anyone and had a completely unique way of moving his characters. He was the lead animator at WB in the 30s and early 40s and taught many of the other animators. He set the

Last Day To Join Us at CTN




 see how we make this stuff and have a go at drawing in Toonboom. We'll show you how to be a top Hollywood cartoonist.






























More Doodles














even more...

CansKickstarter: 1st Doodles on their way

Meet The Cans Crew at CTN and Trade TB Secrets






We'll be at CTN in Burbank ion a couple weeks to show some of the progress on Cans and to demonstrate how we are using it.



How to Ink with thick and thin lines and hierarchy,


 How to do lip synch


 How to use separate layers


 How to animate tricky character designs by using a construction layer


 How to makea republican's eyes have weight.


How to eliminate pesky ex sheets and