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Step a – MEASURE PROPORTIONS -how many heads tall is the character you are copying?
Step b – Mark proportions on your drawing paper. Match the proportions you are copying.
Step 1 – Draw line of action (we haven’t covered this yet, but just do what Preston does in his step 1)
Step 2 – Rough in the basic forms of the character.
Step 3 – Draw center lines through the forms that wrap around the shape of the forms.
Step 4 – Draw basic forms of next level of details-eyes, arms, hands, feet, legs
Step 5- Draw smallest details- make them follow the forms that they sit on:
Pupils sit on eyes AND FOLLOW THE SHAPE AND POSITION OF THE EYES- they don’t exist as little unvarying dots as in The Simpsons and many other cartoons today. Look in the mirror and watch the shape of your pupils change as you move your eyes.
hairs sit on head
Shirt wraps around body
etc.
Pear shaped bodies aren’t the only kind of body, but they are the simplest and will help you understand the basic concepts of:
Construction
Proportion
Flowing details that wrap around construction”
For the full post go here:
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2006/05/animation-lesson-4-2-legged-characters.html
Source: John K Stuff Blog
Source: Preston Blair, Cartoon Animation
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cartoon-Animation-Collectors-Preston-Blair/dp/1560100842
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