Simpsons Interview pt 2: Models and Abandoning Inbetweens

CHARACTER MODELSSo I did some character models to give them an idea of how I would draw the characters as caricatures of the Simpsons and then explained that even drawing them that way wouldn’t be enough to achieve what I wanted to do.I’m even bored with the pose to pose style animation we did at Spumco where the only control we had over the look of the cartoon characters’ acting was in the held

Regular People Instead Of Models

It's easier to caricature someone who isn't a professional model.Trying to figure out how the body works under all those lumpy clothes is a problem.More lumpy clothes but a good head to draw.These caricatures are still conservative because I am drawing the people for the first time and only from one angle.Whoops, I see I got lazy and drew at an angle instead of looking straight at the paper.

More Hair

Warm up 1: Bland slow Filmation style realistic study.2: Still stiff, but the drawing on the right is starting to loosen up3: 1st drawing to begin to approach what I am striving for4: Starting to get there, but I see lots of mistakes when I compare the drawings to the photos this wayDrawing real humans is a lot harder than drawing cartoon characters out of simple shapes (like that's not obvious)

More Hair : Asian Girls

My "realistic" drawings are about as bland as bland can be. I'm ready for when Filmation starts up again. My goal is not to learn to draw realistically, but to understand why things look a certain way in general logical terms so I can then simplify and cartoon them.I gave myself a double problem with these studies. I want to add some hairstyles to my pretty girl palette and am using a Japanese

ATTACK OF THE ANIMATION HAIR

I have always been fascinated by "animation hair". (meaning hair styles in animated cartoons from 1980 and likely into the next couple centuries) You probably have too. If you ever met anyone in real life who had animation hair, your first instinct would be to beat the crap out of him.Characters in these modern animations do not have natural instincts though. They just magically accept the