ART/VIDEO – Copying and Studying Cartoon Characters

What’s the different between studying a figure from a photo and studying a drawing for cartoon character?  Nothing.

When studying both you do exactly the same thing with both:

1. Look at the overall shape the character makes
2. Look at the gesture
3. Look at the negative spaces
4. Measure everything (space and place)
5. Find the volume of the forms LAST.  Don’t worry about it until 1- 4 are worked out.

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ART/VIDEOS – Perspective Made Really Simple

Perspective can be confusing and frustrating.  Anything that can help make it faster and easier to do can come in handy.  Over the years of working in animation as a character Layout Artist, I figured out a way to make perspective faster and easier for me to handle so I could get my work done.

My pal Arron D’Errico was reading my lesson on perspective over at The Drawing Website and asked me it I could expand on the Perspective Tips section of my grid tip.

The grid I talk about is the what I used at work to get my job done faster. In this week’s video I try my best to explain how to make the grid and how to use the grid so that if you wish to use it too, you can.

I hope this helps you:

Further Reading

Lesson 1: Draw Fu Perspective Secrets – The 5 Principles You Should Know

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