Some Weekly Studies

Hello,

So, I thought I'd share some of my weekly animation studies/mastercopies. These are all characters drawn by other amazing animators such as David Coleman, Stephen Silver, Glen Keane, and Andreas Deja (to name a few). The purpose of these studies is to learn from the way these amaaaazing artists are able to sculpt the character's volume, capture life and appeal and create interesting poses.

I've learned a lot from this practice and plan to keep this up on my own.

Here are some head studies

And here are some full body pose studies

Here are some hand studies

And here are some eye studies

And finally here are some background studies (thumbnails)

1st Flash Test!

This semester, I'm taking 2 animation classes, Ani 115 (intermediate 2D animation) and Ani 51b (Beginning 3D animation). In my 2D animation class, we're learning/using an animation program called Flash. It is tough, At the moment, I'm having difficulty translating what I've learned drawing (on paper) to drawing on a tablet there's a definite disconnect and I'm realizing it takes me 10 times longer to draw. I've noticed that because of this struggle, when opportunities arise for me to draw on paper, it feels like freedom and it's actually helped me draw smarter!

This is my first animation test of the semester. The class was given Dean from Iron Giant's character model sheets as a rough character guide to complete a jump test. After we completed the jump we added a cool jacket on him to add some sweet overlap. It was a struggle to complete and I made a WHOLE bunch of mistakes along the way. And that's why I like this test. I learned a lot!

Anyway, here's Dean jumping over one of his "modern art" pieces. (one with a jacket  and one without) Enjoy! :)