Sunday, December 13, 2009

Preston Blair Lessons: Fundamentals of Animation Drawing

Animation School lesson 1/ CONSTRUCTION/ The Head

Animation School Lesson 2 -Squash and Stretch on heads

Animation School Lesson 3 - how to check your copies-PROPORTION

Animation School Lesson 4 - 2 legged characters-full body

Animation School Lesson 5 - Line Of Action, Silhouettes

Animation School Lesson 5a - Hands

Animation School 7 - When Generic is a Good Thing

Animation School Lesson 7: Combining Construction With Clear Silhouettes

Animation School 8 - Proportions affect design-Contrasts

Animation School. Lesson 9: Model sheets/Steve's gift to young cartoonists who thirst for knowledge

ANIMATION SCHOOL LESSON 9A - TOM AND JERRY AGAIN

Animation School Lesson 10 - Copy Old Cartoons and learn from the best

Animation School 11: Getting Back To The Primal Needs Of A Cartoonist

Animation School Lessons 12: Head Mechanics and Hierarchy

Animation School 13: Classic Animation Principles and Hierarchy Applied To Stylized Drawing

Animation School 14: Toot Head Construction

Animation School 15: Review: Drawing With All The Animation Drawing Principles Only

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9 comments:

  1. KurtDecember 16, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    Hi John,
    Thanks for posting these lessons. I've been drawing for ages, but never realised how important these foundations are... i've been practicing construction of the head for only a few hours, and the difference is huge already. This has really opened up a new world for me!

    Cheers from Perth, West Aus!

    Kurt.

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  2. JOS-L ARTJanuary 9, 2010 at 8:09 PM

    John
    Thanks for all these amazing lessons. I just started following the first lesson about the head construction, and am planning on working through them all.
    If you get some free time, take a look at my blog.
    Thanks

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  3. Brandon LyonDecember 7, 2010 at 9:47 PM

    Hey John, not sure where the best place to post this is. I've done a handful of studies out of Preston Blair's book. I'd love to get some crits from you and/or any readers around here. Thanks!

    http://shplartoons.blogspot.com/search/label/lessons

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  4. limbocolectivoJune 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Yea, awesome!!!!! Thanks!

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  5. the little piperJune 29, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    I have been drawing for many many years, but I find that its always good to go back over the fundamentals on occasion. Thanks so much for sharing this :D

    Megan from www.thelittlepiper.blogspot.com

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  6. Nicholas John PozegaFebruary 12, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    I can't wait to share these with my aspiring animator friend! She'll eat these lessons up!

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  7. Jason RodgersAugust 6, 2012 at 6:43 PM

    What a great blog! I'm going to find this very helpful!

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  8. Markus LehtokumpuOctober 4, 2012 at 4:50 AM

    Thanks for great tips. From AnimationResources.org, there´slink from "Lesson 6, Advanced Head Construction". Link doesn´t work, is that removed from here?

    regards
    Markus

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  9. j.datesDecember 10, 2012 at 7:25 PM

    Man, this is like internet gold! Why are people not shouting about these from the rooftops!!??

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