Maintain Guts

By the way I have an idea on how to share some of these animation clips with you guys

to make some user-generated mashups of silly scenes to music lines

any music you like

all the animation is timed to beats and even the dialogue is rhythmic - it sounds as bouncy backwards as forwards

You could make some fun loops I'll bet

maybe I'll start a youtube channel if anyone's interested in creating some good beats with cartoon accompaniment.

Mr. 23 is coming in tomorrow to take a whack at it.

whattaya think? 

Inking: Hold the big forms together with consistent line weight

Here is an ink of Slab that Paul did. Paul is quite talented and his lines are real clean. Almost 2 clean

But the character's form doesn't hold together because of the inconsistencies in line weights. My eye is drawn right to his chin because of the super heavy line there. I should be looking at the whole character, not one insignificant part of him.

Also his head doesn't hold together. The line is thick on one side, thin on the other.



The undersides of the big forms should also have consistent slight heaviness.

Inking: Eyes and Eyebrows Construction

Figure out the form and position in space of the cranium first - you want the eyes to conform to the position of the skull.

-also make the pupils look like they are sitting on the form of the eyes, not going in a different direction

****DON'T POKE THE EYEBROWS AND WRINKLES TOO FAR OUTSIDE THE HEAD OUTLINE**** - you don't want to make the head silhouette too complicated

Inking: Face/Head Thick and Thin Hierarchy

See also HOW EYEBROWS WORK:

Inking: Hierarchy of Head Outline and Details | CansKickstarter

Hey if you think you are getting anything out of these instructional posts, show some love:

Inking Tips: Gravity/ Put a HEAVY line UNDER forms

I imported Jim's pencil drawing into Toonboom to start inking it.
I like characters to have a feeling of weight. One way to do it is to drawslightly heavier lines under each form - especially the bottom of the feet.
But also under the torso...
under the chin and jaw etc.

Next: inking forms instead of lines

More Milt Stein

Cartoons and dinosaurs: 2 eternally cool things.
Here's some more amazing Milt Stein cartoon art.
He's obviously an animator but also influenced by the graphic looks of such comic strip artists as Herriman and Sterret.

So cute and so stylish at the same time. A rare combination.
And great backgrounds too!




Milt understood the graphic power of stars.
Not only did he draw nice star shapes (not easy to do!) but he always composed them into interesting patterns that framed the action.








Such a killer command of graphic hierarchy...




This cover is by someone else. I like how it looks like a completely different character.

Masterly comic graphic sense.

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/search/label/Milton%20Stein