webnimar 16 july'09 - 20 Yrs of Drawning

Following are my notes from live conversation between Bobby and Don Hahn on the new book disney drawn to life....

• Life drawing and Gesture drawing


• Exercise which Don does....
  

  try to draw object from 90 degree opposite angle without moving from your postion...from Imagination....



• make a caricature of myself(this is for me to do)


• Inspiration
  

  Impression - expression = depression



• prepare at highest level


• practice at the highest level


• play at the highest level


• Observe reality


• Learn how to communicate Idea? most important.....


• No lazy lines


• Lines directions deliberate


• composition


• eye contact


• shape variety


• silhouette


• perspective


• no washed lines


• negative shape strong


• straight vs curved


• soft vs hard


• no tangent lines


• describe ground contact


• describe perspective


• describe form


• lines and shape variety


• avoid parallel lines


• For character designer pay attention to
  
  
  
  • shape language
  
  
  • shape variety
  
  

  dumb/short skinny/ fat/ wise study these and observe this in characters and real life.
  Pay attention to appeal and relationship.
  break down character as simply geometric forms....

  
  

you can watch this free webnimar at Animationmentor.com