As you've seen from my blog menu the is this page with my posts, then my sketchbook which also contains any sketch animations I make and then links and contact pages. But soon I will add a new page that will be for reference footage that I either find or make myself. The idea is that I will eventually have enough to study the movements of people and animals. It will come in handy when I get an assignment that includes any reference I have or if I fancy working on a specific animal or human action.
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Thursday, 12 January 2012
A great book Creature Animators or Artists
As you all should know I dream of being a Creature Animator and recently I came across a book that is great for anyone looking for advice or tips on drawing, posing and animating animals. This book is The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action, Analysis, Caricature by Ken Hultgen. It was originally published in 1951 and reminds me of the old Disney cartoon animals and the drawings that are in the example portfolio for applying to Disney. Next time I'm in Chester I'm planning on taking it with me and heading to the world famous Chester Zoo to use some of the stuff I've learned from it by drawing the animals there.
Below is a link to Amazon UK where you can buy it. It's cheap and well worth the money :) I will try and do a flick through video and post it on here too so you can get an idea what the books is like.
