Drawn to Life: volume one

This book is the first of two that basically take you through a masters class in Disney animation. I started reading through this book the other day as a reminder of the simpler things in character art. There is a lot of great insight and helpful tips to keep your sketching fresh and energized when doing storyboard and character poses. The main source of information is provided by Walt Stanchfield who was the key animator and story teller for Disney.

I just started working out some sketches based on their provided lessons. I will post them here as the sketches progress.

Amazon.com link:
Drawn to Life: volume one

Side note:this is my first legitimately purchased ebook from an ebook store service.

a pair of zombies

Sketched on iPad with Brushes app.

Testing new Brushes update on iPad

Some really cool new features were introduced with the newest update of Brushes on the iPad. Steve Sprang has added a half dozen new brushes and new layers options.

The new brushes in the brush pallet are a huge leap forward and keep this app up to speed with the competition. I am a big fan of the new foliage and watercolor brush templates.  The new layer option to rotate and transforms really opens up the door to tweaking existing brushes.  for example I have been using a dry brush set to the largest size (100px I think) then using the layer rotate and zoom to enlarge it to create a monstrous single brush stroke to create a quick and believable rain effect. I will post more examples soon.

New Shoes for Watkins

sketched on iPad with Brushes app. for M. Watkins.

iPad fish - blue

Sketched on iPad with Brushes app.

golden fish

another creepy fish for the series. this one was sketched on the iPad with Brushes app.

fish

Sketched on iPhone with Brushes app.