Underground
Another day, another tube ride. If I’m luck I can wedge myself against the back wall and do some drawing.
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I've always remembered that as an example of someone who had found their calling, imagine being able to tell such a thing by touch!
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Some Notes on Comparative Anatomy
It’s a mighty big subject obviously but for this talk I focused on looking for squash and stretch in the skeleton. Useful for animation and also for rigging. It’s easy for humans to forget how squashy-stretchy most animal skeletons are, because we ourselves are built very upright and straight with all our bones pretty much [...]
Till the Cows Come Home
Here’s some of my notes on four-legged walks (our feature animal: COWS!) for a class I’m teaching at the Animation Workshop, for those who might find it useful– as always, study as much as you can from reference and understand WHY the action is as it is.
Cat Anatomy Notes– The Spine
Just got back from teaching a few weeks at the always relaxing and inspiring Animation Workshop. I agreed to do a short course in animal animation in 2D before I remembered that I haven’t animated on paper in three or four years– yikes! They tend to ask me to teach something with animals when I [...]
That’s great, Syd! It reminds me of the sketch you put up last spring that I snagged for our report on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (by Mark Haddon). This and the sketch both give the feel of riding on a crowded train. For an area that doesn’t have public transport into the suburbs, it really lent a lot to the presentation.
I love this sketch so much. It’s like the books glow in the darkness, bringing hope to the oppressed masses. I also like how everybody looks so calm and serene. Really great.