Sunday, November 6, 2016
emotion dictates design
I few people have asked me about the last pencil test i posted... theyve asked a similar question. "Why do you have the eyes change shape so drastically?" well, for starters in order to see any change of emotion or attitude, change is required. I think it was Milt who said animation is all about change followed by some expletives. but also cuz it fits the style-- emotion dictates the design with this particular style i am going for. I learned this from Frank Molieri! The greatest animator youve never heard of before. I met Frank back on Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Frank, i believe is one of the most gifted draftsmen ive ever met. and nobody knows who he is because hes never worked at Disney or Dreamworks... but i assure you he can draw better than most those guys, not to mention hes been like an "animation older brother" to me. when everyone was freaking out about the so called "death" of hand drawn animation, who was staying cool and calm and helping me out as much as he could, Frank! That guy has done more for me than many artists. This is turning into a tribute instead of what i intended-- anyway, frank is awesome and worthy of respect. So like i said, Frank really taught me about how to play with shapes. Ive put in some example here that Frank did of bugs (i cant think of anyone who draws him better). Look at the graphic quality to his drawings... he does things that arent necessarily "natural" or "real", but he makes you believe it.
Look at what he did to the over all shape of the head... its just a simple shape dictated by the emotion. Also note the cool Fleischer arm!
Notice how the eyes are skewed here... and the shape of the eye lids. so freaking beautiful. oh yeah, and clear hand shapes...
Yep Franks amazing-- oh i forgot, look at the mouth of the drawing on the top, hes totally breaking the rules. I love it man! Hopefully i should be able to finish up the last pencil test (theres still another half of it to go) and ill post it for you all!
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