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Inktober day 13: a girl falling from the sky Finally did a full body character that doesn't look so weird! #inktober #inktober2016 #drawing #art #illustration

ANIMATION INDUSTRY MAIN SOFTWARE

Someone asked what is the industry mainstream regarding software, this is our mental map, to arrive to OZ, follow the yellow sidewalk! :)

Please take this with a grain of salt. This is just valid for 2015, and this is a set of recommended choices if you want a pro life, not if you are an occasional artist.

I made the post because we both faced a choice once, and we chose Max instead of Maya.. Director instead of Flash.. UGH.

Dearest Kisu, the characters you draw are always full of like and dynamic! Do you have any tips to draw more dynamic characters/poses ? I love your art so much, you're such an inspiration to me

1. The action line:

It’s a line that you use when you create the posing that will help you translate a strenght/ an intention and  give “a direction” to the body.

2. Perspective

It can help making a posing more dynamic if you vary angles, perspective and directions

3. Don’t be shy, exaggerate!

That’s how you really can translate mouvements through drawings!

4. Try to avoid “mirrorl” stuff.

It works very well when you want to do artistic stuff (like tarot card aesthetics) but not so much when you want it to look lively.

(Making hair and clothes flow help a lot too hahaha)

5. Try to do “one stroke” line so it doesn’t “break” the mouvement 

muzzle/beak lipsync assignments for animation class! i can already see stuff i could improve but i had a lot of fun with it :’) (also reused an old background haha)

audio from parks & rec

Some lasso heads I’ve been experimenting with. Trying to make 2d shapes more 3 dimensional…you know, and I feel like I’m getting somewhere with these.  I’ve been doing these quite a lot these days so more to come! :D

Oh and happy new year guys!

how did you figure out how to do hands

well when I do hands I tend to break them into 3 big shapes 

starting with the wrist then palm, thumb then the fingers 

once I have the big shapes in I separate the fingers

here are some more examples of the different parts

one of the best ways that I learned how to draw hands was to draw a LOT of them, in different poses, while looking at a reference. This is a site that I found useful, 

it has 3D models of hands that you can change the view so you can see the same pose from different angles. p.s. this site i linked to does contain nude figures just a heads up  

What if Mabel were more ...#Disney princess like? XD I plan on drawing Dipper like too maybe haha #gravityfalls #mabelpines #disneyart #conceptart #illustration #mabelgravityfalls #artistsofinstagram #sketchbookpro #autodesksketchbook #art #gravityfallsart #mabelpinesgravityfalls #digitalart #disneyprincess #drawing #sketch

Connie Maheswaran is a Ravenclaw, don’t we all agree?

Walt Disney’s Tips on Animation | “This book was sold at the ‘Art Corner’ in Tomorrowland at Disneyland to introduce the basic concepts and drawing techniques of Disney character animation.” (x)