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FIGURE DRAWING FOR ANIMATION CARTOONISTS
For the kind of model session that Theory Corner cartoonists might like, I'd I like to see a catwalk made of collapsible tables.The model would walk on that.If the model was a dancer, even an amateur...
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FUNNY FIGURE DRAWING MODELS
So far we've talked about actors as art school models and dancers as models...that leaves only one more category that needs to be covered.......funny models.If you're an artist and you're interested in...
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A SAMPLE COMEDY MODELING SESSION / 2 MODELS
Start with a few normal drawings then drastically elongate the legs without elongating the body. Experiment with multiple station points..Try the reverse. See what happens.How 'bout a male model with...
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MY CHILDHOOD
I grew up in a normal area for the time. No crime to speak of, lots of framed pictures of relatives on the end tables. All my knowledge about the world came from magazines and TV. Kids weren't...
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FIGURE DRAWING MODELS / COMEDY
Can you take one more art school post? I hope so, because there's more to say about this. I said before that female models are more fun to draw, and that's true, but for comedic drawing you'll need to...
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COMEDY FIGURE DRAWING MODELS: SLOUCHERS
I love comedy figure drawing models who slouch. A good sloucher, like the one above, suggests a story. She could be the sultry but bored girl of the lurid 50s paperbacks...or she could be a sweet and...
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NEIL ADAMS
Neil Adams is a great super hero artist, no doubt about it, but I prefer a simpler approach, probably because I come from a comedy background. The superhero artists I like include people you probably...
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COMIC BOOK DRAWING MISTAKES
I love the drawing mistakes on old comic book covers. Here (above) a tiny car drops off a dead man who, if he were standing upright, would be taller than the door. His girl, who has a gigantic left...
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I LOVE L.A.
Gee, I love Los Angeles. I ask myself what person typifies the city. Walt Disney? Charlie Chaplin? Howard Hughes? Raymond Chandler? Ray Bradbury? Architect Cliff May? All those names, surely, and...
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COMEDIC FIGURE DRAWING MODELS
For comedy drawing sessions I usually prefer draped models. I wish I could remember who drew the model above. I don't think oddball contortions are the best use for a comedic model, but they're fine...
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FUNNY FIGURE DRAWING MODELS
I like to think that comedic models will become common in future figure drawing sessions. I further fantasize that the best models...i.e. the funniest ones, the most fun to draw...will become much...
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GERMAN-AMERICAN RAILROAD STATIONS
I'm a big fan of the German-North American railroad stations that were all over the East Coast and Canada125 years ago. Even small towns had terrific train stations in those days. I guess it was a...
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30S AND 40S FASHION
Right now fashion favors the thin, skin-hugging, emo-influenced look, but amazingly it also favors...or at least tolerates...the opposite (above): the luxurious, wrinkly, over-size, sort of designer...
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GARY PANTER AND OUTSIDER ART
Here's my favorite picture of Gary Panter, the amazing artist who did the "Elvis Zombie" picture in my left sidebar. Gary's what you call an "Outsider" artist.Here's (above) another view of Elvis...
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WHY I LIKE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
The criticism of Abstract Expressionism that you often hear is that the painterly examples are just glorified artists palettes, that any competent painter produces beautiful swirls and nuanced blended...
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MY KID'S CARICATURES
Haw! Haw! Here's (above) a Theory Corner exclusive: a drawing of Ben Franklin eating a bug. I bet you won't find that anywhere else on the net!My daughter drew it for "Be Fat" magazine, which was...
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Hawhawhawhaw!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for the delay. I've been incredibly busy! I have many, many things to blog about, so stay tuned!
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MORE ABOUT COMEDIC FIGURE DRAWING
I was a cartooning teacher for a while and in some classes we would apply whatever the lesson was to model drawing. Before paying individual attention to students I'd quick-sketch the pose myself on a...
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CARICATURE OF ME!
I just unearthed this caricature John did of me, way back in 1994! It'll serve as a great placeholder til I can post again, probably tonight.
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