Lesson 5, Part 1

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 5

I'm loving this, but I can't believe how difficult it is! Even just copying the simple lines of action faithfully is challenging.












Click below to see the animated comparison:



The "down" frame took me three tries, and it's still not right! Here is the best of the three:





But even though it's hard to match the proportions exactly by eye, I'm still "getting" the main idea of the line of action. I really appreciate Preston Blair's drawings more and more. Thanks JohnK.


Anyway, just for fun: here are Preston Blair's original drawings "animated":