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i actually really love drawing hands and only recently have I enjoyed it haha

I’m still not very good at it nor do I understand a single thing about anatomy but here’s some small tips I hope help!!!

The amazing digital art of コーラ

pros:

you’ll be the cute one

cons:

Contour vs Structural Animation

A friend asked recently: how do I start animating? So here I have a quick example of happy running squirrel.

Start simple, I recommend, that is, to simplify your animation so you don’t get caught up in the details in the beginning. I observe there are two basic ways you can make a rough animation - by Contour and Structural animations. 

Animating is basically to draw a lot and link these drawings together. Some of us draw naturally with contours, the best way for them to begin animating is perhaps simply by animating the contour! So here we link all the drawings by animating the outline and silhouette that are represented by curves, straight lines, and angles. 

Some other of us draw more comfortably with the structures, because that how most of us are taught to understand forms in school. With balls and springs, it’s maybe easier for them to understand what’s happening underneath the moving body, and what drive different parts to move differently. 

Personally, I’ve always animated with contours because that’s how I draw naturally. Since it’s convenient for me, I could then focus on delivering a more dynamic action. But there are occasions where the character design is based heavily on forms which require me to animate structurally. 

So you could consider trying either of these two by first understand how you draw - do you draw better by jumping straight to the outlines, or by first representing the body with a skeleton. Contour and structure are like the two ends of a spectrum, once you master one method, you could try the other way to improve your animation! I believe good animations are based on the knowledge of both. 

I hope this helps!

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And now it’s on the cusp of crossing the $1 billion mark worldwide. With $991 million worldwide, it’s the fourth-biggest animated film ever behind Toy Story 3 ($1.063b), Minions ($1.159b), and Frozen ($1.276b). It is the sixth-biggest 'non-sequel/prequel’ of all time, behind Alice in Wonderland ($1.025b), Jurassic Park ($1.029b, including the 2013 3D reissue), Frozen ($1.27b), Titanic ($2.186b), and Avatar ($2. 787b). It is Walt Disney’s eleventh-biggest movie ever globally.

Draw your OC….

My thesis film at School of Visual arts! Huge thanks and lots of love to anyone who helped me work on this, and supported me along the journey of making it!  Hope You guys enjoy!

The wonderful digital impressionism of Wadim Kashin

Weekly Art Challenge #188 (May 15th-May 22nd)

This week we will all be joining in on the #mermay challenge! Artist, Tom Bancroft, created a challenge to draw as many mermaids as you can during the month of May!

And thus this week, your challenge is to illustrate a mermaid! Any kind of design/species is welcomed as long as they are either a mermaid or merman :)

Things to note:

-In the spirit of the original challenge, you may submit as many mermaids as you want (assuming each was created specifically for this challenge- no old work! And you don’t submit an excessive amount~)

-This is supposed to be a fun relaxed challenge- so have fun with your design!:)

-All mediums always welcomed!

[The deadline for this challenge will be May 22nd at 6PM PDT/9PM EST]

For more information about the group and it’s submissions, please read the FAQ! If you have a question you do not see mentioned there, please don’t hesitate to ask me.

Make sure to submit your piece using the submission page, and tag it for the appropriate challenge! If you don’t complete in time for the deadline, still post it to your Tumblr and tag it as ‘WAC’ & ‘wac challenges’! Have a lovely week!