Life Drawing: an Essential or an Extra?
Observational drawings of a preschool girl at a research session by Tim Rauch.
As kids, one of me and Tim’s earliest animation heroes was Glen Keane. Tim wrote him a letter and included a photocopy of some of Keane’s Aladdin thumbnails asking for an autograph. The photocopy was returned with Glen Keane’s signature and a form [...]
Subway 1
One of my favorite things about living in New York is the subway: it’s a great place to draw and I’ve filled up a lot of sketchbooks riding the trains. This is the first of a continuing series of posts that will show pages from those books.
Narcissism
Do artists really have to draw self portraits? I’ve drawn a lot of these over the years, usually at gut check times and apparently often with a furrowed brow. My apologies! I think what’s most amazing is how few of these actually resemble me.
Swimming Lessons!
Teaching swimming lessons: that’s how I’m payin’ the bills folks! It is, ofcourse, everyone’s dream job. Here are a few drawings from the water park I used to work at in Michigan. When I was doing these, I was making a giant, crappy painting. These made me realize I needed to get back to animating. [...]
