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Figure drawing tips: Forging a head, page 2. Some simple models for head construction, including eggs, boxes, and big flat planes.

Head structure continued. My wife requested that I elaborate a bit on the subject of simple mental models for head construction, and there's a @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social cameo. (2/3)

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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this idea for tackling POINTY EAR FORESHORTENING, by the talented @taco1704! Using a simple 2D OVERHEAD VIEW as our guide, we can better place the ears in PERSPECTIVE. #elves #anime #manga #characterdesign #comicart

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Rabbits fighting mid-air — Mora Nakamura, 2024, Kyushu Japan
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Official Trailer for "Dorohedoro" Season 2.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQSz...

Art of The Cat Returns → buff.ly/UFdoaiy

#animation #conceptart #modelsheet #characterdesign #visdev

Figure drawing tips: Forging a head, page 1. Flesh and blood zones of the face, with helpfully marked-up cheekbones.

Figure drawing tips, part ten: Tackling some reader requests for more in-depth head discussion. First up, basic noggin structure, as suggested by @skudde.bsky.social ... (1/3)

2 Point Perspective studies, learning from the Taco anatomy books #anatomy #animation

Exciting Opportunity for CMI ANVE Alumni! Halflife* digital, an Albuquerque Based Media & Marketing Company, is seeking 2d charcter animators for a short term project through the end of April 202... Exciting Opportunity for CMI ANVE Alumni! Halflife* digital, an Albuquerque Based Media & Marketing Company, is seeking 2d charcter animators for a short term project through the end of April 2026. ...

JOB OPPORTUNITY! Attention: Creative Media Institute at #NMSU Animation and Visual Effects alumni, and other animators in #NewMexico. halflife digital, an Albuquerque based studio, is looking to hire a 2D character animator, asap. More info can be found in the link below:

bit.ly/HalfLife_Ani...

Fantastic Figure Notebook, page 21: Light and shadow styling. Classic studio lighting.

Fantastic Figure Notebook, page 22: Light and shadow styling continued. High-contrast lighting and direct sunlight.

Fantastic Figure Notebook, page 23: Light and shadow styling continued. Diffuse and indirect lighting.

Fantastic Figure Notebook, page 24: Light and shadow styling. Intense color shadows, layers of composition.

Finally, I'll probably get into lighting and shadows a little bit, so here are some notes on that too. (4/4)

Saving Face, page 2: The nose first method, and a step-by-step demo featuring the nation's favorite Winter Olympian.

Faces continued: A rare step-by-step example in which I demonstrate my astonishing new face-capturing trick. (2/3)

Saving Face, page 1: A few of the reasons why live-sketching faces is so challenging, and the obligatory Fermat's Last Theorem gag.

Figure drawing tips, part nine! I came up with a whole new method for quick-sketching faces, and I have to pass it on. (1/3)

We're testing an updated release of Glaze for NVidia 50xx GPUs. If you have one of those chips, and want to help us test out the new binary, add a comment below. We just need a few volunteers to make sure the new binary works as planned. Thx.

Hulking Figure studies, learning from the Taco anatomy books #anatomy #animation

#study 260217

a collage of three of my digital illustrations Left : Cover illustration for "Out of True" by Rien Gray. Two hands are holding onto a disintegrating sword, a dark forest in the background. Middle : A digital illustration of two people holding hands (actually dancing but it's not clear in the painting). One hand is pale and blueish, with long dark claws. The other hand is more human-like and veiny, with some deep scars further down the arm. There's also a frame made of gnarly branches, with the image of a crow, a snake and the crescent moon engraved in the wood. Right : A digital illustration of hands clutching a sword, surrounded by vegetation. One of the hands has a stylized dragon tattoo on the wrist.

hands👏 hands👏 hands👏 hands👏

a compilation of my photos of maine, "A Place Without Bodies" volumes 1 and 2, to advertise it for my early spring sale. in the top left it says "Early spring/"FUCK! I got bills" sale!". in the middle, over a moody photo of a gas station, it says "Over 600 atmospheric photos of Maine in 2 volumes for $20! (That's 2/3rds off its normal price!)". and on the right, over a foggy photo of a bridge, it says "Licensed for commercial use! Use 'em in games, art, albums, more!"

hooooo heyo! some surprise bills have come up here, so i'm doing an early spring sale of my photo packs of maine, "A Place Without Bodies"! over 600 moody, atmospheric photos, WITH license for commercial use! normally $60, cut down to $20! and it lasts all march! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f

Fantastic Figure Notebook, page 15: Heads and faces, proportions.

Fantastic Figure Notebook, page 16: Heads in perspective, getting a likeness, face variations.

I'm reviewing some old tutorial and demo material from my college teaching days, in preparation for some followup tips on head and face sketching. Here's some basic stuff on head structure and proportion... (1/4)

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"A New Dawn" : hand-crafted animation effects by Makiko Sukikara.
www.instagram.com/sukikara_mak...
The film, directed by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, is coming in Japanese theaters this Friday.

Hip & Glute hinge studies, learning from the Taco anatomy books #anatomy #animation

Wizard 123 featured a drawing tutorial from Leinil Francis Yu about "How To Make Your Characters Gritty". Plus some fun reader Letter Art.

Laika And The Gotham Launch New Animation Accelerator The six-month program offers mentorship, studio access, Annecy participation, and Gotham Week pitching opportunities for emerging animation filmmakers.

Laika and The Gotham have launched a new animation accelerator supporting early- to mid-career creators with mentorship, studio access, Annecy participation, and Gotham Week pitching opportunities.
www.cartoonbrew.com/educational/...

사랑이 느껴지는 손동작이 좋다,,💛

Archipel's 1-hour documentary on Mahiro Maeda is out, and it's a must watch to understand the career of this underrated artist who has worked with Miyazaki, Anno... and many international projects, from an aborted "Dune" anime to "Furiosa" (Mad Max).
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sSF...

上野 / Ueno

This vacancy is on my team. We have hired two people since 2023. Stable team, interesting work, C&M actively involved and feeding back into the dev process. Really rare opportunity!

Robot Carnival (1987)

#animationtidbits #sakuga #animation #2danimation

After two decades, Samurai Champloo's soundtrack is still iconic. Its influence is everywhere.

Shinichiro Watanabe loved underground hip hop -- and he hired artists like Nujabes to create music that doesn't just fall into the background. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-music-...