“I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.” ~ Walt Disney
When you have a character, it is very important to be able to draw the character from all angles. It is a good exercise to take a cartoon character and turn it around. One of the greatest tools for cartoonist is drawing on a ball. By that, I mean it is relatively easy for a cartoonist to turn a circle in space thus if an cartoonist envisions a line around which the facial features are placed, the construction of a face from all angles becomes an easy task.
I find myself in a somewhat classic cartoon mood lately and as I contemplate the era of Dinsey, Looney Toons, Tom and Jerry, and the like, I can’t help but be saddened by the fact that an era of animators and artists has been shoved aside to make way for flashy computer generated animation. I don’t mean to demean the art form that it computer generated animation if done well, but the magic of hand drawing remains near and dear to my heart.
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