Wondercon 2014- Disney's Master Teachers: Life Drawing For Animation

 Disney has a long tradition (dating back to the 1930s) of running life drawing classes for its animators. The idea is that understanding and mastering actual anatomy improves animated drawings and gestures. Disney's current master teachers-Karl Gnass, Mark McDonnell, and Bob Kato-will talk about their creative philosophies, their approach to life drawing and gesture, how classical drawing translates to animation, and what animation studios look for in artists. Best of all, they'll alert you to the classes they run for civilians. Disney visual development artist Dan Cooper will weigh in on how these classes have improved his animation skills. Moderated by Fast Company's Susan Karlin.

Sunday April 20, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Room 300DE

  1: Programs, Animation, Art & Illustration

• Tags Animation, Art & Illustration

 http://www.comic-con.org/wca/2014/sunday

My Painting Class at CDA

This last Thursday marked the end of my teaching for the time being-I need to concentrate on my current project at Disney with everything I can!!! Concept Design Academy is such a great school, and I couldn't have done the class without my TA Dan Holland (a great artist), Kevin Chen and his wife, Estelle and their encouragement (and the occasional slap). Thanks to everyone that went on that journey with me, and I'll try to do it again in 2016.

Cheers and happy painting and vis deving!!!

More Vis Dev stuff

Playing around. Not really new, but within the last few years.

Meh.

Cat Gladiator

Snorkeling beasties

Toxic Waste

Still a few openings left in my Color And Lighting class!!!

My class at Concept Design Academy has a few openings left...for the first time out of the 3 times I've taught it. Join us...we'll have some fun!!!
As in the previous post where I talked about this class, this is about practical observation...as opposed to color charts and theory. By learning to observe colors in nature, we can bring this knowledge to our work, no matter what style we work in!!!
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New Trailer for Disney's new animated feature, "Frozen!!!"

http://di.sn/fFe

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Concept Art (from Production Designer, Scott Chambliss)

I didn't work on this, no. But I'm posting just because I thought this movie was hella fun!!! Go see it!!!

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Concept Art Featuring The USS Vengeance Read more at http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=79904#O63dtoUTIXWxgG2f.99 

More at Scott's Blog:

http://www.scottchambliss.com/Scott_Chambliss___Production_Designer/Portfolio/Pages/Star_Trek_2_%282013%29.html#grid

Bill Schwab on designing characters for Wreck-it Ralph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F6ZnpdXrCU

Bill Schwab, character designer for Disney's Wreck-it Ralph, demonstrates how to use the Samsung GALAXY Note II's powerful expression tools to draw Ralph and other Wreck-it Ralph characters.