None of That

Roodles

2011-06-02T17:33:00.001-07:00

Some of this may have study material in it. It's not the end goal.

Painter Doodles

2011-02-14T22:55:00.001-08:00

Milt Gross Studies

2010-11-03T20:23:00.001-07:00

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/01/milt-gross-comics-drawing-with-every.html

Old Studies

2010-08-13T17:35:00.000-07:00

I found some very old scans, so I decided to upload them here.

Mush baby, oddly proportioned men and women, and cut off Barney Google. Man on the right looks like he four butt cheeks.

I tried to draw a Nutty Mad in a new pose.

I'll try to see if I can dig up some more.

Willard Mullin

2010-07-16T03:55:00.000-07:00

I've been practicing a little bit of Willard Mullin this week. There's a great energy in his work that I really enjoy. His figures have a certain elegance about them, but they're still drawn funny and manly, in a way where the drawings are not drawn just for the sake of elegance. He seems to have an incredibly extensive knowledge of human anatomy, as well as cloth and folds. It's with this knowledge that he's able to draw the forms so loosely, and you can see that in his sketches. Unfortunately, I don't have the same grasp of information which Mullin had, but I think studying what he studied, and studying him with more carefulness is a good idea.

I didn't get the force in this drawing among a bunch of other things. Mullin's drawing is really incredible, the upper torso has a life of its own.

I can say much for this one too, but I'm going to keep trying.

Sorry about the cut and paste job on the pics, I have a small scanner and I'm doing these drawings on animation paper.

Some More Studies

2010-07-08T13:11:00.001-07:00

I don't think I've got it yet. Broader shapes would have been better too. Looking at the photos in a reduced size makes me see all kinds of new things I couldn't see before when I looked at the image up close. I need to try this more.

Point Head

2010-07-06T21:31:00.000-07:00

This is still too conservative for my taste and non-exaggerated. This was done after a few other studies of the head and I still want to take it further. The problem for me is balancing and managing the design after exaggerating several of the head's elements. Also, realistic subjects have all kinds of subtle soft planes that dissolve into one another and aren't mathematical. You wouldn't want to draw all of that for animation, so it seems more attention to line and space, which implies form will be worth looking into.

Paste On Eyes

2010-06-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd upload this before I ruin it any further. A lot of my studies are really overworked. I guess that's me trying to find shapes. Anyway, I should probably stop with the shading too. I try to to turn them into design elements, but I don't think that's necessary if I want to apply these shapes to animation. And yeah, I found the structure of her face more interesting than her hair, but I'd like to try this head some more.

By the way, all these posts are open for critique.

More Tries

2010-06-28T21:48:00.000-07:00

I realize when I begin to caricature I can't exaggerate as much as I would like to, so it takes a couple of tries before I can really begin to play around with the shapes. Some of that has to do with understanding the shapes from the source, or a fear of drawing new shapes and resorting to shapes I know. I think that's the worst way to go about doing this kind of drawing, especially when the point is to invent new shapes. The bottom drawing is kind of a weird hybrid of realistic with some exaggeration, but not really any simplification. Still trying to find balance and contrasts, and hopefully the more I do this the better I can get at understanding these things.

Prisoners

2010-06-25T17:48:00.001-07:00

Trying to create contrasts with broad shapes, and work on balance and overall design.

And this? This thing is the result of far too many expectations of what it should look like. It's chalk full of lies, and the only way I'll defeat it is by showing it to the world.

Howie Comp Study

2010-06-17T22:44:00.001-07:00

Fixed a few things along the way. I focus way too much on one aspect of my own drawings instead of planning everything out first. In my previous post I thumbnailed everything, but a lot of my shapes still ended up flat while trying to preserve them in the final outcome. I feel more comp practice will help, and I'll probably end up using pre-made characters, as opposed to my own for now, just so I can work with functional designs.

An Experiment

2010-06-10T22:51:00.000-07:00

Just trying some stuff out.

Caricatures from Last Summer

2010-04-17T17:06:00.001-07:00

I found these a little while ago. They're from my summer cruise. I like certain things about them, but they've still got some lies in them.

Floating Heads and Upper Bodies

2010-01-28T00:01:00.001-08:00

Some very old, and some kind of new.

More Kaspar

2009-11-09T14:18:00.000-08:00

Kaspar Board Exercise

2009-11-08T17:38:00.001-08:00

I almost feel like pushing the pose further and drawing it a bit looser. I was a little bit more literal with the board and tried to use the angles in the shapes to preserve the life and emotion. Is this fine?

Popeye Toy Construction

2009-11-04T17:50:00.000-08:00

From John K.'s Popeye Toy Construction Lesson

Another Composition Post

2009-08-27T00:09:00.001-07:00

Original

Even More Composition Study

2009-08-24T20:07:00.000-07:00

The negative space does help a lot.

Original

Sorry if anyone finds the different colored pieces weird. I'm using animation paper, so I have to scan different pieces of the paper and then piece them back together in photoshop since my scanner is small.

Post Trees Study and Process

2009-08-22T15:43:00.000-07:00

Wanted to get more flow into this.

Original

I already notice that I made the tuft on the second girl too big, which breaks the silhouette.

Hey John I just got your notes. I'll keep working on the things I need to fix.

Composition Studies

2009-08-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

Girls too big, girl in front not included.

Sherbert

2009-08-20T16:07:00.000-07:00

George and Jimmy (Uploading More)

2008-07-19T10:55:00.000-07:00

SC 2

SC 4

Need to add George.

SC 5

SC 6

SC 7

George Liquor Storyboard to Layout Attempts

2008-07-15T14:33:00.000-07:00

Finals Are Almost Over

2008-05-06T10:58:00.000-07:00

So here's a sleep deprived doodle done at some ungodly hour of the night.

George Head, Profile + Inking George Raketu

2008-05-04T00:48:00.001-07:00

George 3/4 New

2008-05-02T15:23:00.001-07:00

More George Again

2008-05-02T04:21:00.000-07:00

More George

2008-05-01T17:56:00.001-07:00

George Drawings

2008-05-01T15:57:00.000-07:00

Studies

From Comic Book #1 (Pg. 2, Panel 2)

Kurtzman Studies

Lip Sync Animation

2007-12-19T14:44:00.000-08:00

My first time doing this. Hopefully Daily Motion didn't mess with the compression.

Lip Sync Animation
Uploaded by jojoanimation

Let me know what you think.

Jinks Construction

2007-12-12T10:47:00.001-08:00

Hey everybody. Here's a lesson I did that's on John's blog:

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/12/toy-construction-2-advanced.html

It's a little scratchy for my taste, but let me know what you think. I'll be doing this again and the other angles once finals are over, which is today at 4 PM.

2007-11-05T22:53:00.001-08:00

Here's an painting I did in high school:

It's pretty ignorant. It inspired some ignorant phone doodles too:

Gee, that's kind of dreary. I'm a happy guy though!

Sketches

2007-09-30T21:18:00.001-07:00

Here's some stuff I feel like sharing:

STUFF

Rootie called, he wants his Kazootie back.
His cheeks aren't rosy, it's part of a terrible condition.

A faggy cat.
CARICATURE

STUDIES

There's a ton of other stuff I want to put up. I'd do it now, but there's a lot of work to do.

A New Post

2007-09-25T15:33:00.000-07:00

So I thought I'd start doing some new posts and showing some of my work, mostly sketches. The purpose of this blog will be to document my progression as an artist. In order to get some people familiar of where I stood about two or three years ago, here's some paintings I did in high school:

It's always good to have these on hand so you can look back and see how you've developed your skills since., just like my Preston Blair lessons from the beginning of this year (check them below). When I get the time I'll scan a few of my recent sketches, and share some new stuff.

Here's something I did in my infancy, maybe when I was about two. It's a caricature of a skeleton.

Second Attempt!

2007-02-18T01:01:00.000-08:00

So here it is, my second attempt at lesson one. Again, I've upped the contrast on these so you can see the construction better:

Any comments appreciated! That means praises and constructive criticism welcomed!

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First Attempt at Lesson 1

2007-02-17T02:03:00.000-08:00

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Meta: The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course- Lesson 9

My first attempt at John K's first lesson about construction. Well, better to start now than never, right?

The first two I upped the contrast. The blue pencil was pretty light.

I'll be tackling these again for sure. Perhaps not so rough next time.

None of That

Roodles

Painter Doodles

Milt Gross Studies

Old Studies

Willard Mullin

Some More Studies

Point Head

Paste On Eyes

More Tries

Prisoners

Howie Comp Study

An Experiment

Caricatures from Last Summer

Floating Heads and Upper Bodies

More Kaspar

Kaspar Board Exercise

Popeye Toy Construction

Another Composition Post

Even More Composition Study

More Post Composition

Post Trees Study and Process

Composition Studies

Sherbert

George and Jimmy (Uploading More)

George Liquor Storyboard to Layout Attempts

Finals Are Almost Over

George Head, Profile + Inking George Raketu

George 3/4 New

More George Again

More George

George Drawings

Lip Sync Animation

Jinks Construction

Sketches

A New Post

Second Attempt!

First Attempt at Lesson 1