Author Archives: Rodney

Mark Mayerson posted an excellent review about the recently released book ‘The World History of Animation’ by Stephen Cavalier and lists a series of errors he discovered in the book. Importantly, the focus of the review is on the errors … Continue reading →

Wanna be an animator? By my calculations… In order to be the animator that you want to be you’ll have to draw at least 27 drawings a day. Wanna be a comic book artist? In comic books this would equate … Continue reading →

I enjoyed looking at this drawing from Disney’s ‘The Fox and the Hound’ and thought I’d explore it a little. It is likely drawn by Glen Keane (I have no reason to think otherwise). There is a danger of reading … Continue reading →

The mean ol’ Owl that stole the moon. Ah, well. Maybe the heroes will get it back by the end of the year.

I suppose you could call this something of an inking job over a character sketch by a young artist in the Bluth community by the unlikely name of imagineerwannabe. Parents sure do name their kids strange names these days. But, … Continue reading →

More on this later but for now… a comparison of sorts. Some visual cues have been removed/mixed to alter two images from a fairly harsh review via The Verge. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying the review and hope to … Continue reading →

This site is not recommended to you for the software: Although TV Paint is a great program! It is recommended because of the excellent insight into the process of animation you will find there. https://www.tumblr.com/tvpaintanimation/12549832049/this-is-really-cool-i-love-this-one-thing-about Read Chelea’s post on how … Continue reading →

You should have been there.