Cel
Did this Sketch at EF, and now trying to make a cel from it ![]()
As it takes forever I thought I'll just show some progress
Look what I got!
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I found out that it was 10€ cheaper on Amazon after buying it, but I wanted it NOW!
This book contains almost everything about animation, even how to animate a falling piece of dough.. It's not bound to a certain art style at all, everything can be applied to any art style.
I also found this at the Art store today:
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Chris Hart! Even though this book is aimed at kids, his drawings are awesome and helpful
and:
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8lb/3,6kg of Super Sculpey!
I'm only going to keep 3 or 4 packs, the others are for friends.
Poses from the “Where the wild things are” animation
The poses make great references, so I cut them out from the movie and made a small collage, maybe these are helpful for other artists?
My first try on celluloid
My first try at painting on celluloid. I made the outlines with a waterproof pen, and painted the back with acrylic colors.. Made alot of mistakes, also the drawing isn't really perfect.. but well.. it's my first try.
The background is my TFT, displaying a photo I found on Flickr (hopefully under cc as I forgot who took it).
CG Animation from 25 years ago
An animation test by Disney, directed by John Lasseter in 1983. It's based on the "Where the wild things are" Books. This animation is one of the first animations using computer graphics, where backgrounds were generated using a computer.
TV Refs
Here are some screencaps I made while watching TV, maybe they're inspiring for someone?
John K. is a god
The way he draws expressions is amazing.
Be sure to visit his blog, All kinds of Stuff for great articles about animation-related stuff.
Screwball Squirrel
Screwball Squirrel
Uploaded by klangley
This is probably my favourite Cartoon by Tex Avery and Preston Blair now. Even though the Styles (especially the two Squirrels) are different, they blend together really well and the Animation is just super-smooth ![]()
Here are some related modelsheets/keyframes:
Cinema 4d
Speaking of mascots... a friend showed me the Cinema4d site today, as he uses this program for modelling and recommended it to me. I can't tell how good it is, but I can tell that there is a really good usage of this mascot on their website. They did a really good job on character design there, reminds me a bit of Over the Hedge.

There is also a Video of with this character, and this is the general Website of this character animation module.
I think I'll try to get my hands on Cinema4d now, and also some good literature about character modeling, rigging and if I succeed, animation