(Gustaf Tenggren illustration from ASIFA-Hollywood) I havc this book and used this very picture as the basis for making a model clay Pegasus, which won me an “A” in Latin class…yes, Latin).
Another ice/snow storm (the third in a week!) has led me to do more inside exploring rather than outside once again.
In my last post, I forgot to link to the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive. There’s really some amazing stuff there. It’s purpose;
“the archive will be primarily dedicated to the use of artists, voice actors and other creative people working in the artform of animation. It will function as the ultimate artist’s “clip file”, gathering together hundreds of thousands of digital files.”
Not only can you spend hours looking at all the cool stuff there, but if you have ever wanted to learn how to draw cartoons/animated characters they have an entire drawing course all laid out online for FREE. (Well, OK, you do have to invest $8 bucks in a Preston Blair book if you want to get anything out of it…but hey, that seems pretty reasonable).
All of this makes me think of some of my favorite comic strips, like Calvin and Hobbes (and, incidentally Mr. Watterson lives not all that far from me…OK, like 2 hours away…not that I know him or have his address…I’m just saying) and Mutts and This Modern World…..and, oh, so many more.
