I finally got my book!

I found it at Pearl art store. It was actually a bit pricer than I expected, but it's not the single volume - it's a soft bound collection of several of Preston Blair's books. At $30 it was still a steal.

So since I actually have my book now, I went back to the beginning and did some copies of drawings in the intro pages. The puppy didn't come out quite right- I made him blockier and less goofy than the original - but I think the scruffy dog is pretty close.

Horrible discovery #1 : I have been using the computer to get around drawing basic shapes for far too long.


It's so easy to have the computer draw you a perfect square or circle, so why bother doing it yourself? Well, this is why - because it makes drawing an egg of the same volume 10 or so times without the computer really bloody hard. Meh. More practice to follow soon...




Horrible discovery #2: People don't wear hats anymore.

They really don't. So I have no experience drawing them (baseball caps and knit caps yes, but it's not quite the same thing) and couldn't even find a fully brimmed hat to look at. Hence the disappearance of the hat halfway down the page. Also, this guy may be off model but he's somewhat...consistently off model. I think I need to get a hold of some tracing paper and the course book soon.



And what the heck is that thing on the head of the old woman supposed to be? Again, my inexperience with headgear shines through.

John Kricfalusi, of Mighty Mouse and Ren&Stimpy fame, claims that the best animation course ever is Preston Blair's and he's willing to sort through the crappy blogs of hundreds of wanna-be animators to prove it. Who am I not to take up the challenge?
So begins my attempt at the $100,000 animation course.

Given my schedule, I think I'll be posting here about once a week, scanner willing.