The way he captures the lines of action in the figure is too great. It's a shame the video is cut off, but that's just because I want more of his lovely drawings. :3
The sign of a master, being able to scribble out a pose and then clean it up with flowing lines. It's incredible how his pencil just glides on the paper creating the lines me wants. I can't do anything even slightly close to that and it amazes me. Though in like 10 years, if i truly work hard, i'll get there
My character design professor, who worked with Disney for a time (and knows Glen Keane!!) showed the class this technique. It's super helpful and really works well when you're trying to keep a pose!
I’m really not sure what you guys are asking 🙄 you just saw the technique. 1. Free form gesture of pose, using line of action 2. Refine by constructing figure with simple masses 3. Refine again with detailed model (not shown)
his pencil strokes are simply superhuman. he makes decisions in one stroke faster and more accurately than I can spending five minutes erasing and redrawing scratchy strokes to draw the same arms and legs.
I use to know be fond of Glen Keanes style, back in the early 90's. Tho' of course the Tarzan sequences was so fluid and balladic, and nothing like it, I was more partial towards maintain physically accurate volumes. However, every since Over the Moon, I took another look at Keanes work. His exaggeration of squash and stretch across the whole human form is amazing. He throws the rule book out the window for the sake of expression. That I can relate to. A lot. He has mathematical precision but it never over rides feeling. So he's an Artist.
Thanks for the quick reply Akhizero! It makes complete sense to follow the flow of the gesture, but its kinda hard to know what to do without seeing it done. lol
OH MY LORD!! THIS IS AWESOME! In some way it helps me more so I can try and do it like that! xD Though I wonder how many papers do we need to actually animate the character (I'm new and I wanna start to animate cause Its my one long life dream :3)
Yeah animating is a lot of drawing. For example at Disney they work at 24 frames per second, so each second of animation in a movie is 24 individual drawings.
I know for a fact that when he went to paris (v studios Montreuil) to animate Tarzan around 1998-1999, all the animators were using Glen Keane's pencil , that was " DESIGN AND EBONY" From Sanford....you could have very dark shades as light ones...but it's not the pencil that will make you a Great sketch artist....it's your eye.... If you want a great book about drawing and animation, you should take a look at Walt Stanchfield "Life drawing", it's very useful and very helpful for self-education....Glen has been trained by this guy...sketching and gesture.....it's by far the best book I ever studied on...
his strokes are sooooooow eird, that is not i have seen other animators draw! O-o it's soooo quick, i say video of mark davis drawing in the 60's, and he drw with his hand on the paper
It makes complete sense to follow the flow of the gesture, but its kinda hard to know what exactly the difference is without seeing the rest of the video. lol Really cool stuff though! Thanks for the quick reply Akhizero!
@@minilamma4879 I think his producer introduced introduced him to the brand several years ago and he's mentioned it from time to time. I heard it from him at Anancy a few years ago when he was giving a talk about 'Over the Moon', Pearl Studio also included one in the goody bag they gave out at the talk.
@Mage Animator No. He was only drawing gestures without specifying the drags; no facial expression, no definition on limbs it is a Very lose gesture that would not even pass for the roughest of roughs. It for sure would need a tiedown. If it was only a thumbnail or to express an idea to be approved and then start the real work it is good.
can somebody tells me, what sort of pencil is he using ? it's looks like charcoal, but i'm not sure .. By the way, i'm french, and I don't really understand what is "to tie down" (even with a dictionary ...)
This reply is VERY late but it's a design ebony pencil (I think) and to "tie down" something is to add extra details like muscles, hair, ect. so it's what he was doing at the end.
It makes complete sense to follow the flow of the gesture, but its kinda hard to know what exactly the difference is without seeing the rest of the video. lol Really cool stuff though! Thanks for the quick reply Akhizero!
