ADVANCED ce EL Praston (aL Pree ares LEARN HOW TO DRAW TT VAG CARTOONSCONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAD THINK OF THE HEAD AS A ROUNDED MASS, EITHER BALL SHAPED, PEAR SHAPED OREGG SHAPED AS THE CASE MAY BE—IN ANIMATION THI HEAD SHAPE MAY CHANGE” PEPSPECTIVE AND FORM. AGREAT NUMBER OF TIMES DURING A SCENE —TO SIMPLIFY MATTERS A CORRECT PERCPECTIVE FRAMEWORK SHOULD FIRST BE DRAWN, THEN THE DETAILS CONSTRUCTED OVER THIS FORM. OO © © & Ce) ar @ 33 0% (CY TAKE AN EGG- DRAW THE GUIDE CIRCLES AROUND TE-THEN PUT IN THE FACE = NOW TURN THIS EGG IN EVERY Ae CONCIEVABLE POSITION AND DRAW IT- 7 ANIMATION PRESENTS THE SAME eee HERE IS THE BASIS OF A GREAT MANY CARTOON HEADS- DRAW UP AN EGG LIKE THIS AND STUDY IT FROM ALL ANGLES-BELOW ARE VARIATIONS A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR Preston Blair, Cartoon Director, iz one of the fine ortists of Animation, Associated with the Disney Orgenization, he animated in “Pinocchio,” “Bambi,” ond "Fantasia," in the later he designed the hippos. Later for Fred Quimby, shorts Producer at Matro- Goldwyn-iMayer, he designed and animated the highly successful, "Red Hot Riding Hood,” directed "Bamey Bear” shorts, and ‘onimated in "Anchors Aweigh.” Blair is active in magazine illustration and fine arts, and is a member of the Colifornia’ and ‘American Watercolor Societies. Recently when he won first prize in our National Print Exhibition at the Laguna Beach Art Gollery, | met him and suggested he make this book for you. 1am sure it will prove interesting and helpful to all those studying this popular cartoon medium. « pi tty MOL COLE ae 2MORE HEADS CONSTRUCTED CIE Y SS) BAER earpe SPEC THAT Te ai SSR Te EYES — v IDE LI SOUDLY WATCH PEI ies AND CONSTRUCT THE REMAINING DETAILS eaivge ea CARTOON CHARACTERS = / BE REDUCED TOA ats onus | a our API NS isuces UI WEN TM BE NE Ee {/ \\ - AD | CA ig Y Ae 7 STUDY THE Basic FORMULAE T. HAVE INDICATED HERE THEN bean hig Boe INGTHER POSITIONS We are grate to Fred Gumby, Shri Podsen, ot Weta qxzcllet cartoon characters fo eppear inthis book, among ‘eet that hove coptured the hears of el of Finding the Maton Piro Academy yosgig fe with Fred Quimby. Yes, our hots ore off to these fellows and M.G.M., creators of the most enlertaining ond amusing ‘cartoons in recent years! 1