Learning Animation

Animal Life Drawing - Study 1

2012-01-16T18:20:00.000-08:00

Here is a animal life drawing from a photograph.

Backgrounds Life Drawing - Study 1

2012-01-10T14:27:00.000-08:00

Studied a background picture i liked that a friend took. I have LOTS to still learn about backgrounds and layout.

Grumpy Study - Snow White 3

2011-12-15T04:48:00.000-08:00

Drew Grumpy from Snow White. I hope to one day get good enough at traditional animation to do a test animation with Grumpy!

Elephant Drawings

2011-12-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

My own attempt at elephants caricatured.

Don Bluth - Elephant Life Drawing

2011-12-06T19:38:00.000-08:00

In Don Bluth's class, I drew what he drew. Like he says, monkey see monkey do.

David Colman Character Study 3

2011-12-04T14:36:00.000-08:00

Last of the David Colman study :)

My own attempt at poses.

David Colman Character Study 2

2011-12-01T19:15:00.000-08:00

More studies of David Colman's characters.

David Colman Character Study

2011-11-30T05:53:00.000-08:00

Did some of David Colman's character study from his DVD.

Messed up on the tigers face..

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T04:43:00.000-08:00

Here are some turkeys for thanksgiving. Try and save some for everyone. :)

Rescuers Study

2011-11-17T12:46:00.000-08:00

Doing some milt kahl rescuers study Shirt is a bit to big at the bottom.

Jessica Flower

2011-10-09T06:19:00.000-07:00

Today I doodled a deviant temptress named Jessica Flower, my version of Jessica Rabbit but a flower.

Don Bluth Study - Bosco the Cat

2011-09-22T17:02:00.001-07:00

Here is my study of Bosco the Cat from Don Bluth's model sheets!

Winnie the Pooh - Study 6

2011-09-18T05:19:00.000-07:00

Went to the Animation Academy at Disney World. Drew Eeyore!

A second attempt when I got home and a Pooh doodle. :)

A Random Mole

2011-09-04T05:13:00.001-07:00

I was just doodling the other day and I liked this character. Didn't give him a name yet. :P

Rock-a-Doodle Study

2011-08-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

Watched Rock-a-Doodle today, paused it and drew Chanticleer!

Tiger

2011-07-27T05:12:00.001-07:00

Quick drawing from a photo.

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 6 - Even More

2011-07-26T07:48:00.000-07:00

Here is even more! lol

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 6 - More

2011-07-24T07:44:00.000-07:00

More life drawing from that night!

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 6

2011-07-22T07:41:00.000-07:00

Did some more life drawing! I am a bit rusty, but I have to get those bad drawings out of my system!

My Thoughts on the New Winnie the Pooh movie.

2011-07-16T10:51:00.000-07:00

I loved it!!! It was fun to watch from the beginning short Ballad of Nessie till after the credits, the last gag was great! Awesome animation. My favorite character who I thought stole the show was Piglet, so many times I was just laughing at things he did or said. The story was a silly one, but it is Winnie the Pooh after all. Pooh's never ending battle to get some honey for his rumbling tummy.

Here are some pictures I took relating to Winnie the Pooh!

I took this picture at Disney World when they had their garden show.

I went to see Winnie the Pooh again at the Festival Bay Mall (Orlando) and they had a custom Winnie the Pooh on top of the concession stand. Does he look on model?? Lol

Lastly here is a Eeyore I drew the day the movie came out!

I plan on seeing Winnie the Pooh atleast two more times. I really enjoyed the whole movie, and I am sure it will be awhile before we see another traditional animated film in theaters. If you have not seen it yet, go see it! Be sure you stay through the credits!

Winnie the Pooh - Study 5

2011-07-10T04:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some Poohs attempts.

Winnie the Pooh - Study 4

2011-07-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

More Winnie the Pooh study in anticipation for the movie! July 15th! Here are some Piglets;

Layout/Background Attempt

2011-07-02T05:02:00.000-07:00

I tried doing a bg with no reference.. That was a mistake! More to come!

Don Bluth - Layout/Background Study

2011-06-24T04:13:00.001-07:00

I asked Don Bluth about layouts and backgrounds. He drew a forest, and here is my attempt at that same forest.

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 5 - More

2011-06-11T06:02:00.000-07:00

More life drawing!

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 5

2011-06-10T08:58:00.000-07:00

Last night had life drawing! So happy it started back up!

Random Doodles & Drawings

2011-06-01T05:38:00.000-07:00

Check them out, some characters might be familiar!

A random crow.

Here is the Professor from Powerpuff Girls & Blossom

A Grumpy doodle, should of colored in his beard.

A random possum drawing.

Horse and Mermaid

2011-05-14T13:54:00.001-07:00

What a combo! Did a horse study and drew a mermaid at random. :)

Looney Tunes - Background Study 2

2011-05-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

I like the way these ones turned out.

Looney Tunes - Background Study 1

2011-05-01T14:41:00.000-07:00

I love the backgrounds in Looney Tunes. Always pleasing to the eye, so check back I will be doing more. :)

Elmer Fudd Study

2011-04-22T09:40:00.000-07:00

Doing a little Elmer Fudd study.

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 4 - More

2011-04-14T09:07:00.000-07:00

I really like these life drawings I did. Much much more to come!

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 4 - More

2011-04-13T16:04:00.000-07:00

More life drawing!

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 4

2011-04-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

Another week of life drawing!

Little Mermaid - Study

2011-04-05T06:51:00.000-07:00

Watched Little Mermaid and did some study!

Nocturna - Study

2011-04-04T15:44:00.000-07:00

Watched Nocturna today, really fun animation and good story!

did some study

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 3 - More

2011-03-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

Decided to start learning from Glen Vilppu dvds. Sometimes I feel so lost when life drawing. I really need instruction. I plan to watch Vol 1. before my next life drawing.

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 3

2011-03-24T23:17:00.000-07:00

Another Thursday of Life Drawing!

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 2 - More

2011-03-21T20:44:00.000-07:00

More life drawing.

Life Drawing 2011 - Day 2

2011-03-17T19:38:00.001-07:00

Quick gestures. Warming up.

Winnie the Pooh - Study 2

2011-03-07T07:20:00.000-08:00

TIGGER TOO!!!!

The jowl is a bit big on the second Tigger.

Winnie the Pooh - Study 1

2011-03-06T06:57:00.000-08:00

The Owl, very pleased with this drawing :)

Joe's Elephant

2011-03-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine from Don's Club forum made a elephant character and I tried a few poses.

Robin Hood - Concept

2011-03-01T20:02:00.000-08:00

Doing some concept stuff, first off Robin Hood.

Life Drawing 2011 - More

2011-02-25T07:09:00.000-08:00

More!

Life Drawing 2011

2011-02-24T22:04:00.000-08:00

It has been so long since I have done life drawing with model. So I am a little rusty. Got to do life drawing in a real animation studio!!

Animation Tests - 3

2011-01-20T07:08:00.000-08:00

Squirrel slip!

Animation Tests - 2

2011-01-17T07:52:00.000-08:00

Squirrel in a Tree!

Animation Tests - 1

2011-01-03T04:38:00.000-08:00

I have been doing a few animated lessons and tests, here is my first one.

Grumpy Study - Snow White 2

2010-12-31T05:06:00.000-08:00

Here is a Grumpy I drew after going to the Animation Academy at Disney World.

Winnie the Witch 3

2010-12-13T06:47:00.000-08:00

More Winnie the Witch from the Acting Workshop.

Winnie the Witch 2

2010-12-12T09:51:00.000-08:00

The last of the study!

Winnie the Witch

2010-12-11T04:44:00.001-08:00

Here is some study I did for Don Bluth's workshop - Acting.

Rigby - Study

2010-12-01T15:38:00.000-08:00

This character was original created by Don Bluth. I tried my own pose.

The Cat - Study 2

2010-11-25T16:59:00.000-08:00

More study of Don Bluth's character The Cat

The Cat - Study 1

2010-11-24T16:56:00.000-08:00

This character was created by Don Bluth. Here is some of my study.

FLASH CARTOONS NOW HAS AN UPLOAD PORTAL!!!

2010-10-23T16:20:00.001-07:00

Interested in having your animations or games hosted and featured on flashcartoons.org to get more exposure?

Upload Here: http://portal.flashcartoons.org/

Vote, Review, Blog, and Post your Cartoon Animations in our flash portal!!

Stuey Walk Cycle

2010-09-05T06:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a walk of Stuey starting with a bouncing ball, then added feet, and the rest. EXCEPT HEAD (might take a second to load)

Here is the older version;

http://www.flashcartoons.org/bluthlearning/attemptnew2.swf

Tom Tom - Don Bluth Study

2010-09-02T17:02:00.000-07:00

This character is great. "Tom Tom" Here is my attempt at drawing him!

Peepers - Don Bluth Study

2010-08-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some sketches of Peepers, a character created by Don Bluth.

Workshop #1 - My Sketches of Stuey

2010-08-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

Here is some model sheet study of the characters Peepers and Stuey, I had to choose one to animate. This was for the first online workshop taught by Don Bluth. Just finished the 5 week coarse. It was great!!!

Don Bluth Study - Butterflies

2010-08-11T16:55:00.000-07:00

Woody Woodpecker - Study 2

2010-08-09T05:14:00.000-07:00

More study.

Woody Woodpecker - Study 1

2010-08-08T17:13:00.000-07:00

About a month ago I purchased Woody Woodpecker Collection 1 & 2. Just yesterday it finally came after a whole month in postal limbo...

Today I started watching it and studying it!

Mouse Study

2010-07-31T18:31:00.000-07:00

Might be doing some mouse animation soon, so trying some mouse study.

The Rescuers - Study

2010-07-20T14:05:00.000-07:00

Decided to study "The Rescuers" took out my drawing board and drew a few paused frames.

Fox Run Pencil Test

2010-07-16T17:48:00.001-07:00

This was my scene for the Cyber Garage Project run by Don Bluth. Finished this test Aug 5, 2009.

One Last Group Shot at the Masterclass

2010-07-12T18:02:00.001-07:00

Very sad it's over, but what an experience. It was great to meet and learn from Don Bluth.

Pictures from the Don Bluth Masterclass

2010-07-12T09:55:00.000-07:00

There are LOTS! From left - Janice, Will, Felice, Me (Lavalle), Les , AJ, Keith, Seth, Rodney, Meredith, Nate, Alexandra, Owen & Don

Here are a bunch more.

The Don Bluth Masterclass Experience

2010-07-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

(I asked Don to draw me my favorite character from his movies. Banjo the Woodpile Cat!)

I just returned from the 1 week Animation Masterclass with Mr. Don Bluth. I must say WOW! I will write in here basically how the week went for me. :D

I arrived in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday the 4th, and it was HOT! I think it was 110 degrees which is very sizzling, I could feel my skin burning from the sun. So after we got there we went to go pick up the rental car, and check into the hotel in Scottsdale.

But first we wanted to eat in Arizona, so we went to a indian restaurant (i love indian food). After that, went to go pick up Les (Disney Academy Teacher) and Keith (Warner Brothers Animator) Spent the rest of the night settling in and figuring out where the XONA resort is so the next morning I wouldn't get lost.

FIRST DAY!

Les and I walk in and there is a short irish man and a tall guy, who ends up being Dave and Rodney. We all start pitching in helping Dave set up. Few hours go by (yes were were that early, I think 6am) Don Bluth walks in, right away I saw everyones faces light up and I look there he is! Quickly went up to shake his hand, and he said he remembers me from my video seminar questions! More and more people arrived and I got to meet the rest of the gang. Alexandria, Nate, Will, AJ, Felice, Janice, Owen, Seth, and Meredith. 13 students total in the masterclass.

Don expressed his thanks to us for coming to the masterclass and taking traditional animation serious. Which we all love. Once the bell rang (there was no bell, lol) Don started to lecture, and I thought to myself wow, i'm in a class learning from Don Bluth right in front of me!

After the awe settled, we all got down to work, and chose a scene to work on. There were 4 to choose from, which were all panning scenes. I chose one where the bird is taking off, flying and landing.

Don talked mostly about timing and music. He made sure we had a clear understanding of the xsheet. We spent the rest of the class working. We also were given reading material for homework.

Rest of the Days:

Woke up really really really early, and read my homework each day, also did work on my scene. A lot of the students stayed up most days, but I didn't, I wanted sleep and wake up early every morning to work on my scene. I work better in mornings.

Each morning Don lectured, which helped for each day. Pumped us up for a long day of animating! I don't think I ever have drawn so much before. I was nervous to ask Don to autograph my book, but he said yes! (The Art of Animation Drawing)

Each day I did more and more on my scene, I had a total of 128 frames to animate with. Which is funny because on the first day I had about 80, then changed what I wanted on my scene, second day I had about 90, but then finally decided 128 for what I wanted to accomplish for my scene. (With Don's help of coarse)

When ever I had a problem with my drawing Don would draw over it! Just like he said he would! Watching him draw in person, really opened my eye to drawing. This upcoming week is going to be nothing BUT STUDY STUDY STUDY! I have a plan now.

Lets see what else! Sometimes a line would form to where Don set up to help us. Eventually we came up with a system so everyone would get time with Don, not just the ones who waited in the lines.

For the first 3 days Don had lunch with us at the Xona restaurant, but they were pretty expensive for the amount of food they actually give us. Don ate elsewhere the last few days.

On I think the 3rd (or 2nd) day a few of us went out to eat together. It was really cool to meet all of you and spend some time with you. I forgot the name of the place we ate, but it was a vietnamese cafe.

Basically the class played out like a real class, lecture in the mornings, work for the rest of the days. The atmosphere in the class was intense we all were working our hardest, doing things that were so new to us!

Last Day:

Most of the students came in dragging there feet, most stayed up to like 1am to 3am working. I went to bed again at 9pm, lol. Woke up 3am and worked, then got to the class. We were all scrambling to get as much as we could done on the last day. Most of us already shot pencil tests and got Don's critique and changes.

Dave did all the computer work on flipbook and got frustrated at flipbook a few times. Which was funny.

Gary Goldman came in the last day with signed posters and Banjo dvds. Most of us crowded him and Don while they signed the Banjo dvds. I already had a copy, but I wasn't going to pass up a signed copy for only $10 bucks!

When Gary came in I was by the computer shooting my pencil test and asked if he would check it out, he said. "What you are doing is more than we did in the first few months I was at Disney." I smiled and thanked him, then he gave me a little advice on my scene to give the bird more stretch. I quickly went back to my desk and worked on his suggestions and he was right! (Of coarse)

After Gary left everyone quickly went back to work, and Don went back to calling out our names to check our scenes.

I can tell you this, after this class I now have a very good understanding of timing and xsheets. The xsheet is a roadmap, all this time that I have been animating I would get lost, all i needed was directions.

I made sure before the end of the class, I would ask Don to draw me one of my favorite characters, BANJO! Today I plan to get it framed and its going on my wall.

Sadly the day was coming to an end, Don discussed how happy he was with us, and talked about future classes and the workshops. We all helped pack everything away, got a bunch of pictures (which will be online soon!)

Said our goodbyes and Don was gone. :(

Later that night we all went to Dave's bar (YES DAVE HAS A BAR!?!) It was really nice too in there, Dave gave us free appetizers and most of us ordered fish and chips. (For those of you who don't know who Dave is, he is Don Bluth's assistant, who is from Ireland and has a heavy Irish accent.)

Overall, I wouldn't give up this experience for anything. I am going to stop writing and get to drawing, today i'm going to study Freddy Moore. Nice to meet all of you in person, and I hope we do it again! There is more to write, but I am sure you all will fill in the gaps in your own topics!

Thanks again Mr. Bluth for this experience. Don's Club

- Lavalle Lee

Vinnie 'the chik' Costello

2010-07-01T08:32:00.000-07:00

Without further adieu, the completed Vinnie 'the chik' Costello cartoon! Started working on this back in February. Longest I ever took making a short, I hope you all like it. :)

Looney Tunes - Study 13

2010-06-28T12:58:00.000-07:00

Bugs Bunny!

Pluto - Study 4

2010-06-26T04:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the last of the Pluto's.

Pluto - Study 3

2010-06-25T03:41:00.000-07:00

Went to the library to draw some more Pluto's.

Pluto - Study 2

2010-06-24T04:57:00.000-07:00

Pluto is really fun to draw, he is alot like Goofy too.

Pluto - Study 1

2010-06-22T16:51:00.000-07:00

Next on my list is Pluto!

Looney Tunes - Study 12

2010-06-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

First time drawing Porky Pig, the eyes are a bit off. Also another drawing of Daffy Duck!

Looney Tunes - Study 11

2010-06-21T08:34:00.000-07:00

Used a different colored pencil here. King BUGS!

Looney Tunes - Study 10

2010-06-20T12:18:00.000-07:00

It has been a pretty Looney week :)

Looney Tunes - Study 9

2010-06-19T13:54:00.001-07:00

Alot more!

Looney Tunes - Study 8

2010-06-18T03:49:00.000-07:00

I really like this drawing! I think it's my best Yosemite Sam yet!

Looney Tunes - Study 7

2010-06-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

More Yosemite Sam! Colored his mustache.

Looney Tunes - Study 6

2010-06-17T07:48:00.001-07:00

Sadly I am not 100% happy with these sketches. Bugs is really hard to draw, but I will figure him out!

Looney Tunes - Study 5

2010-06-16T19:50:00.000-07:00

Just felt like drawing some Looney Tunes today!

Life Drawing 5

2010-06-16T11:39:00.001-07:00

Today was hard to get into the mood to draw the human figure. Out of 20+ drawings I only liked 3.

Life Drawing 4

2010-06-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

One more today.

Life Drawing 3

2010-06-15T04:23:00.000-07:00

Some more life drawing!

Life Drawing 2

2010-06-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

More!

Life Drawing 2010

2010-06-13T10:47:00.001-07:00

I am starting to study life drawing again. Enjoy!

Goofy - Study 13

2010-06-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some Goofy's that I made the poses.

Goofy - Study 12

2010-06-12T07:11:00.000-07:00

Goofy heads!

Goofy - Study 11

2010-06-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

I like this one better.

Goofy - Study 10

2010-06-11T15:49:00.000-07:00

The first image is from a Goofy short, I paused the frame and drew what I saw.

Not too pleased with how this one turned out.

Goofy - Study 9

2010-06-10T07:15:00.000-07:00

I like these ones too, Goofy is really really fun to draw!

Goofy - Study 8

2010-06-09T05:29:00.000-07:00

My favorite Goofy drawing so far.

Goofy - Study 7

2010-06-09T04:24:00.000-07:00

So I was watching some Goofy cartoons, and froze the frame, I wanted to draw the bull, just didn't do that great of a job!

Goofy - Study 6

2010-06-08T11:05:00.000-07:00

More Goofy! Scanned the light rough too.

Goofy - Study 5

2010-06-07T19:12:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to get better at drawing Goofy!

Goofy - Study 4

2010-06-06T17:26:00.001-07:00

More Goofy!

Goofy - Study 3

2010-06-06T05:08:00.000-07:00

I think Goofy is fun to draw. After all he is Goofy!