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The guide emphasizes planning with a line of action, using rounded or circular forms for body construction, and developing expressions through stretch and squash. It also describes refining results by experimenting with skeleton foundations, then adding and fitting arms, legs, eyes, and hinged details over construction lines.","ADVANCEDANIMATIONRETURN TODAVE TENBLAR  \nA:  \nPUBLI5HED BY WALTER T.FOSTER  \nLEARN HOw TO DRAW ANIMATED CARTOONS  \n# CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAD\n\nTHINK OFTHE HEAD AS A ROUNDED MASS,EITHER BALL SHAPED,PEAR SHAPED OREGG SHAPEDAS THE CASE MAY BE.一IN ANIMATION THIS HEAD SHAPE MAY CHANGE PEPSPECTIVE AND FORMA GREAT NUMBER OF TIMES DURING ASCENE.一TO SIMPLIFy MATTERS ACORRECT PERSPECTIVEFRAMEWORK SHOULD FIRST BE DRAWN,THEN THE DETAILS CONSTRUCTED PVER THIS FORM.THISCHARACTER STARTSDRAW AROUND THIS ACIRCLEAT RIGHT ANGLES TOBASE OF EYES AND topNOw THE DETAILS ARE PUTWITH A ROUND CLOBETHAT WILL DIVIDE FACE IN THETHIS PUT IN THE EYEOF NOSE TIE INTO EYE LINE.-MIDOLE LENOTHWISE.一THISLINE CIRCLB-THIS SETSNOTICE PERSPECTIVE MAKESIN OVER THE FRAMEWORK.DETERMINES THE TILT OF HEAD.FACE UP OR DOWN.LEPT EYE BIOCER THAT RIGHTTAKE AN EGG-DRAW THE GUIDE CIRCLESAROUND IT-THEN PUT IN THE FACE-NOW TURN THIS EGG IN EVERYCONCIEVABLE POSITION AND DRAW IT-ANIMATION PRESENTS THE SAME PROBLEMS.-NOW ADD A FEW DETAILSAND DRAW THESE HEADSIN EVERY POSITON USINGTHE ABOVE E66 ASAGUIDE.一CARTOON STUDIOS OFTENMAKE SMALL CLAY MODELSTO AID THE ANIMATOR DRAWDIFFICULT CHARACTERS FROMALL THE ANGLES CORRECTLy.HERE ISTHE BASIS OFAGREAT MANY CARTOON  \nA NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nPreston Blair,Cartoon Director,is one of the fine artists of Animation.Associated with the Disney Organization,he animated in\"Pinocchio,\"\"Bambi,\"and \"Fantasia,\"in the later he designed the hippos.Later for Fred Quimby,shorts Producer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,he designed and animated the highly successful,\"Red Hot Riding Hood,\"directed \"Barney Bear\"shorts,andanimated in \"Anchors Aweigh.\"Blair is active in magazine illustration and fine arts,and is a member of the California andAmerican Watercolor Societies.Recently when he won first prize in our National Print Exhibition at the Laguna Beach Art Gallery,I met him and suggested he make this book for you.I am sure it will prove interesting and helpful to allthose studying thispopular cartoon medium.  \n# DAVE TENDLA MORE HEADS CONSTRUCTED\n\nn eb sho ho noi conen o ou o l   M  \nthat have captured the hearts of all of us,including the Motion Picture Academy judging from the Oscars the two have received  \nwith fred Quimby.Yes,our hats are off to these fellows and M.G.M,creators of the most entertaining and amusing ceartons  \nin recent years!  \n# STRETCH AND SQUASH ON HEADS\n\nA CARTOON HEAD CAN BE STRETCHED ORSQUASHED TO STRENGHTEN AN EXPRESSION.YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE OVALCONTAINING THE EVES DOES NOT CHANGEGREATLY-MOST VARIABLE IS MOUTH AREA··SMALL DETAILS ALSO RE-ACT LIKE THELARGE FORM IN WHICH THEY ARE IN.  \nBODY BUILT FROM ROUNDED ORCIRCULAR FORMS  \nTHE ANIMATED CARTOON CHARACTER  \niS BASED ON THE CIRCLE AND  \nROUNDED FORM--AS SEVERAL PEOPLE  \nMAY WORK ON THE SAME DRAWING INA  \nCARTOON STUDIO,THE ROUNDED FORM ISUSED DUE TOITS SÍMPLICITY--ANIMATON ISTHUS EASIE-ALSO CIRCULAR FORMSFOLOW THRU“BEITERONTLE SCREEN-STUDyTHESE DRAWINGS I HAVE ANALYZE  -VISUA7C A     F   RMC  ACSOLID MASSES WITH3DIMENSIONS  \n# THE SKELETON FOUNDATION\n\nBUILDTHE_CARTOON UP FROM A ROUGH SKELETON--DONT EXPECT TO GET THE RIGHTSKELETON THE FIRST TRY ALWAYS--NOONE CAN DO THAT--EXPERIMENT-DISCARD-MAKE SEVERALTHEN PICK THE BEST ONE--HERE ARE THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS\"TOM+JERRY\"(WHOAPPEAR IN MGM.PICTURES)TOGIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW IT'S DONE,WORK LOOSE ON CONSTRUCTION,  \nWORK OUTA SKELETON-CONSTRUCT BODY MASSES AROUNDIT一THEN BUILD DETAILS OVER THIS  \n# LINE OF ACTION\n\nAN IMAGINARY LINE EXTENDING THRU THE MAIN ACTION OF THEFIGURE IS THE\"LINE OFACTION”--PLAN YOUR FIGURE AND T'sDETAILS TO ACCENTUATE THIS LINE·By SO DOING YOu STRENGHTENTHE DRAMATIC EFFECT··THE FIRST THING TO DRAW WHEN CON-STRUCTING A FIGURE IS THE LINE OFACTION-·THEN BUILD OVER THAT.  \nWRONG./LINES OFACTION UNFIT-…·RIGHT!LINES OFACTON FITAND ARE ACCENTUATED  \nRIGHT  \nBELOWTOM+JERRY\"M.G.M,STARS.ILLUSTRATE THIS CARTOON LAW  \nThese are progressive steps taken by an animator in drawing a cartoon character  \n1 Draw in \"Line of Action\"to establish","cbCaijzUvVR2WYRm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijzUvVR2WYRm","pdf",6023544,1,29,"English","en",105,"# Construction of the Head\n## Dave Tendla More Heads Constructed\n## Stretch and Squash on Heads\n## The Skeleton Foundation\n## Line of Action","[{\"question\":\"How should the head be approached when drawing an animated cartoon?\",\"answer\":\"Treat the head as a rounded mass (ball, pear, or egg shape). 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