Trying to work out the character's basic shapes, lines and mass.
Been reading some interesting stuff again on the John K. Stuff Blog, there is a awesome video tutorial of him discussing and drawing a bugs bunny pose.
I used to do this circle stuff when I was younger (mimicking professional animators and artists work I had seen) it seemed I was doing it for somebody else, benefit their understanding of the characters construction. I now know it's not about circles and lines but mass and weight, they are are not circles but spheres which will blend into the character and add depth long after the pencil marks are erased.
Recently, in the UK at least, to stop the evil smokers the good politicians agreed to place photo's of nasty cancers, ulcers and shit to further degrade the smokers into panic at their own addiction.
I imagine by now that even the cigarettes themselves would quit if they could only see in kodak beauty the damage they are inflicting.
There's no Labrador joke in the title, I for one would not stoop so low and be hounded for the rest of my life, living like a fish eyed mogrel, terrierised by every shadow and waking moment. Wandering examining the animals from one shihtzu to the next, dogged yet tired.
A Few days of playing about
