85 A Drawing Style Appropriate for Animation

Have you ever said, “Oh, if I could just draw well”? Ah, yes, you could express yourself to the nth degree. You could animate or clean up scenes that would evoke oohs and aahs. Work wouldn’t be so much like work. You could get it all down on paper and leave at 5 o’clock feeling good.

Most of you draw well. A lot of you draw better than I do. And in all the years I’ve been in the business, I’ve never seen a more industrious and devoted staff of artists. It makes my job of trying to help you better yourselves a pleasure.

I got a late start in life. The first five or six years in the business were a “walk through.” I was a dilettante, toying with poetry, painting, singing, and socializing. Then 10 years ...

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