HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON BLUTH!! What do you buy a man for his birthday who has seen and done everything? I KNOW! A hat with his name on it! 😆 Today we are celebrating Don’s 87th birthday at his place and there will be cake! My life has been amazing since Don starting mentoring me
What better way to spend Don Bluth’s birthday than to draw one of his characters! Here is Fievel Mousekewitz, I drew him with pencil then colored him with marker. Fievel is probably my favorite character of Don’s to draw. What’s your favorite to draw? ✍️✍️✍️✍️
#DonBluthBirthday
2,000 FOLLOWERS!! Thank you everyone for supporting my art and animation adventure! Here is an another Fievel Mousekewitz study this time with a SURPRISED look! He can’t believe it either! lol 😆🐁🐭✍️
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Happy Monday Everyone! Here is a study of Fievel Mousekewitz with a BIG grin 😁 on his face. I hope your week is a good one, filled with art and animation!
#HappyMonday
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! Just got to Don's today and caught him drawing Donald Duck! lol Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes, it really means a lot. It is scary getting older, but with support it makes it all the better.
My TOP 15 Favorite Animated Movies Of All Time! You might think I’m crazy 🤪 for some of these, but each of these films hold a special place in my heart ❤️. All these films I have rewatched over and over and over again. And! Just a FYI, I have seen pretty much every animated film
Here is my FIRST animation desk, purchased in 2009. From what I was told, this is the same series of desks they used in the first season of SpongeBob 🧽. Not sure if that is true, but if it is, that’s awesome! On the wall was storyboards from a short animated film I was making
Here is my first time animating on paper in May 2009 (Fievel Mousekewitz). It is when
@DonBluth
just started teaching online. Before this I animated solely in Macromedia Flash. In (2007-2008) I was using a tablet and before that (1999-2006) I animated solely with a mouse. (Yes,
Gawrsh! How about a Goofy study! Some of my favorite Disney Goofy shorts are the “How To” cartoons. Like, How to Play Baseball (1942), How to Be a Detective (1952), and How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007). These still crack me up! 😆
#HaveAGoofyDay
3,000 FOLLOWERS!! WOW!! 🤯 Thank you everyone for being part of my animation adventure! What better way to celebrate than to do a new animation test! This time it’s a cute walk cycle of Jonah, the Bull Terrier from Family Dog. I love Tim Burtons horror style so much. If his style
Nothing beats meeting the whole cast of The Land Before Time! Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike and Sharptooth! I made sure I got their DINOGRAPHS too! 😆😆😆😆
#thelandbeforetime
Stewie the Pig (Rock-a-Doodle) assignment from
@DonBluth
back in 2009/10. This one I really screwed up on. I didn’t pay attention to anatomy, construction, line of action, etc… What I did here was place body parts where I thought they should go. If you are reading this, and an
Mousekewitz Monday! I know I’ve studied this little guy a lot, but I can’t help it! Fievel is probably my favorite character to draw. ALSO! On Saturday, I got to hang out with Phillip Glasser who was the voice of Fievel. I gave Phillip lessons on how to draw Fievel so he can draw
Piglet Bounce! 🐽 Wow! It feels really good to animate, if I could I would be animating all day everyday! Lately, I’ve taken on more of a producer role. I animated this as fast as I could for today’s Winnie the Pooh prompt! I am sure the more I stare at it, I’ll discover little
I felt inspired with this one. Gopher first appeared in the 1966 Disney animated film Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. He was designed/created by John Lounsbery who was
@DonBluth
’s main mentor at Disney. I was wondering why I had so much fun drawing him! 😆 Almost felt like I
Rasputin! This is one of my studies from 15 years ago, when I first started being mentored by
@DonBluth
. One thing I can say I’m real proud of is that I never gave up drawing. Even till this day. Drawing and animating is my happy place. If you don’t have a happy place, I hope one
Here is a test I did in 2010. At the time, a few of us Don Bluth Club students gave each other additional tests to do. This was on top of what Don was already assigning us and I did a few with squirrels and cats (quadrupeds). Here is one of those tests! I was pushing my line
"You Imbecile! That's not an adequate pipe. It's an aqueduct pipe! It leads straight to the city!" 🤪🐓 Another Christopher Plummer voiced character, The Grand Duke! Here is my first time drawing this sinister character, he has a lot of line mileage. I’ve probably seen
Back in 2010 I bought Eric Goldberg’s Character Animation Crash Course and loved it! ❤️ I did a few of the assignments in that book including this walk. Now that I look at it with fresh eyes, I can see all my mistakes. Including volume issues, not being loose enough, bad frame
🎶 Oh-ee-yeah (Tale Spin)
Oh-ee-yoh (Tale Spin)
Friends for life, through thick and thin
With another tale to spin 🎶
My favorite TaleSpin memory is playing and trying to beat the video game. The TurboGrafx-16 game had way better graphics than the NES game (see comments). The
Piglet! Everyone needs a Piglet in their life. A voice of reason, compassion and friendship. ❤️ It’s been awhile since I studied him, it really brought a smile to my face. Glad we have Winnie the Pooh prompts this year! 🐽
#ToonTober2024
Bonkers day! Loved this show, sadly it only had one season in 1993. Back then though, one season meant 61 episodes! 🤩 Not like today’s Netflix seasons of 8-10 episodes. 😒 This is my entry into Toontober 4-6 days, the Disney Afternoon prompts!
#ToonTober2024
Now that I’m back doing my art studies, I always keep pencils with me at all times. Any chance I get, I draw! Even on restaurant receipts! 🌮🌯🫔🍮 Figured I’d draw some Jiminy Cricket! This paper really isn’t that ideal to draw on, it’s very thin and slippery.
#DrawEverywhere
A little know Danish animated film called Hugo the Movie Star from 1996. If you are looking for something new/not new to watch that is done hand drawn. Watch this! It is charming film. Here is my study of the main character Hugo!
#International2d
Bugs Bunny:
👑 Arise, Sir Loin of Beef.
💥 Arise, Earl of Cloves.
💥 Arise, Duke of Brittingham.
💥 Arise, Baron of Munchausen.
💥 Arise, Essence of Myrrh...
💥 Milk of Magnesia...
💥 Quarter of ten.
Sheriff of Nottingham:
😵💫 You are too kind, Your Majesty.
#StudyBugs
😆
THE BOUNCING BALL! (One of my early tests.) Pretty much the first thing animators learn to get the basic principles of animation. There is, squash and stretch, exaggeration, arcs, volume control, and timing. BUT! Not all balls are the created equal, in real life balls are
Here is my attempt at
@DonBluth
’s Twitter/x assignment tonight! I’ll be honest I got lost in the arms and hands. Hands are so hard! Curse you hands! Pffft! 😤👏👋🤘👊✋🤲
Lately, I have been delighted at the responses of my posts here on Twitter/X. And I would like to give back to all of you. Here is a How-To-Video I just made today of the Boy from The Small One. I would love to see your drawing attempts of this character as he holds a dear place
Fritz the Cat! I’m really going to enjoy the next 3 days drawing
@ralphbakshi
’s characters! Thank you Mr. Bakshi for making such great films! I already have Fritz the Cat on dvd, but recently bought the Blu-ray, I plan on watching it tonight in high resolution! 😼😺🙀😻🐈⬛
Here is the Toxic Avenger! I got to meet the creator
@lloydkaufman
a couple years back. He is the nicest guy and super awesome to all his fans. Still waiting on the new movie to be released that stars Peter Dinklage and
@elijahwood
. After doing some research, looks like they
A concept study from one of Disney’s most obscure 2D animated films, The Black Cauldron! I have really enjoyed studying Tim Burton for the last 3 days, his style has really opened my creative mind. At times I thought to myself, how, why and huh?? 😆 For this one, I even busted
Grammi Gummy who was played by the ever so talented June Foray! I’ll be completely honest, this wasn’t my favorite Disney Afternoon show as a kid. I was really into Ducktales, Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck the most. However, over time I have come to really appreciate this show
Horton Hears A Who! Originally published in 1954. Probably Dr. Seuss’s most lovable character in my opinion. Here is my quick study for ToonTober Dr. Seuss Days 16-18.
#ToonTober2024
1,000 FOLLOWERS! Thank you everyone for being part of my art and animation journey. I am glad I came back to Twitter/x. Everyone here has been deeply supportive. You have inspired me. I will do my best in supporting you as well. ❤️ Here is my study of Disney's Bacchus from
Drawing Yosemite Sam is hootin’ tootin’ fun! 🤩 I really just wanted to nail down the face and beard, the rest is just a rough doodle. The majority of the time when someone looks at a drawing they are drawn to the eyes and face. When you look at this drawing do you notice how bad
Another squirrel 🐿️ test from 2010. My main focus here was the anticipation of the hard jump. If you notice, as soon as I animated that, I just had him fall. I remember just wanting to finish this because I had another idea mid-animation of a cat and wanted to move on. What I
Pluto is such a lovable dog! He has some of the best shorts. My favorite being, “Rescue Dog” staring Salty the Seal. I named my first dog Salty. I do miss her! Her nickname was Salty Dog lol 🐕🐕🦺🐩🦮🐶🐾🌭
#PlutoStudy
Any gamers here? A classic favorite of mine is Toejam & Earl. On the old Sega Genesis. Not to long ago (2019) the developers of
@toejamandearl
made a new game, but nothing compares to the originals! Don’t get me wrong, I played the new one, but you know. 😆🦶🍇🍓
#GameStudy
Here is my Totoro Halloween
@toontober
entry I did last year with vector art! I’m ready for another year of challenging prompts AND prizes! Some super duper BIG surprises coming for October! Be ready!
#ToonTober2024
Summer is almost over! Anyone else tired of the HEAT yet? Here in Arizona it’s constantly 100-115f degrees ALL summer… That’s 46 degrees celsius! It’s a constant battle to get from one air conditioner to the next. It’s so HOT signs melt in the sun! Here is my life drawing of
🎶 “Cock-a-doo what a day
The sun is shinin' brightly
Cockadoo sunny day
Down here on the farm
Cockadoo stay away
You big ol' wet ol' rain cloud
Or I'll cry out loud with this voice of mine” 🎶
How about some Rock-a-Doodle study!
#HappyFriday
#SunDoShine
YAY! Today we get Donald Duck on
@firstwefeast
’s Hot Ones! AND ANIMATED IN 2D! What a Happy Friday! Nothing says good morning better than awesome news and a quick sketch of a smiling Donald Duck!
#HotOnes
I’m donating one of my SIGNED
@ralphbakshi
Cool World cels to this years
@toontober
! My favorite Bakshi film! We have TONS of prizes and we are going to have some GREAT October prompts this year too! Be sure to join us! And remember Holli would if she could!
#ToonTober2024
Guess who!? I love this wacky bird, he truly is an icon. This is my favorite design of Woody Woodpecker. It was the original one from 1940, by Alex Lovy. However! A close second would be Freddie Moore’s version, Moore had such a fluid style and knew how to make EXTREMELY
Can you see it? This bird has PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!! In a itty bitty living space. lol 😆 More old stuff, hope that’s okay! This was a bird flying away in the distance. Normally he’d be moving further away but I turned it into a cycle to make sure it worked first. So enjoy my
Saw this Mickey Mouse floating around the internet and thought.. HEY!! I want to draw that! Just don’t make the mouse angry! 😆 My favorite time of year is coming! Even starting to see Halloween decorations in my neighborhood. Do you decorate for Halloween? Outside? Inside?
🎶 It's just another Mickey Monday
(Woah, oh woah)
Wish it was Sunday
(Woah, oh woah)
'Cause that's my fun day
(Woah, oh woah)
I don't have to run day (Woah, woah) 🎶
#MickeyMonday
#StudyMice
“I’m the hootinst, tootinist, shootinist bobtail wildcat in the west!” Yosemite Sam study. HBO
@StreamOnMax
pulled 130 of its Looney Tunes shorts back in March 2024 — you can’t see every Looney Tunes cartoon anywhere on streaming. (That I’m aware of.) There are 1,002 theatrical
Ahh Sports.. When I go out to eat, the restaurants have some kind of game playing. I bring my drawing pad and I find the games distracting while I try to draw. When I was young I loved to watch them, Baseball ⚾️, Football 🏈, and Basketball 🏀. Even collected cards and traded
“Owl,” said Rabbit shortly, “You and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest—and when I say thinking, I mean thinking—you and I must do it.” - A. A. Milne
#PoohStudy
Mickey Mouse is one of my favorite characters to doodle and draw! Remember, it all started with a mouse. FUN FACT YOU PROBABLY KNOW! Walt Disney's original name for Mickey was Mortimer Mouse. However, his wife Lillian Disney felt that it didn't work for the character and hence,
It’s been a long week and I’m ready for a break today! Who’s with me?! I know Donald is, he’s already out the door! Hey Donald! Wait up!
#DonaldDuckStudy
🦆🦆🦆🦆⛱️
Earthworm Jim study! Requested by
@TheMisterLou
and
@mattwriteguy
It’s interesting drawing this worm, lots and lots of curves. Used a colored pencil and then final with marker. Grooooovy! 🌎🪱🌎🪱🌎🪱
What better way to spend the first cold rainy day in Arizona than to watch and draw Garfield and Friends! First up is Roy Rooster, the wisecracking prankster! Happy ToonTober Garfield and Friends days 19-22!
#TOONTOBER2024
The Monster Across the Street (his actual name, lol) pencil drawing and colored digitally. For the first
@toontober
prompt! Days 1-3, Tim Burton days! He is from the Beetlejuice cartoon, one of my favorite cartoons ever!
#ToonTober2024
Sally digital vector study! Made this for last year’s
@toontober
, the background is a photograph grayscaled. Added text to the gravestone and Sally is all me. I absolutely love The Nightmare Before Christmas! No matter how many times I’ve seen it, I always see something new and
Let me introduce you to Jessica Flower. She is dignified, elegant, and sophisticated. She was going to be in one of my shorts. Sadly it never made it past concepts.
#ConceptArt
The Lorax! Drawing something completely different this time. The Dr. Seuss style is very hard. When you look at it, it seems simple but it’s definitely not! The fur especially, trying to figure out the rhyme and reason, lol! I drew him with marker on paper, then colored him in
Congratulations to
@Smol_Shepherd
! You are the winner of the Beetlejuice Giveaway! Thank you everyone for joining, I’ll do more of these giveaways soon! 🪲🧃🪲🧃🪲🧃🥳🎉🎊
Nails pondering his next move! Nails is Frank Harris’s (Brad Pitt) sidekick and partner in
@ralphbakshi
’s Cool World. I really enjoyed watching this movie again last night. Brad Pitt is so young in this movie. I think he was younger than I am now. *googles* Yup he was only 29! 😆
Garfield and Friends Odie study! I love dogs so much! My current puppy’s name is Pepper, she’s a lot like Odie. She is about to be 6 years old, in human years. I don’t know what that is in dog years though? 😆 Odie here is drawn with pencil, then painted digitally.
#ToonTober2024
Not sure your going to believe this, but! Here in Arizona we have an ostrich farm, ostrich festival and ostrich restaurant (I did not eat there.) So I did a little life drawing! So random, lol (Insert Non-Existent Ostrich Emoji)
🎶 Cause I'm T.N.T., I'm dynamite
T.N.T., and I'll win the fight
T.N.T., I'm a power load
T.N.T., watch me explode! 🎶
ACME products should be real, we need those rare and exceptionally useful gadgets and gizmos, especially the Jet-Propelled Tennis Shoes! One of the greatest
Here is a horse with a cocky attitude I did in 2009. It never made it past the rough stages. He was a character I cut from one of my shorts. He needed a little more anticipation, he kinda goes right into the raspberry.
#RoughAnimation
Booker! Another U.S Acres character study from the Garfield and Friends show. All marker. Booker was voiced by Frank Welker (he’s also the voice of Megatron.) Booker is the more wiser chick, unlike his brother Sheldon who is still in his egg and won’t come out. 😆 They are the
Here is an old test of a bird eating feed. This little guy is very stiff. What I would do differently now is give him more anticipation, more of a “ah-ha” moment and less of a robotic pecking. Looking at it now, reminds me of that Drinking Bird toy. Or as they also call it, The
Just a quick Pluto sketch! “Yet through all these great moments I think I can safely say Pluto hasn’t changed a bit. He’s still the same unaffected, simple-minded mutt he’s always been.” - Walt Disney
Here is a simple bird flying straight on. I really enjoy animating birds, I have many to come! But I wanted to show some of my beginning ones first. Birds can be a really good starting point for animators, as walk cycles, jumps, skips, hops can be difficult for beginners. And
The Goosebumps books were a HUGE inspiration to me as a kid. It’s where my love of horror comes from. So getting to meet Tim Jacobus, the original Goosebumps illustrator was such an awesome experience. He even gave me a signed copy of his art book! I will definitely remember this
Here is a quick study of the cute little cat from the Walt Disney Pluto short, “Lend a Paw” from 1941. It won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject/Cartoon the same year. 🐈🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
#PlutoShort
DRAWING LESSON: When you take a character you draw and make them a silhouette you can determine if it’s a good pose or not. The many questions to ask yourself: When you look at it, can you tell what it is? Do you like the pose? Are the proportions correct? How about your volumes?
Another Dr. Seuss study! This time from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. A book I read a lot when I was a kid. Well, I read most of the Dr. Seuss books, however I don’t think I’ve read them all. I drew him with a marker then painted digitally.
#Toontober2024
More HUGO study! This time the villain! Izabella Scorpio is the main antagonist of Go Hugo Go and a cameo antagonist in Hugo the Movie Star. Also a random animal character study from the film too! If you are wondering what the little x’s are, that’s just me critiquing my work.
Most don’t know but I secretly love Steampunk. How come we never really had a full blown movie that really captures the essence of Steampunk? Animation or live-action. There have been some close ones. But nothing epic. Lots of potential in this realm. Dontchathink? 🎩🚂🎩🚂
Here is another one from 2009. What I learned here is to ALWAYS draw straight in front of your paper. I remember why he looks slanted, it was because I animated to the left of the paper. Your back should always be straight and you should be straight on with the paper. Lesson
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
(Now this song will be stuck in your head all day! 😆)
The Goons! Probably the funniest characters in
@ralphbakshi
’s Cool World! My favorite Goon is Bob. The all over you kind of Goon and the only female member of the crew. I love her impersonation of Eartha Kitt. Bob should have her own show or a show called “The Goons”, I’d watch
Wow! I found this on my old animation hard drive. I did this 12 years ago! I love this era of Mickey and I tried animating with a black marker. Markers are very unforgiving. 😆🐭✍️
Watching Fantasia again, the animation is just breathtaking! Yen Sid is his name which is Disney spelt backwards! (In case you didn’t already know, but I’m sure you did.) 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Another Steampunk life drawing! I think she would be a great lead character in a movie. Let’s call her Jules after 19th-century novelist Jules Verne. Dictionary definition of Steampunk: “Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that combines Victorian-era aesthetics and