Lesson 9A / 10 (Model Sheets) - Part 1 (squirrel)

[Edited to add the model sheet from which I copied.]

(This is either Lesson 9A or Lesson 10, depending on whether you're following JohnK's numbering or the number at ASIFA.)

The $100,000 Animation Drawing Course - Lesson 9A/10 (also seen at ASIFA-Hollywood)

Notes:

• I found myself going a little squirrely by the end of this one ... 22 squirrels later!
• I have issues with jowls / cheeks
• I tend to squash the poor squirrel's head somewhat
• many of my proportions are off from the model sheet, but I decided to not spend too much time worrying about that and go for overall effect
• these weren't Photoshopped for comparison because I a) don't have the time and b) couldn't stand the embarrassment!

Model sheet:

(With thanks to Steve Worth)

My favourites:

All 22:

Guerrilla PSA

We've all been exposed to guerrilla marketing at sometime in our lives. It was only a matter of time before you saw a guerrilla public service announcement! Swing on over to "These Come From Trees" and have a look at the potential impact of a single, simple idea.

Have a look at the places the sticker below has been seen!




(via Seth Godin's blog)

Motivation and happiness

[Edited to add Cafe Press info at the bottom of the post.]

This doodle is loosely based on a lecture by Marc Fournier (University of Toronto) discussing findings by psychologist Edward Deci. Specifically:

One of the foremost researchers in the area of motivation is psychologist Edward Deci at the University of Rochester. Deci's model suggests that students will be more motivated to learn when particular needs have been met. Deci articulates three such needs:
(a) to feel a sense of belonging and connectedness to the school (I would add the words "to feel welcome"),
(b) to feel a sense of autonomy and self-determination, and
(c) to feel competent. (skillset and level of challenge must be appropriately matched)

In his lecture, Fournier suggested that these are three universal psychological needs (to be choiceful, connected to others, to feel capable) shared by all people and that all three are of equal importance. If these needs are not met, it will impact:

• our ability to meet our full potential
• our capacity to grow
• our ability to flourish and thrive
• our ability to experience happiness

Doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.

(Items with a variation of this image can be purchased at Cafe Press. )

D - E - F - I - N - I - T - E - L - Y

D - E - F - I - N - I - T - E - L - Y, one of the most misspelled words on the internet. So much so that it has it's own domain name to help remind us how it's supposed to be spelled.

(via Joey deVilla)

Cancel or allow?

Thanks to Joey deVilla for posting the inspiration for this doodle over at Global Nerdy! (The YouTube video is embedded below.)

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Unreleased Get a Mac Ad: "Cancel or Allow?"

Time to go!

Did you ever wonder why you were in such a rush to toilet train your toddler?

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Balloons

When they're up, you're up...

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Inability to commit

Know any techies with commitment issues?

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Toddler crafting - you colour my world

This was created at our local Ontario Early Years Centre.

Instructions for creating this Valentine's plate can be found at Craft Day.

Need to nap?

Why is it that the people who are most willing to nap, are least able to take them?

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If you're happy and you know it, read a book!

Inspired by our local library "story time."

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A mother's energy

This one's for all the exhausted mothers out there!

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The 50 Greatest Cartoons

The 50 Greatest Cartoons as voted on by the animation industry in 1994. (As seen at CityRag.) It's going to take me quite some time to catch-up on all the ones I haven't seen before!

1. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
2. Duck Amuck (1953)
3. The Band Concert (1935)
4. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
5. One Froggy Evening (1956)
6. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
7. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
8. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951)
10. King Size Canary (1947)
11. Three Little Pigs (1933)
12. Rabbit of Seville (1950)
13. Steamboat Willie (1928)
14. The Old Mill (1937)
15. Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
16. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
17. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936)
18. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
19. Snow White (1933)
20. Minnie the Moocher (1932)
21. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
22. Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
23. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
24. The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
25. The Big Snit (1985)
26. Brave Little Tailor (1938)
27. Clock Cleaners (1937)
28. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
29. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
30. Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
31. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
32. The Cat Came Back (1988)
33. Superman (1941)
34. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
35. Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
36. Feed the Kitty (1952)
37. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
38. Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
39. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1941)
40. Peace on Earth (1939)
41. Rooty Toot Toot (1952)
42. The Cat Concerto (1947)
43. The Barber of Seville (1944)
44. The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
45. Book Revue (1946)
46. Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)
47. Corny Concerto (1943)
48. The Unicorn in the Garden (1953)
49. The Dover Boys (1942)
50. Felix in Hollywood (1923)

For more info, see the Wikipedia entry.

Love Dove

This was created at our local Ontario Early Years Centre.

Instructions for creating this Love Dove can be found at Craft Day.