Here’s another basic exercise; copying a character from a model sheet, then lining up your drawing with the original to see what’s off. The brown duck was drawn by the great Bob Clampett; the blue/red sketches are mine.

I think I’ve always struggled to “draw on model,” because when I did this I had flashbacks to my childhood, getting supremely frustrated when I’d copy characters that were almost right, but not quite.

Sketched some statues at the Met. Here’s one.

Preoccupied with my shiny new iPhone 4s, so…yeah, I got nothin’. So enjoy this test of its sketch photographing abilities.

So, I finished animating. At this point, it would normally be time for cleanup work, then ink and paint, but I think if “Old Man Loses His Balance” drags into a fourth day, my 3 regular viewers will stage a boycott. So, tomorrow, expect something completely unrelated.

Hey look, I didn’t quit! Day 2 shows me drawing out the frames that will form the backbone of this epic 5-second animation.