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Online Figure Drawing

In this next session of online figure drawing you will learn how animation and figure drawing work together. You will use video reference as you study the human figure and animate it.

Online figure drawing is difficult because traditionally figure drawing is done in an art studio or some kind of large space. In our animation school we encourage you to find a figure drawing workshop or class near you to draw from life, but our class trains you to analyze the model and interpret what you see as a three dimensional object. It doesn’t matter if you’re observing from life or from a video. Once you learn how to properly see the model you can draw with sold forms!

In this course you will train your eyes to move simple forms around and combind them with motion so that you achieve solid animation habits. It is not hard to see how animation and figure drawing work hand in hand when you consider so many of our animated characters are basically anthropomorphic animals and creatures.

When you understand the human form as a construct you can move them around with ease. In this day and age video reference is used in all studios. In this course you will get use to using video footage to create your animation.

This course is one course in our series on figure drawing, the prerequisite for this course include Figure Drawing 103 and Animation 201

In the next 10 weeks you will learn the following:

Drawing from photos and doing a 4 drawing turn around
360 degree rotation of seated figure
Inbetweening the rotating figure
correcting your drawing using video reference
creating a timing chart from video reference
Analyzing the timing chart for key frames and gestures
Correcting and construing gestures
Animate the figure using reference straight ahead.

Course Content

4 Drawing turn around
We are approaching figure drawing from an animation perspective. It is important to see this as figure drawing and that your drawings have volumes and construction, we will be using the animation charts to help us understand the animation process of i between getting and break downs.

Four drawing turn around animation

06:50
Four drawing turnaround

360 degree rotation of seated figure
Making a full rotation of the seated figure can be daunting but don’t worry its harder than it sounds. Sorry.

Inbetweeing the rotating figure
Now we are doing the important smaller shapes and rotating them by animating with big shapes

Correction using reference
You will learn how to do a clean up of a rough drawing of the model.

Create a timing chart from video reference
Using the provided video of our lovely model you will time out and plan a animation timing chart. Warning some simple math is needed, but if i can do it , you can too!

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses
We are now adding 12 drawings to our charts

Make a time chart and animate gesture
Now do the animation of this video that is provided just do a scribble gesture, you should take no longer than 10 seconds to 1 minute for each drawing.

Correcting and construction of previous gestures
You will now, go over your loose gestures by correcting the simple proportions and anatomy as well as adding volume with construction.

Adding details
You will now take your drawings to the last level, the details.

Animate the figure using reference
Learn the value of live action reference in animating a realistic figure animation sequence

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Figure drawing with animation 202

About Course

Online Figure Drawing

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Four drawing turn around animation

Four drawing turnaround

360 degree rotation of seated figure
Making a full rotation of the seated figure can be daunting but don’t worry its harder than it sounds. Sorry.

360 degree rotation of seated figure

360 degree rotation of seated figure session2

Inbetweeing the rotating figure
Now we are doing the important smaller shapes and rotating them by animating with big shapes

Inbetweening the rotating figure

Inbetweening the rotating figure session 3

Correction using reference
You will learn how to do a clean up of a rough drawing of the model.

Correction using reference

Correction using reference session 4

Create a timing chart from video reference
Using the provided video of our lovely model you will time out and plan a animation timing chart. Warning some simple math is needed, but if i can do it , you can too!

Create a timing chart from video reference

Create a timing chart from video reference session 5

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses
We are now adding 12 drawings to our charts

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses session 6

Make a time chart and animate gesture
Now do the animation of this video that is provided just do a scribble gesture, you should take no longer than 10 seconds to 1 minute for each drawing.

Make a timing chart and animate full gesture

Make a timing chart and animate full gesture session 7

Correcting and construction of previous gestures
You will now, go over your loose gestures by correcting the simple proportions and anatomy as well as adding volume with construction.

Correcting and adding construction to gestures

Session 8 Correcting and adding construction to your gestures

Adding details
You will now take your drawings to the last level, the details.

Adding details

Session 9 Adding details

Animate the figure using reference
Learn the value of live action reference in animating a realistic figure animation sequence

Animating the figure using reference

Session 10 Animate the figure using reference

About Course

Online Figure Drawing

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Four drawing turn around animation

Four drawing turnaround

360 degree rotation of seated figure Making a full rotation of the seated figure can be daunting but don’t worry its harder than it sounds. Sorry.

360 degree rotation of seated figure

360 degree rotation of seated figure session2

Inbetweeing the rotating figure Now we are doing the important smaller shapes and rotating them by animating with big shapes

Inbetweening the rotating figure

Inbetweening the rotating figure session 3

Correction using reference You will learn how to do a clean up of a rough drawing of the model.

Correction using reference

Correction using reference session 4

Create a timing chart from video reference Using the provided video of our lovely model you will time out and plan a animation timing chart. Warning some simple math is needed, but if i can do it , you can too!

Create a timing chart from video reference

Create a timing chart from video reference session 5

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses We are now adding 12 drawings to our charts

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses session 6

Make a time chart and animate gesture Now do the animation of this video that is provided just do a scribble gesture, you should take no longer than 10 seconds to 1 minute for each drawing.

Make a timing chart and animate full gesture

Make a timing chart and animate full gesture session 7

Correcting and construction of previous gestures You will now, go over your loose gestures by correcting the simple proportions and anatomy as well as adding volume with construction.

Correcting and adding construction to gestures

Session 8 Correcting and adding construction to your gestures

Adding details You will now take your drawings to the last level, the details.

Adding details

Session 9 Adding details

Animate the figure using reference Learn the value of live action reference in animating a realistic figure animation sequence

Animating the figure using reference

Session 10 Animate the figure using reference

Student Ratings & Reviews

360 degree rotation of seated figure
Making a full rotation of the seated figure can be daunting but don’t worry its harder than it sounds. Sorry.

Inbetweeing the rotating figure
Now we are doing the important smaller shapes and rotating them by animating with big shapes

Correction using reference
You will learn how to do a clean up of a rough drawing of the model.

Create a timing chart from video reference
Using the provided video of our lovely model you will time out and plan a animation timing chart. Warning some simple math is needed, but if i can do it , you can too!

Create a timing chart and draw 12 poses
We are now adding 12 drawings to our charts

Make a time chart and animate gesture
Now do the animation of this video that is provided just do a scribble gesture, you should take no longer than 10 seconds to 1 minute for each drawing.

Correcting and construction of previous gestures
You will now, go over your loose gestures by correcting the simple proportions and anatomy as well as adding volume with construction.

Adding details
You will now take your drawings to the last level, the details.

Animate the figure using reference
Learn the value of live action reference in animating a realistic figure animation sequence