These SpongeBob
drawing tips were prepared for a class at Nickelodeon in 2005. If you click on any of the images below, you'll see a really HUGE high-resolution version that shows all the details!
drawing tips were prepared for a class at Nickelodeon in 2005. If you click on any of the images below, you'll see a really HUGE high-resolution version that shows all the details!On Silhouettes and Clarity
One of the big problems with animation studio model sheets is that the characters are invariably standing in completely stiff poses that make them look like they've been cheerfully impaled on a titanium rod.
To help the storyboard artists loosen up a bit, drawings are clipped out of the storyboards showcasing the best of the comedic and dynamic pose possibilities. Most of the artists tack those pose sheets up on the wall, but they soon become little more than wallpaper.
These tip sheets were created to encourage artists to break out of the horizontal and vertical stiffness of the SpongeBob model sheets, and to show how a little bit of movement and action and acting can make the cartoon characters come to life.
If you want to learn how to draw SpongeBob, or how to draw any cartoon characters with a little more zip, I hope these drawing tips will give you some ideas.
Drawing Characters with a strong Line of Action
Acting is Movement
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view a really BIG high-resolution version
view a really BIG high-resolution version
The page below illustrates that characters should use their entire body to help act out the change in expression
This page below illustrates stiff non-acting (top pose) vs. dynamic, full-body acting (bottom pose)
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to view a really BIG high-res tip sheet
to view a really BIG high-res tip sheet
Acting with the entire body...
If you'd like to see more in this series, please leave a comment below!
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Update! Some very cool people left some very nice comments, so the next batch of SpongeBob Drawing Tips has just been posted HERE
More SpongeBob Drawing Tips
Spongebob Guide to Lively Poses by Sherm Cohen
Of course, I would still like to hear your comments on this series of posts, so please leave your two cents worth below ^_^
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Update! Some very cool people left some very nice comments, so the next batch of SpongeBob Drawing Tips has just been posted HERE
More SpongeBob Drawing Tips
Spongebob Guide to Lively Poses by Sherm Cohen
Of course, I would still like to hear your comments on this series of posts, so please leave your two cents worth below ^_^