As an animator, I think it's very important to ground yourself in the arts...outside of using a mouse and computer. I talk about this on the blog often. I have been working on my painting skills for the past year - getting back to basics and studying at traditional ateliers. Everything about painting and art relates to working as an animator. Lighting, kinetics, anatomy, photography, line of action, gesture...it's all there. I started at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, but found them to be a bit stuffy in approach and it was also such a far drive to Van Nuys from the west side after work I couldn't make the trip anymore.
I have been studying at the Kline Academy for a little over 4 months now. I finished my copy of a master - The Girl With A Pearl Earring and have moved onto my own painting called Charge. This has been such a rewarding journey and I know the process is refining my eye and vision even more to create more inviting and better animations.
Above is a Photoshopped file being used as reference for the Charge painting. Two canvases of 4 feet x 3 feet make the whole image.
For more about this painting go to http://atelierjourney.blogspot.com/
If you live in the Los Angeles area, I encourage you to check out the Kline Academy. Cheryl is an inspiration to me and I want to spread the word. If you are not in LA and still are interested in the atelier style of learning how to paint and draw I encourage you to google ateliers in your area.
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