Cartooning 101
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:41 pm
Figured I'd start a thread to be able to ask some questions about cartoon art.
1. How do you decide what level of detail to draw objects in? Aside from some simple pencil toons most of my recent drawing has been in trying to achieve photoreal type textures. I see several neat animations here where a lot of the items like background buildings, trees and even the buildings are relatively simple -in some cases just a hint of the outline without the internal complexity of drawing every detail.
Is this just a stylistic thing or are there some general rules? I started last night to draw the front of a building I want to use in an animation and over the course of a few hours I eventually got off track and making it more and more 'real.'
I am just going to show the walk to the building, up the stairs and in the doors -if anything the doors will be the main focus with enough detail to to let them know it is a museum; I guess I don't really need to draw every brick but trying to figure out what I details should draw and which don't need that detail is tough.
2. Color? Similar issue with color. Trying to decide how to 'simplify' the color or move away from the photoreal type art but still have that rich style I see here and elsewhere. I guess some of this is just innate style but if there are any general tips I'd welcome hearing them.
1. How do you decide what level of detail to draw objects in? Aside from some simple pencil toons most of my recent drawing has been in trying to achieve photoreal type textures. I see several neat animations here where a lot of the items like background buildings, trees and even the buildings are relatively simple -in some cases just a hint of the outline without the internal complexity of drawing every detail.
Is this just a stylistic thing or are there some general rules? I started last night to draw the front of a building I want to use in an animation and over the course of a few hours I eventually got off track and making it more and more 'real.'
I am just going to show the walk to the building, up the stairs and in the doors -if anything the doors will be the main focus with enough detail to to let them know it is a museum; I guess I don't really need to draw every brick but trying to figure out what I details should draw and which don't need that detail is tough.
2. Color? Similar issue with color. Trying to decide how to 'simplify' the color or move away from the photoreal type art but still have that rich style I see here and elsewhere. I guess some of this is just innate style but if there are any general tips I'd welcome hearing them.