Cartoon Animation By Preston Blair
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Publisher
What You Will Learn From This Book...
* Cartoon head constuction; how to draw ahead from + How to build a character using line of action, skele-
various angles
* Cartoon chi
screwball, and heavy
ton foundation, and rounded forms
cter formulas, including cute, goofy, + Movements of two~ and four-legged figures—from
the side, front, and rear views
+ Animation rules such as stretch and squash, overlap-* The main mouth expressions used for cartoon
ping action, and follow-through
Tips on the cartoon “take”
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dialogue
‘+ How to create the flight of birds
About the Artist
Preston Blair is native Californian from Redlands. He attended Pomona
College, then studied art at the Otis Art Insitute and illustration under Pruett
Carter at Chouinard. He has exhibited widely as a member ofthe California
‘Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society in New York.
Preston is one ofthe fine artists of animation, With the Disney Studio, he
designed and animated the hippos in “The Dance of the Hours," and animated
Mickey Mouse in “The Sorcerer's Apprentice” (both from "Fantasia". He also
animated parts of the classic film "Pinocchio," as well as the scene in "Bambi
‘when the ow! tells about love in his "twitterpatted” speech. At MGM, Blair
directed "Barney Bear” shorts, and heis well known as the animator and