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Disney animator Aaron Blaise joins us in this bonus demo on animal shape breakdown.
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@notapirate
3mo
I had fun doing this, but it definitely was challenging for me to do, and honestly, im not too happy about the wolf because I kinda was trying to get the proportions right, but I feel that I have a lot more to improve overall, but Im not going to be hard on myself because SURPRISE its my frist drawing of a wolf, so any tips would be much appreciated. The bear, I'm really happy about it. I still can improve, but for the first time, definitely not bad. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Christle Panickar
4mo
Love Aaron Blaise, hes one of my favourite artists!
Here is my little attempt.
Maren
5mo
My attempt to find the flow and stick to basic shapes.
@wegneran
30d
AWWWWW!!!!! I just want to hug them!!!!!
Carlos Pérez
5mo
graceful
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5mo
Nailed it.
Dylan Jagiello
7mo
This was a really helpful tutorial.

Tyna Gomez
8mo
The thing is how you can know till where you can move it to it to feel natural, does it has a circle to monitor movements? Like you can move in that space but if you go out that circle it becomes bad.
J M
9mo
That was a blast to watch. I am know it is expected for me to struggle with shapes and rhythm since I just picked up a pencil but it is still somewhat demoralizing seeing a master put lines like that while struggling to produce something similar to it.
This course has giving me a new found appreciation for the quick gesture drawings. Before, it look like something "easy" since it was so quick and it was all basic shapes. But the more I practiced and study - the more I realize those drawings are the product of years and years of experience.
So - if you're like me and still struggling with confidence, just keep at it. At least that's what I keep telling myself :)
Tommy Pinedo
9mo
Decided to try out this technique. This was very hard for me to do, because I was struggling with the proportions. For some reason I find it mapping it out or laying it out easier than using shapes....but I tried my best.
Mitchell Jackson
10mo

Luis Ángel Ruiz de Gopegui Rando
11mo
Here are my contributions... I liked copying Aaron Blaiser, very instructive... I hope you like them.

@goobish
1yr
notes from basic shapes study any critiques welcomed thanks
SAFFANA
1yr
Rhubarb
1yr
Thank you for this excellent breakdown! I did these sketches super quickly just to try out Aaron's method, didn't measure any angles or proportions, just followed the rhythm from the head to the hips like in the demos, and they turned out great! So simple and effective.
Josh Fiddler
1yr
I love Aaron Blaise. His courses on his site are excellent. Traditional and Digital classes. Doing a watercolour with him. Super fun.
And this was super helpful. Why simple shapes are important.

@newztk
2yr
Wow, this is really helpful and relaxing! :)

Dermot
2yr
Thanks for the bonus demo by Aaron Blaise it is magical to watch the basic shapes coming together.
Brother bear looks an amazing animation.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328880/

Dermot
2yr
I purchased the Brother Bear DVD the other day.
Okay, 21 years late ( longer for drawing : ) to the show but it's a great emotional animation with amazing music and bonus features !
It wasn't so good for Salmon though !
BBC in the UK did a wonderful 3 part wildlife documentary:
Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bw55dz
@bumatehewok
2yr
This was really cool. Really does put the exercise into perspective.

@roddangelo
2yr

@patricoda
2yr
Genuinely enjoyed that; it really reinforces and emphasises the power of breaking down complex subjects into simple shapes.

@amit2140
2yr
where is the assignment

@amit2140
2yr
This is so cool
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