Be Confident by Tom Bancroft This is probably the polar opposite of what you feel when you pick up a pencil to create. I know it was for me when I was as a young artist. Feeling confident in your drawing, animating, sculpting, painting or anything artistic can be the difference between success and utter […]
Do you want to learn animation, comic strips or character design from a professional with years of experience? You could win an online course taught by a pro who has worked on some of your favorite Disney movies or favorite comics. Two lucky people will be selected at random. One from each of the two categories below… 1. […]
Drawing Inspiration Make friends not enemies By Tony Bancroft Every “good thing” I received in my career came because of a friend or a close relationship. Every job, every promotion, every opportunity. Everyone. When people talk about success in Hollywood as being because of “who you know” it is just as true for the animation […]
Never Stop Learning – Part 2 of Drawing Inspiration by Tom Bancroft I used to look up to top cartoonists – not for their money or fame – but because they could draw whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. In my childhood artistic viewpoint my ultimate goal was to be able to draw whatever I could think of- […]
Have A Direction One summer day when my brother, Tony, and I were about 10, we were with a couple friends playing. Soon, the games stopped and we sat there bored, trying to figure out what to do next. Star Wars (the original film) had come out recently, so naturally one of us said, “Let’s build […]
Free Taught By A Pro BONUS Character Design Lesson: Here’s a short video lesson where Tom Bancroft creates a redline sketch over a “student’s” drawing to illustrate how to strengthen the pose/story. A full character design lesson on posing animated women is coming soon.
Interview with Cartoonist Michael Jantze Michael Jantze is the most recent Taught By A Pro instructor. He took time to answer a few question for Taught By A Pro. Michael Jantze is a cartoonist, humorous illustrator and story guru. He is best know for The Norm comic strip. His course Drawriting A Comic Strip describes his method […]
Being funny is serious business. Doing it well requires the right ingredients and process. Text-image interdependence is one of the keys to a good comic strip. Drawriting is the method for producing a great comic strip. Legendary comic strip artist Michael Jantze, creator of The Norm comic strip, shares decades of experience in the most […]
New Taught By A Pro Instructors – Michael Jantze, Jeff Victor, Steven E Gordon, & Dean Yeagle Taught By A Pro continues to increase our line-up of great professional artists, illustrators, cartoonists and animators. Michael Jantze, Dean Yeagle, Jeff Victor and Steven E Gordon have committed to sharing their extensive knowledge with Taught By A […]
Tony Bancroft, animator and animation director, was one of the first Taught By A Pro instructors. His courses on Squash and Stretch cover some of the foundational skills of animation. In the courses Squash & Stretch 1 and Squash & Stretch 2, Tony describes the concepts of squash and stretch and demonstrates their application. John […]