Original pencil drawings from Disney’s 1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon, Mickey’s Rival.

Original pencil drawings from Disney’s 1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon, Mickey’s Rival. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson, the animation was handled by Les Clark, Frenchy de Tremaudan and Gerry Geronomi.

Look at those fine, gently flowing pencil lines.

How to draw Bart Simpson: model sheets and action poses.

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How to draw Bart Simpson: model sheets and action poses. These handouts were used by the animators during production of the animated series, The Simpsons.

Models for Homer can be found HERE. That will also lead you to Marge and Lisa.

How to draw feet.

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How to draw feet: scanned pages from a handbook explaining just that. Feet and shoes. That’s the great thing about drawing, or art in general: it can all be learned. Everyone can become good at it.

How to draw hands can be found HERE.

And clothing HERE.

Roger Rabbit production art and animation cels.

Some Roger Rabbit art and animation cels. The first image (by Todd Kurosawa and Ron Dias) graced the cover of a comic, the second one of a tied-up Jessica Rabbit is from the short Roller Coaster Rabbit. The other two are from the film’s finale, of course.

How to draw hands, part 2 (of 2).

How to draw hands, part 2 (of 2). Pages from a handbook, plus several sheets of random examples.

Part 1 can be found HERE.

More Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies model sheets.

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Even more Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies model sheets. They are for: Tweety, Pepé Le Pew, Miss Prissy and Eggbert, Michigan J. Frog, Marc Anthony, Hippety Hopper, Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, Tasmanian Devil, and Witch Hazel.

Other Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies characters can be found HERE.

Character models and concept art for Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner can be found HERE.)

How to draw hands.

How to draw hands. Hands! Why do people have to have hands, so we have to draw those weird, complex, spidery things? Then again, without hands, we wouldn’t be able to draw anything… Anyway, here are some tips on how to master that. They’re good tips too, so you might want to save these pages for future reference.

I’ll do more hands later, and feet too.