Mother’s Day Card. Owl.

I couldn’t come up with any ideas and was about to give up.  Suddenly late night Friday it all came to my mind.  But I had just one day – Saturday – to draw, animate and put everything together.   So this is the quickest made card for me :)

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Book animation.

Here is the final result with and without shades.

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How it all began.

A long time ago, in 2004, I bought “Igromania” magazine, which had a CD attached.  There I found a demo version of SwishMax.  The demo was only limited in time, not in features.  I did not have any tutorials and did not have a tablet.  So here is what I made that time.  Hope I made some progress in Flash :)

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Birthday e-card.

I already had characters drawn (see my previous posts), so it took just over 1 day to complete this little e-card.

Soundtrack: Minuet in G major from “Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach”.

 

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How to draw cartoon kids.

I was drawing kids a lot recently.  So I wanted to share some thoughts.

When you draw a cartoon character you are normally trying to emphasize one of it’s unique features, such as wide shoulders or beer belly or skinny waist.  The character’s height doesn’t really matter, it mostly depends on your drawing style and preferences.  What do you need to pay attention to if you need to underline the young age of your character – let’s say a kindergarten kid?

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