Illustration & Drawing Blog from Dave Mottram
Left in limbo by a two-day rainstorm, the Phillies seesawed to their first championship since 1980. Pedro Feliz singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh and Lidge closed out his perfect season to deliver the title Philly craved for so long.
I was inspired by the old cartoon version and also the style of a Moleskine sketched page…
Love this movie! Sketch of Tommy Johnson from the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” This movie has some amazing characters, Big Dan Teague, Pappy O’Daniel, Homer Stokes, Delmar, Pete, Everett and George “Don’t Call Me Babyface” Nelson. So many sketches I wanna do, so little time.
Yep, finished ’til I decide to rework a few things and colors, This would work on a vertical layout, with a nice font for Dr. Doom. Anyway, that’s all for now. Sometimes I tweak too much and I have to pull myself back.
A few pages out of my sketchbook from a few days ago. I love drawing animals. Giving them character is tough, because it depends on the animal and whatever traits we associate with them. Take a racoon, draw a bandit mask and you’re on your way. Then throw in an angry face or laughing and it gets more complicated. As evident here, I’m influenced by Chuck Jones and Tex Avery. These guys were the masters, they paved the way and made it easier for younger artists to see these relationships.
I was looking at Tex Avery’s famous “Big Bad Wolf”. After I did those – I drew some pigs…still trying to get some expressions down.
Here’s a great quote from Chuck Jones,
“The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans. Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.”
I’ve been wanting to do a Tiki figure for a long time. Also, I wanted to capture the wood texture and colors. This is vector image with line-work and gradients. I really dig the old Disney versions of the Tiki masks. I remember Disneyworlds’ Adventureland from my childhood. After seeing that all I wanted to do was go home and draw those characters.
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Inspired by Patrick Owlsey
Also this book is amazing…Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation. I highly recommend it. It’s a great resource for Fifties style animation and design. If you’re looking for inspiration, check it out. Also this is an excellent blog.(related to the book)
