My Book is now available!!!
If you follow my blog or know me at all, you'll know that my mentor was Walt Stanchfield. He was such a great teacher and great friend. His teachings have spread through out the animation world like wildfire over the years and his notes are completely invaluable to any artist. I am proud to say that I wouldn't be able to be where I am in the industry without having learned so much from him and I hope that my book can sit on the same shelf as his.
This hardback 100 page book is a compilation of many sketches, gestures and anecdotes for artists young and old. To top it off I've been blessed to have one of the great producers of our time, Mr. Don Hahn, write an awesome forward for the book.
I'll be releasing my book at the CTN expo this coming weekend but if for those of you who can't make it, you can order it by clicking on the cover image on my side bar.
Cheers!
Hi Dave,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the book. It looks awesome!! I can't wait to check it out. There's only one button. Is shipping to Canada the same?
Cheers.
Hi justin-
ReplyDeleteSorry for the Canada button missing-
If you or anyone from Canada wants to order I'll honor the current price "Until" I get that Canada option up.
So for now... Yes :-)
Thanks
Great book man, Love my copy!
ReplyDeletehey Dave,
ReplyDeletethanks. very nice of you.
Great book, I just order mine!
ReplyDeleteOh man, CTN will not be good for my wallet this year. Can't wait. As always amazing work! :]
ReplyDeleteI just recently found your work through twitter, and I gotta tell you, as much as you have heard it, this book as well as your art in general is absolutely to DIE for! Fantastic bits of work here, I love every bit of it!
ReplyDeleteI know you could write books on all your inspirations, but who gets you excited and creative when you work?
I love asking this from professionals, I get to learn tons of new artist :D
Hey Conner-
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice compliment-
I'll do my best to answer the question of who inspires me. Here we go in no particular order-
Hank ketcham
Earl Oliver hurst
John singer sargent
Hienrich kley
Rien portvliet
Al hirshfield
Tadahiro uesugi
Mattese
Kiraz
Erich sokol
Milt kahl
Marc Davis
Mary Blair
Frank Thomas
Ollie Johnston
Fred Moore
Ward kimbal
Ken Anderson
Tom oreb
Charlie Harper
Walt stanchfield
Chuck jones
Rene gruau
Glen keane
I know there are more but that's all I can think of at the moment.
WOW! Thanks Dave!
ReplyDeleteI was hoping for a few names, thanks for a full blown list!
I'm currently trying to absorb and study more and more from different artists and this helps exponentially!
If you're not incredibly busy, could you give me a critique of what I've got online?
http://connorsims.tumblr.com/
I'm trying to better myself as a cartoonist and traditional animator, but I feel like my artistic skills themselves aren't living up to what I want, so I'm practicing harder in a bunch of different mediums
If you can't I understand, this list is fantastic to study from!
Hi Dave, I really enjoyed the Stanchfield gesture drawing session at CTN-X, and Evoke is great! Thank you for the encouragement; I've got a lot to work on and I'll jump on it as hard as I can!
ReplyDeleteIt was really nice meeting you this past weekend. I'm really enjoying the book, thanks for taking the time to put it all together! :]
ReplyDeleteConner- I'll get a chance to check out ur stuff a soon I get a chance to.
ReplyDeleteJaB-Kendra
I am very proud of the new book and I'm glad you guys like it!!!
It was nice to see you at CTN! The life drawing session was awesome and the book is fantastic. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks for just taking time to respond Dave! :D
ReplyDeleteHey Dave!
ReplyDeleteGot my copy at CTN - and love it! Amazing work and the book is wonderful. Thanks for stopping by my booth as well.
Speak soon!
Michael