tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12782970.post6102736213490799139..comments2024-03-16T04:18:39.974-05:00Comments on Big Time Attic: Influences: The MuppetsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02567485336304809225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12782970.post-35358228160385299522007-02-20T08:19:00.000-06:002007-02-20T08:19:00.000-06:00Great post. Thanks for the Paul Ekman links, I wi...Great post. Thanks for the Paul Ekman links, I will definitely have to study his work.<BR/><BR/>I also catch myself making facial expressions as I draw them. For me I think its mostly proactive, because acting it out myself (even just subconsciously) helps me to draw the emotion better. My experience informs the drawing, not so much the other way around.Cedricstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06281239965682009232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12782970.post-84927660980853415222007-02-19T08:38:00.000-06:002007-02-19T08:38:00.000-06:00heres how my Muppets influence hasasserted itself....heres how my Muppets influence has<BR/>asserted itself...<BR/><BR/>http://www.comicspace.com/staplegenius/comics.php?action=read&file_id=29340Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12782970.post-19704097271404035622007-02-18T16:05:00.000-06:002007-02-18T16:05:00.000-06:00Linda Medley has told me she does this as well, an...Linda Medley has told me she does this as well, and even I do it when I'm just writing a panel description. It's almost 50/50 proactive/reactive and it's not just faces. If I'm having a hard time describing a gesture or expression in words, making it usually tells me what to do. It's hard to type if it has something to do with the hands and arms of course, so hurray for short-term memory and as well as mirror neurons...<BR/><BR/>Jim O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12782970.post-37701380861321808712007-02-16T14:10:00.000-06:002007-02-16T14:10:00.000-06:00I definitely make faces of characters while I draw...I definitely make faces of characters while I draw them, and I think it helps get it right, although I have no idea why. It's kind of like channeling an emotion into your drawings or something... I seems like if you're into a drawing enough to make a face without thinking about it, for some mysterious, occult reason you're more likely to get it looking genuine. <BR/><BR/>A lot of animators keep a mirror nearby to help capture appropriate expressions, too. <BR/><BR/>Scott McCloud has a big chapter on this stuff in his excellent new <B>Making Comics</B> book.mrmonkey23https://www.blogger.com/profile/04748498702415045275noreply@blogger.com