A Jim Henson/Chuck Jones Moment
Feb. 10th, 2005 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_gneechLife's like a movie
write your own ending
keep believing
keep pretending
(From The Muppet Movie song, "Rainbow Connection")
Y'know, as influential as they've always been to me -- and we're talking really, really influential here -- I've never really learned to draw the Looney Tunes bunch. Oh, you can see the influence they've had on my art, of course ... just look at Brody Coyote, particularly around the eyes. But aside from a couple of studies of Pepé Le Pew done in the "human photocopier" style (i.e., copying another pic, rather than composing a new one), I've hardly ever attempted any character born of Termite Terrace. (I did draw![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kurst a la Wyle E. Coyote, tho, if that counts.)
So this week I decided that I would learn how. Not just making copies, mind you, but picking apart the construction technique, and building whole new drawings from scratch. By the end of the process, I want to be able to sit down and draw without reference, say, Bugs Bunny listening to Leona rant and holding up a sign with a picture of a screw and a baseball.
The results of what I've done so far will go up as Saturday's Grab Bag for the curious. It's hardly perfect, but it's not a bad start. But last night, as I was drawing, I found myself thinking, "I am a 35 year old man and I have just, for the first time in my life, drawn a picture of Daffy Duck."
And for some strange reason, that really made me happy.
I dunno, maybe I am a loon. But as long as it's a fun ride, I don't care!
-The Gneech
write your own ending
keep believing
keep pretending
(From The Muppet Movie song, "Rainbow Connection")
Y'know, as influential as they've always been to me -- and we're talking really, really influential here -- I've never really learned to draw the Looney Tunes bunch. Oh, you can see the influence they've had on my art, of course ... just look at Brody Coyote, particularly around the eyes. But aside from a couple of studies of Pepé Le Pew done in the "human photocopier" style (i.e., copying another pic, rather than composing a new one), I've hardly ever attempted any character born of Termite Terrace. (I did draw
kurst a la Wyle E. Coyote, tho, if that counts.)So this week I decided that I would learn how. Not just making copies, mind you, but picking apart the construction technique, and building whole new drawings from scratch. By the end of the process, I want to be able to sit down and draw without reference, say, Bugs Bunny listening to Leona rant and holding up a sign with a picture of a screw and a baseball.
The results of what I've done so far will go up as Saturday's Grab Bag for the curious. It's hardly perfect, but it's not a bad start. But last night, as I was drawing, I found myself thinking, "I am a 35 year old man and I have just, for the first time in my life, drawn a picture of Daffy Duck."
And for some strange reason, that really made me happy.
I dunno, maybe I am a loon. But as long as it's a fun ride, I don't care!
-The Gneech
