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Friday, September 17, 2010 at 5:00AM Today's Archive Dive comes from Sept. 1, 2009, when we talked about a famous guide for Disney artists. The page below is a sample, there are several more when you follow the link.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 5:00AM Following up yesterday's post on drawing a body in proportion by starting with the largest shapes and working down to the smallest, here are some pointers on keeping that body balanced once you put it into motion.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 5:00AM So, even though you've studied the guide to drawing bodies in proportion, you still look back on your finished work and see errors in your proportions. Especially this one: The head is big and the body gets progressively out-of-proportion the further down the drawing goes.
This is a pretty common problem for artists, and even though I've never seen you draw, I'll bet I can diagnose the problem and offer a solution.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 6:00AM If you are paying estimated income taxes, your next payment is due tomorrow, Sept. 15.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 5:00AM As I was writing yesterday's post about building an e-newsletter for your fans, it took me back to a time in my early geezerdom -- before RSS -- when I was e-mailing my comic out to my readers who didn't want to visit the site daily.
Believe it or not, when I first started, I was doing it manually. Luckily, I moved to a Web publishing system that included the feature as an automatic option.
And even after RSS crested, becoming the default choice for following daily-updated Web content such as ours, I kept my e-mail list -- and I still send out the comic to a couple hundred e-mail subscribers. Here are some thoughts if you'd like to do the same.
