Todoroki Kawaii

"Glenn Vilppu was the caliber level of work that we strove for." - Aaron Blaise, Veteran Disney animator/ director, artist.  www.creaturearteacher.com He has been teaching drawing in the animation industry for over 40 years. He's been called a legend. His teachings are part of the compilations notes of fellow Disney teacher, Walt Stanchfeld in Drawn to Life.   His original Drawing Manual is one the most coveted instructional art books in the world but sadly is the the most pirated globally.  His name:  Glenn Vilppu.    アニメーション業界でドローイングを教えて40年以上。 彼はいまやレジェンドと呼ばれている。彼の教えは、 同じくディズニーで講師を務めていたウォルト・ スタンチフィールドがまとめた「Drawn to Life」にも掲載されている。彼が著した「Drawing Manual」は、アートの指南書として非常に人気を博したが、 悲しいことに、世界中に海賊版が出回ることにもなっている。 彼の名は、グレン・ビルプ He humbly just calls himself an drawing teacher, but Glenn is a master draftsman whose teachings has enabled countless students, artists and professional artist to have the skills and confidence to pursue their dreams.   グレンは自身を単に「ドローイングの先生...

The model of the flour sack, or the rice bag is nothing new at all in the west, but I thought it deserves some review for our friends in Japan. The torso which makes up two of the largest masses of the body, determines the weight of the body. There are many models to help simplify these masses in drawing:   the bean, the box forms and in animation, “the flour sack” or the “rice bag.”   The rice bag functions just as well as the box form or the bean shape to simplify the torso as a 3-dimentional form but it also: 1)    Makes weight clear 2)    Shows forces acting on the body 3)    Shows Emotion!! Master the Rice Bag and use it as a model to show feelings.   Where energy is   heavy, the form will squash.    Where energy is pulling the form will stretch. To help yourself visualize:   How would you show emotion if you didn’t have any arms or legs??

アーロンのアート・ティップス  ようこそ!!    Aaron Blaise's  Art Tips Welcome Video in Japanese  Please hit the links below Welcome to Aaron's Art Tips (Japanese) The Art of Aaron Blaise YouTube Channel ディズニーのベテランアニメーター、イラストレーターが、イラスト、アート、デザイン、アニメーションのティップス、チューリール、デモをYouTubeチャンネルで公開しています。しかも無料！ アーロン・ブレイズのアートティップスとライブデモをYouTubeでご覧ください。 Veteran Disney animator and illustrator has a wealth of tips, tutorials and demonstrations on illustration, art, design and animation on his YouTube channel! Best of all, it's free! Please join Aaron for his weekly art tips and live YouTube broadcasts!

December 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th of 2016,  Master Drawing Japan (MDJ) held its 5th production drawing seminar and its 3rd successful seminar with veteran drawing instructor to the animation industry, Glenn Vilppu .   Much thanks to Tokyo's Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design who sponsored the space for this great event!  Like previous seminars, the event focused on figure drawing, but this year with an emphasis on composition.  Glenn cited examples such as de Cortona, Rubens and other great masters  as well as playing against opposites and using compositional tools to direct the audiences eye.   Glenn Vilppu is a world renown drawing instructor who has been working in the animation industry for decades, notably the Walt Disney Animation Studio and Dreamworks.  His teachings are often referred to in the Walt Stanchfield books edited by Don Hahn, "Drawn to Life Volumes One and Two."   Glenn teaches internationally and gives lectures at UCLA and ...

"The animator must be a keen observer of action and must understand and remember it, for he never knows when we will find in it the inspiration for the entertainment he puts on screen."  - Eric Larson "The first and most important things for an animator to know is how to draw."  -Walt Disney This June, Disney veteran animator  Ron Husband , (otherwise known as "Huz" to those close to him) will be coming to Tokyo,  touring and giving a series of seminars on quick sketching, and traditional hand drawn animation.   Ron Husband was part of the first generation of animation artists to be passed down the torch of animation by Disney's greatest animation directors, sometimes known as  Disney's Nine Old Men.   Ron learned from some of Disney's best, such as Eric Larson and assisted legendary animator, Frank Thomas.    Ron started with Disney in its training program in 1975 as many of the artists who established modern American animation as we know it...

"A figure is not done well unless action appears it in it that expresses a state of mind."   -   Leonardo DiVinci  "If you don't have the gesture and the action, you literally don't have anything."   - Glenn Vilppu World renown Disney, Dreamworks and UCLA drawing instructor  Glenn Vilppu   is returning to Tokyo again for his second drawing masterclass with Master Drawing Japan.   It will be a four day drawing seminar on November 7th, 8th and 14th and 15th. One of the most coveted drawing instructors in the animation and production art industry, Vilppu has taught the art of figure drawing for over 40 years in workshops around the world teaching principles and techniques professionals in the animation industry such as Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros.    Vilppu will help participants master techniques of drawing the human figure in the first session and teach a special class on the human head in the second session..     He...

"No rules just tools."  - Glenn Vilppu Internationally renown Disney, Dreamworks and UCLA drawing instructor Glenn Vilppu will be giving a two day drawing seminar in Tokyo on August 16 th and 17 th .     As a premier drawing instructor to the studios in Hollywood, Vilppu has taught the art of figure drawing for over 40 years and has done workshops around the world teaching principles and techniques of drawing to professionals in the animation industry such as Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros.   In each 6-hour seminar, Vilppu will teach participants the master techniques of drawing the human figure as well as anatomy.    It will be an opportunity to receive instruction and feedback from a drawing master whose instruction has been coveted globally by artists and illustrators for generations. Vilppu does not teach a style but teaches the tools to master drawing so that the artist to use them in any direction he or she wishes.   The event w...