Wednesday, July 16, 2014

TS Sullivant 11


Exactly one hundred years ago this Sullivant cartoon was publishes in Life magazine.
A whole century later he still stands alone as a master of caricature of not only animals, but people as well. 
The following illustrations show how inventive, unconventional and original he was when handling human types. If I was teaching a class on character design, I would have all of my students study these proportions, poses and expressions. This stuff is so way ahead of today’s animation designs. I don't mean that modern animated characters should look like Sullivant's work, it's just a level of excellence in general that I am missing in most productions.


Here is another selection of Mr Sullivant’s delicious drawings, to inspire and to remind everybody, who is interested, of a higher standard. 











My first post on Sullivant focused on his masterful animal designs:
http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/06/t-s-sullivant.html

6 comments:

  1. Fantastic post Andreas!!! Some girls remembered me Lilo. Do you used some this drawing to inspire you to draw Lilo? Hugs from your Brazilian Fan!!!

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  2. Thanks for the Sullivants. They also show how charming characters can be without big eyes.

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    1. Oversized, bulging eyes with cross-eyed pupils seem to be the current trend. This too shall pass.

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  3. Whenever he does animals lying down, like those pigs, it always blows me away. The weight on their bellies is just amazing!

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