keyleedaud (REAL ESTATE)

(Click any image to enlarge.) As the semester draws to a close, I'm getting buried with grading, which is why I haven't updated this blog in a while. Without time to really write something, I'm just going to mark time for a bit. I bought this drawing at Gallery Lainzberg in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1979. At the time I was working at a small animation studio in Waterloo, Iowa, and every few months animators Bob Haack, Bill Barder and I would go to the Gallery. This drawing was obviously fished out of a wastebasket. There are all kinds of notes jotted around the image that have nothing to do with it. It was also folded in half. Clearly, Moore discarded the drawing and then used it for scrap before trashing it. Somebody liked it enough to remove it and take it home. The same day I bought this, Bill Barder bought a drawing from Avery's Dumb Hounded . I tried to buy it from him multiple times, but Bill wouldn't part with it. I was pretty sure the centaurette drawing...

I've been catching up with various sites since getting back from vacation and have found several articles that are thought provoking. Peter Emslie has done two very interesting posts about how generic designs often are. In this one , he shows how he redesigned some characters and explains his thought process. In the second part , he zeros in on how ethnicity has been handled in various places and offers an alternative to the Disney Fairies that are now Tinker Bell's sidekicks. I've known Peter for years and I've come to realize that behind his talented draftsmanship is a very perceptive and articulate artist. I have to admit to not being a fan of John K's work, but I check his blog regularly and do admire his ability to analyze the work of various artists and animation disciplines. As an example, here is an analysis of the work of cartoonist and animation layout artist Owen Fitzgerald and a follow up on Mort Drucker , both of whom illustrated the comic book bas...