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I was messing around with some brushes

gave me and I stumbled across a xerox pencil brush. And I Immediately thought "This reminds me of Milt Kahl." So, I drew this "Roger Dearly" looking fellow just to get the gist of it.

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~Melancholy-Minds Apr 17, 2013

I'm very impressed with the exagerrated facial expressions on this character. You've also stretched his face well in the third sketch; I have a lot of trouble with stretches and squashes myself.

=Malbenthomas Apr 17, 2013 Student Filmographer

Thanks. Honestly, Squash and stretch is probably the most fun principle of animating or designing characters. The problem is trying to apply that to realistic designs without exaggerating the features. Which is difficult, but not impossible.

~Melancholy-Minds Apr 18, 2013

Yeah, I tend to have a more "realistic" (detailed, really) cartoon style, so I have trouble drawing stretches and squashes because they just end up looking like different characters with varied facial proportions.

Would you happen to know of any tutorials on this subject? I haven't come across any reading material of this kind myself.

=Malbenthomas Apr 18, 2013 Student Filmographer

There are no tutorials for it. However, there is a bit of wisdom from the book "Drawn to Life" by Walt Stanchfield that can easily be applied your work.

"We capitalize on the use of squash and stretch in the face. For instance, the eyes, opening wide for surprise or fear (stretch), partly closed from the cheek action during a smile (slight squash), or squeezed into slits from anger or suspicion, or strain (squash). Smile broadly in a mirror and observe. The upper lip area squashes up toward the nose, while at the same time stretches out into the cheek area"