How To Draw Like A Disney Animator

[@VincitDesignCo]

Which tutorial in this book is your favorite!? Let me know below! ⏰ Timestamps for this video: 0:30​ Drawing Basic Head Construction 1:15​ How To Draw A Stretched Face 1:45​ Building A Body From Round Shapes 2:15​ Drawing A Skeleton Foundation 2:55​ An Example Of My Own Work 3:19​ How To Draw Birds 3:55​ Drawing An Shifty Character 4:18​ How To Draw Goofy Characters 4:35​ How To Draw Heavy Characters 5:21​ How To Draw Hands 6:20​ How To Draw Surprised Characters 6:45​ How To Draw A Bouncing Character 8:25​ Examples of Walking Characters 8:55​ Walking and Running Characters 9:23​ How To Draw The Strut 10:15​ How To Draw Skipping Characters 11:30​ Front And Rear-view Character Examples

[@showman139]

That is an extraordinary find. However can you draw and animate in the style that it teaches?

[@VincitDesignCo]

@@showman139 Hey there! Yes it was quite a great find. I am not much into the animation side of things, but if you pause and screenshot some of the video, you can see that there is a progression to how the drawings are made, and you can start with simple round/organic shapes to make certain parts of your character, then connect those shapes and fill them out!

[@madjidchouarbi3921]

My favourite exercice is the strut, I did it twice with some extra inbetween for my second try, so the movement was really smooth.

[@VincitDesignCo]

@@madjidchouarbi3921 Nice! Yea there are a lot of really helpful tips in this book, as well as some exercises.

[@RobbieMarieVandellandtheFairyT]

@@VincitDesignCoall of them!

[@RandomToxie]

That Preston Blair book was one of my dad's most used resources. He animated at Disney from 1977-2002 (Phil Young, you can find him in most of the animated films from that era.)

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's truly amazing! Wow thanks so much for telling me, and for checking out this video. It's definitely a book I cherish. I know he has updated versions (like the one I linked in the description), but this one just has so much character. Super great.

[@david_t_nethery_animator]

I worked with your dad , Phil Young, at Disney and also at Filmation. Phil was one of the great animators who is not as well-known as some others, but he should be ! A great artist and a wonderful human being.

[@sampeacaml9307]

Wow!

[@sampeacaml9307]

Wow, please tell me more.@@david_t_nethery_animator

[@CBMOA]

Preston Blair The man who created the best red haired girl

[@superbeegaming3751]

When you fust pulled out that book I went wait a minute isn't that the thing that my dad had in that old box in the attic, sure enough it was the same book lol

[@VincitDesignCo]

Haha! Nice! That's great, yea there are quite a many of these, but sometimes they can be hard to find.

[@niontric9276]

"I'm just doing this so you guys can look at it." THANK YOU!! From a Gen Z-er who has been trying to recreate old Disney with limited true resources in this modern world, I am forever grateful to sharers like you!

[@VincitDesignCo]

So glad this was helpful for you!

[@MPSESRA]

My grandma had this book and I have it now, she was a head technical drawer for a engineering company and made technical drawings for many power plants around the world.

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's super cool!

[@kevinjones15]

I’ve had this book since around 1985. Definitely one of my favorites.

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's awesome! Yea it's a GEM for sure.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Had that “how to” book in high school in the ‘70’s ! Loved it! I still have it in my large library of art books… ❤️

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's awesome! Yea this book is definitely a treasure to me.

[@Sketchrcat]

I still have that Animation book; I got it as a kid back in the 1960's, for Christmas. Its a great book!

[@VincitDesignCo]

That is super cool!

[@Residentevil1.5]

Thank you so much for this! I really want to animate some very short stuff by hand in Disney's old style. This is really helpful.

[@VincitDesignCo]

That sounds like an awesome goal! If you do, def tag me on Instagram so I can see your drawings! @vincitdesignco

[@todorokisfavouriteobject9109]

Awesome! I want to design characters as a job (preferably for Disney) and I was researching about character design and I came across this.

[@VincitDesignCo]

@@todorokisfavouriteobject9109 That's so cool! Yes working for Disney would be awesome. I am glad this video helped fuel your inspiration!

[@144wychwood]

WOW! I remember getting this book back in the mid 70s. With assistance of my father, I built animation light table from instructions provided in this book. Great memory!

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's sooo cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@guitarsndoodles]

This is the book I used to learn how to draw way back

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's great!

[@ethandoodlez9987]

Thanks so much for this video!!! I found the book on eBay and I sent it to my mom, and now I’m gonna get one for Christmas! IM SO EXCITEDDD.

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's so awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

[@alternateaccess9565]

I've seen the scans of some of the pages online from this book but always wanted to own a physical copy. Thank you kindly for sharing

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ryanhite9537]

So cool, I owned this when I was a little boy in the 80s and 90s. I wish I still had it!

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's cool! Yea this was a neat little find.

[@VideoAssaultSaturday]

I had to buy the updated version last year and just adore it!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad you like it!

[@douatsophie2213]

do you have a link for the updated version ? :)

[@hiridavidfeign]

For decades this was THE manual for animators. I mean THE manual, there were virtually no other instruction books available until The Art of Animation came out.

[@VincitDesignCo]

For sure! It's amazing how detailed each little piece of the sketch is.

[@augcanella6498]

there was a bunch of those books in my college library, studied it a lot

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's awesome!

[@kookieforhobi6138]

i have the same book, my dad bought it for me when I was little, sadly the condition is very poor now but all the pages are there! its super helpful

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's awesome! I'm glad the video was helpful, it's tough to find these in good condition sometimes!

[@janot1404]

Thanks for the video man, very direct and informative. Awsome magazine!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@no288]

Wow this takes me back to my animations days in the 80s. I recall most of those pages. I have another one with Preston Blair the front cover is blue and its about 'How To Animate Film Cartoons' I also have a signed copy of The illusion of life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston who i met back then as well. Fun memories ; )

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's amazing! Thanks for watching!

[@tato3513]

Also the gloves like old school Disney😉 I love everything about this video❤️❤️💕

[@VincitDesignCo]

Haha well the gloves are meant to protect the pages from the oils on my hands, since it's so old. But you are right! Kind of fits!

[@zachnewby4739]

Thanks man!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Most welcome!

[@andrewabasi6436]

I really loved this video. Thanks for making it!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Absolutely! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Did you have a favorite section in the book?

[@userone4236]

i have this same book now in my hands

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's great!

[@madjidchouarbi3921]

This book is about Tex Avery style of animation rather than disney. But I can swear it has all you need to learn how to animate. For me this book is far better than Eric Goldberg's the animation crash course.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad you like it!

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

This is actually a revised edition since the original print used model sheets from MGM cartoons of the time (Tom and Jerry, Tex Avery, etc), but once Blair got found out, he got hit with a cease and desist until he decided to trace and replace the likeness of the characters with new, non distinct ones

[@Pauly365]

I have that book.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Awesome! It's a great one.

[@mattski1979]

Dude, that's insane. Sick score. Thumbsed upped and subscribed.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Yes! Definitely a prized possession.

[@hifiunicorn]

What a great video. Really enjoyed looking through that

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad to hear it!

[@gr33n_d33r]

Thank you, you are very professional yet so underrated! I hope youll blow up soon on youtube!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@siegfriedenea]

I had it! ❤❤❤ At the time I was very frustrated because I didn't know English and I thought that in those captions there were spells to draw so well. Thanks mom and dad

[@VincitDesignCo]

So cool that you had it!

[@roboticvisions]

Thanks for this!

[@VincitDesignCo]

You are most welcome!

[@anotherlonelychannel2076]

The man cares about a book... Well that's great, and I was pretty interested in the book.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thanks! Yes, I definitely want to preserve these older books for as long as possible, they are already quite brittle!

[@YamiyugiXenith]

omg i have this book!

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's so cool!

[@CookwithJatin]

Thank You for sharing

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thanks for watching!

[@arielruh7773]

I think i need that book

[@VincitDesignCo]

I linked his most recent updated one! You can check it out.

[@mybrass41]

Thx, just bought one!!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@fatcapydraws]

that was very cool. you got a new sub bro!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@user-ql6up9ev5j]

Thank you for this i want to be a Disney animator when I'm older.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Awesome! That is a great goal. Hope you get there!

[@andrisyafaatofficialchannel]

I came here because I saw you in Think Media and I think your channel has a lot of potential. I love your content! I am subscribing. Keep it up👍

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thanks so much for your kind words! Appreciate it!

[@louielooyi]

Never thought there will be a book to teach how to draw Disney style like this 😆 Is there a similar one for ghibli? 🤣

[@VincitDesignCo]

That would be amazing! Now I'm going to look for a Ghibli style one haha. I love that drawing style and those are some of my favorite movies!

[@louielooyi]

@@VincitDesignCo Please go for it cant wait for that unboxing video 😂

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

There was an explosion of “how to draw in anime-style” books about 10 - 15 years ago…

[@bonnieravenstar860]

Love this thank you for sharing I love cartooning

[@VincitDesignCo]

So glad you liked it!!

[@alexG7523]

It would be reeeeeally kind from you if you could create a pdf with all the pics of the pages and then upload it in the description😁

[@VincitDesignCo]

Haha as long as that is legal I would be glad to do so! I'll look into that

[@markb.8460]

summer child, try to google it, you might find it

[@hdsandtoes5211]

www.welcometopixelton.com/downloads/Animation%20by%20Preston%20Blair.pdf This one is a PDF of the book, but it's a little blurry. I'll update it if I find one that is less blurry!

[@VincitDesignCo]

@@hdsandtoes5211 Oh wow! Where exactly did you find that? Can you give me the original housing link? I'm not sure how they are allowed to do this unless Disney has allowed it to be free. From my research I can't find anywhere that it is part of the Public Domain Yet because it's not old enough. And unfortunately, many of Disney's assets will never be public domain if they are original characters drawn by animators.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

The original book has been revised a number of times by the Walter Foster publishing company. Look for “Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair - The Collector’s Series 1994” in pdf on the internet (it’s there 😉) This is a combined form of his previous two books… there’s also a “revised” edition (shorter, not as good in my opinion) published in 2020…

[@Shrek28420]

Fantastic!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad you liked it!

[@tato3513]

Wowwww this is so coool thanks for sharing this with us!!💕💞 words can’t describe how much thankful I am😭❤️

[@VincitDesignCo]

Wow! So glad you enjoyed it! I love finding old stuff like this and sharing it so that more people can fall in love with it!

[@KyleBroflovski-y9y]

Wow I want one!!!

[@VincitDesignCo]

I think you can still find these online and in various antique stores! I think you can grab one for around 10 to 15 dollars U.S.

[@KyleBroflovski-y9y]

@@VincitDesignCo Thank you I found a similar one by the same author online 😃😃

[@VincitDesignCo]

@@KyleBroflovski-y9y Great!!

[@kellyschmader213]

I still have that book!

[@VincitDesignCo]

You have this one here in print!?

[@kellyschmader213]

@@VincitDesignCo I still have my copy that was given to me as a gift years ago, yes :)

[@VincitDesignCo]

@@kellyschmader213 That's super cool! Yes I have gained so much inspiration from it, super cool.

[@Velociiraptor]

3:37 when I draw my bird charectar, reg I do this weird wing thing with two fingers lol

[@VincitDesignCo]

Interesting!

[@aldairartsandgamingenglish]

I have the GYM tomorrow at 6 am and go out at 9 am, afternoons watching KZbin at 6:30 pm and 11 pm go out to sleep in bed. I want to see in KZbin 👀❤️‍🔥

[@namlexs]

ok wished i asked for this for christmas

[@VincitDesignCo]

You can find the book online I'm sure! Check on Ebay. I've seen some there for cheap.

[@pamelajohnson8044]

MEMORIES

[@VincitDesignCo]

For sure!

[@Magnetic275]

I had this book shame i dont have anymore

[@VincitDesignCo]

Grab a new copy!

[@p0p525]

This feels more warners than disney but still very cool

[@VincitDesignCo]

Glad you liked it.

[@chrissystewart6268]

That's my goal because I want my own Animation company

[@VincitDesignCo]

That's awesome!! Well best of luck to you!

[@volespirit247]

I have a copy of those.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Nice!

[@Khultan]

I had that long time ago, last century 1977.

[@VincitDesignCo]

Nice! Yea I am super glad I got to find an original copy, despite the scribbles on it.

[@Khultan]

@@VincitDesignCo You are very lucky, indeed. I had this material in my hands bought at a retail business called VALUE GIANT long out of business in San Francisco. It was on a magazine rack with other similar items which by the way is where I also coincidentally picked up my very first copy of John Byrne's Charleton Comics Doomsday Plus One. I was around eight years old in 1977.

[@johnylitalo4163]

Was Tom and Jerry in the Preston Blair style?

[@VincitDesignCo]

Very similar for sure!

[@rachelsremedies2602]

Wow I can get a job as an Illustrator! 😱😎😎😱

[@VincitDesignCo]

With practice, I absolutely believe so.

[@bobbystandridge9668]

i have that book

[@VincitDesignCo]

Nice! It's a great one!

[@Neil__Craig]

Yes hands are so difficult 😂

[@VincitDesignCo]

For sure!

[@coolhumantiktok6655]

1000. Subscriber!!

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thanks so much! that really means a lot!! Cheers

[@RobinZeg]

I don’t understand why you got a 1940s edition of this? You can get a new printing at Blick.

[@VincitDesignCo]

I have his newest edition of this, which is also linked in the description. But this one is pretty much antique now, so it's cool to have for the novelty.

[@doodle_alchemy]

Which one do you have now and which one do you prefer?

[@eterno1610]

This book looks more like Warner Brothers than Disney.

[@VincitDesignCo]

A lot of animators hopped around.

[@AarondeTodo]

Looks like looney tunes animation

[@VincitDesignCo]

There are a ton of similarities, and a lot of the animators I believe worked at multiple studios.

[@onlyuriew]

@4:37: Why am I reminded of an Eminem movie rap when I see this?

[@VincitDesignCo]

No clue!

[@CoOp_Art]

This book is still sold…….

[@VincitDesignCo]

Yep, you can either find copies of the original on Ebay or in antique stores, or you can purchase the newest edition I linked up in the description.

[@Ghggj-pj2mu]

Hi I'm danny

[@VincitDesignCo]

Thanks for watching!

[@SnepperStepTV]

For meaning to have viewers stop the video and take screen shots there sure wasn't a lot of opportunities without your left hand in the way and/or your right casting a shadow. The later pages shown weren't even all the way in frame. Good first effort i suppose, but i'm still going to have to get a real copy of the book to actually see it. I don't like the "fancy programs"....

[@VincitDesignCo]

Yea, this was literally just me showing a cool find. The updated version of that book, by the same author, is linked in the description if you'd like it. :)

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

This CLICK BAIT. You said that YOU were going to teach us how to draw a Disney animater... 🤨

[@VincitDesignCo]

This book will show you how to do it. The thumbnail is literally a screenshot from the book, so that there is no wondering about what you are going to see. Sorry if it was unhelpful to you, but Preston Blairs latest edition to this book is available for purchase, and it is absolutely helpful for achieving the style of old Disney animators.

[@jerrydragonbunny8508]

Why do you need gloves?

[@VincitDesignCo]

Great question! You certainly don't have to use gloves, but I want to preserve the pages for as long as possible, and since these pages are very old and brittle, the oils on your fingers can damage the paper further and make them wither faster, so a pair of cotton serving gloves will make sure no oil get's on the paper!

[@whimsyspopit]

@@VincitDesignCo legend

[@hingedelephant]

The Royal Society has taken a different approach to handling archived books. They no longer wear gloves. They found they did more damage to the pages when fumbling with gloves. They no longer wear gloves when handling books and manuscripts.

[@Green_garlic_lady_gaga]

7:30 this guy has no idea about animation for sure. quote n quote "we are not probably using it soo much as an animator" 💀💀

[@VincitDesignCo]

You've pulled a quote out of context that doesn't make sense. My point was about the difference between needing to draw frame by frame vs. using an advanced software to do the animation for you. Either way, thanks for watching.

[@Green_garlic_lady_gaga]

@@VincitDesignCo when you try to flip an object or a box in animation atleast, you will need to draw it by hand as the prespactive and the shape that the camera is seeing with change, and the thing that page was showing was called squash and stretch which is one of the 12 principals in animation, an animator needs to learn to draw / master all of them. The squash and stretch gets used in showing the viewers the scance of weight or the state of the object as a pingpong ball with suqash and stretch when you drop or throw it in real life and if you're trying to make the ball made out of metel, it will not be squash and stretch in the process.it's just the thingy you got worng . But thanks for thw recommendations though. I got that book after seeing your video because if has though walking cycles and acting ways to show emotions in animation. I was struggling with figuring out how to put that scance of sprinting or slowly walking for sneaking motion when i was drawing my pillow walking cycle ❤️❤️

[@lionelbradley4394]

1 Corinthians 11:14 KJV - Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

[@VincitDesignCo]

What are we talking about here exactly? That I have long hair? I believe David also had long hair, no? :)