Media Release -- Based on his DVD Cartooning Shortcuts, Formulas & Cheap Tricks, animator Gene Hamm will take you from basic shapes to drawing a cartoon head from every angle. Gene makes things simple. Most people can draw the head from the front or the side, but with formulas Gene learned from working in Hollywood animation studios, he will show you how to easily draw three-quarter views of the head and looking up and looking down. He will show you how to draw cartoon human heads and critters. Along the way, he will analyze the basic shapes of characters such as Bugs Bunny, Garfield and Bart Simpson. He will show how to draw expressions and the difference between a real head and a cartoon head.
And Gene loves questions. Ask him what time it is and he'll tell you how to make a watch.
Instructor: Gene Hamm
Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012
Time: 1-3pm
Age: Teens to Adults
Place: Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
Cost: $30 members, $40 non-members
About Gene Hamm:
Animator Gene Hamm worked on Ralph Bakshi's Lord Of The Rings, Hanna-Barbera's Smurfs and Superfriends, Art Clokey's Gumby, Roger Corman's Battle Beyond The Stars, MTV's Liquid Television, Sega's Dick Tracy game, and Living Books' Arthur's Birthday Party, Tortoise And The Hare, and The Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight. His own projects include the animated feature The Dream Hat, Cook For Your Life, Cartooning Shortcuts, Formulas And Cheap Tricks, The Professional Cartoonist Kit and the book How To Get A Job In Animation And Keep It.
Hamm currently teaches animation at Academy of Art University. He also does caricatures via Skype from his website: http://www.hammcamcaricatures.com
