The "line of action" is a simple, usually curving, line that travels through all the forms of a pose. A Disney animator, possibly Bill Tytla or Art Babbitt, used an S-shaped line passing through the pose of this character model drawing of Geppetto from Disney's Pinocchio.
Other artists have applied the principle, including the cartoonist T. S. Sullivant (1854-1926), who was a big influence on the Disney animators.
Here's another example from a Victorian painter, Herbert Draper (1863-1920), in his canvas "Flying Fish."
Feel free to leave links of other examples in the comments.
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cool post! The Tigers remind me of Heinrich Kley who I've always liked a lot!
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Neat, thank you
ReplyDeleteI might not remember a person's name, but I know Gepetto when I see him. :)
George Bellow's "Stag at Sharkey's
ReplyDeleteInteresting, and was it just happenstance that your image of Gepetto ended up right alongside the image of your book "Color and Light" when I viewed it today? Both images employ that same technique!
ReplyDeleteInteresting, and was it just happenstance that your image of Gepetto ended up right alongside the image of your book "Color and Light" when I viewed it today? Both images employ that same technique!
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