1920’s Rubber Hose Tutorial Part 1: The Head. by GSVProductions on DeviantArt
This tutorial will teach you how to draw in the 1920’s rubber hose style; however, if you need any additional references or guides on drawing this style, I recommend Bill Nolan’s How to Draw Cartoons the “Old-School Way.”
What is the rubber hose style?
Rubber hose animation was the first standardized animation style in the American animation field, and its defining feature is “rubber hose limbs”u2014arms and sometimes legs that are typically simple, flowing curves with no articulation (no hinged wrists or elbows).
Why is it called rubber hose style?
Most historians refer to this cartoon style as Rubber Hose Animation because characters’ arms, legs, and pretty much everything else are usually animated as if they were made of rubber tubing and without elbows or knees.
Who created the rubber hose style?
Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer, was perhaps the first cartoon series to popularize the rubber hose style, debuting in 1919 in the short “Feline Follies.” Felix was the biggest cartoon star of the silent era, debuting in 1919 in the short “Feline Follies.”
What is Cuphead art style called?
It meant employing many of the same techniques that gave early Disney and Fleischer Studios cartoons their distinct look, such as watercolor paintings for the game’s backgrounds and hand-drawn animation on paper before being inked and inserted into the game.
What is Cal Arts style?
CalArts style is…well, it depends on who you ask. To many animation fans, CalArts Style is a somewhat derogatory term used to describe an animation style that has become popularized in many successful cartoons today, with thin-line animation being the main defining factor.
Why do old cartoons wear gloves?
The short answer is that animation is a time-consuming process, so simplifying features like hands to speed up the animation process was necessary. Still, in the days of black and white cartoons, separating characters’ round-edge hands from their black bodies was difficult.
What is UPA style?
United Productions of America (UPA) is credited with bringing a modern art sensibility to the American cartoon in the 1950s and 1960s, with a simplified, abstract style that transformed the look of studio animation.
Who was cartoon cat?
Cartoon Cat is a hostile cryptid and urban legend created by Trevor Henderson, a Canadian horror artist. He is a giant feline creature that resembles a 1930s era cartoon cat, thus his name.
What does it mean it a favorite character has rubber hose anatomy?
Advertisement: When a cartoon character moves without visible elbows or knees, their limbs aren’t stiff, but rather bendy, like rubber hoses; this was intentional in cartoons made before the mid to late 1930s or so, for practical rather than artistic reasons.
Why do cartoons look different?
A studio contract is frequently exchanged, resulting in an evolution of cartoon character designs; sometimes, animation changes in your favorite cartoons happen so slowly that you forget how drastically different they looked in the pilot.