Reddit reviews Action! Cartooning

In a hurry, but here's the Amazon links, plus one extra book I have that I enjoyed. You could also try to see if there are websites with tutorials, but alli have on hand are free artist middle sites. Still useful.


https://smile.amazon.com/Action-Cartooning-Ben-Caldwell/dp/0806987391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523044934&sr=8-1&keywords=Ben+caldwell

https://smile.amazon.com/Fantasy-Cartooning-Ben-Caldwell/dp/1402716125/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1402716125&pd_rd_r=E8D678XWKG9J60492XEX&pd_rd_w=aQYUw&pd_rd_wg=IndA3&psc=1&refRID=E8D678XWKG9J60492XEX

https://smile.amazon.com/Creating-Characters-Personality-Animation-Graphic/dp/0823023494/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0823023494&pd_rd_r=3Q39HZMCBFVSQ2SHZGEW&pd_rd_w=JXQC5&pd_rd_wg=bs3Cl&psc=1&refRID=3Q39HZMCBFVSQ2SHZGEW


Here's a model site that allows you to choose clothes or nude and even set up a gesture playlist. One thing you do in art school drawing class is try to capture fast poses in 15-sec to a minute poses--no detail, just a good loose impression of a figure that expresses the motion of the pose. It's good practice and a good way to loosen up before drawing.

https://www.quickposes.com/en/library

Speaking for myself, I'd also recommend Action Cartooning and Fantasy Cartooning by Ben Caldwell. Those jumpstarted my drawing back in high school. I know classical techniques and developing your own style are important, but there's genuinely a lot of solid advice for exaggerated posing, simplifying shapes and caricaturing the face to convey story, all of which apply to animation of all types.