Drawing

Hmmm I really wanna practise my classic cartoon skills like inking and construction because I still have a long road to go and it's something I really reallyyyyyy wanna do... But in the meantime I need/wanna earn money with a job I learn from and I have a fun time with.

I have a new job, I'm working for a talanted dutch illustrator/graphic designer with lots of experience. The job is really cool and I am learning allot of stuff. But it takes allot of time even my spare time, because I need to learn many new things to do a good job (and school starts next month :( ). And because of that I can't spend as mutch time as I would like too on classic cartoons. It's hard to find a balance....

I forced some time to make this practise drawing of betty boop. You can see that I'm struggeling with it from the shabby lines.... I'm going to find some time to practise more. But Im thinking about doing an Elmer Fudd... Mayby I can try to do an own pose and then ink it. That would be cool!

And oyeah, a cartoon I worked on as an Intern aired last month in Holland! It's called Kika and Bob. It's fun to see you're name in the credits on TV :D

Learning

And then I found this course from Preston Blair! (all kids on skools should get this book)
And now again I copy allot of old drawings to learn the basics and principles, at least that is what I am trying to do.

Inking is really a good way to learn it.
When I ink a drawing I really need to think about the drawing. You need to understand it to do a good job, just like copying a modelsheet.

A ink I did of a sketch of John K's George.

The original drawing of John K:

I really had to analyze the drawing and think about it. Now I see my ink again I see things that I can do better the next time, especialy some of the forms and corners.

I'm thinking what the next step is, drawing a character like bugs bunny in you're own poses? Or should I just keep inking and copying. I still can learn allot from that.

What do you think?

Do you need a diploma to get work?

I mean what are the + to have a diploma?
Do you need it if you wanna work in a foreign country?
Do people look at diploma's?

thanks

And a study offcourse