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Re:Foundations of Animation by onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:56PM (#18773746)
Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?
Re:Foundations of Animation by pcwalton on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:39PM (#18774244)
These are really old, but I found them very helpful for beginning cartooning years ago: http://karmatoons.com/drawing/drawing.htm
Re:Foundations of Animation by mkl on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:25PM (#18774178)
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards. Learning to draw is actually mostly about learning to see; not seeing the objects as we usually do, but seeing the light and shadow that form them.
Re:Foundations of Animation by jessejmc on Friday December 28, 2018 @01:42PM (#18778574)
Drawabox has some great exercises and starts by teaching the mechanical skills necessary for drawing.

https://drawabox.com/

Re:Foundations of Animation by si1verbu11et on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:46AM (#18776054)
andrew loomis has really helped me, search on archive.org, the books are not in copyright anymore..
Re:Foundations of Animation by avtar on Saturday December 29, 2018 @07:14PM (#18786517)
Check out the Traditional Drawing list here: https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/