James Sbal
2D Animation | Illustration | Backgrounds


Life drawing of an elderly man reclined, looking right

Gesture Drawings & Cleanup

The following are examples of:

  • Current 2-20 minute life drawings from live subjects
  • 30-second gesture sketches of people
  • Some work based on imagination and original design sensibilities
  • Examples of animation assignments completed through cleanup
Life drawing of a woman sitting, facing away from the viewer Life drawing of two women facing right Life study of 4 woman facing in different directions Life study of a woman facing right
A cut-out page of 30 second gesture drawings
Life drawing of a man posing right while holding a staff Life study of a man holding a rope facing away from the viewer Life study of a man straining a rope across his back 20-minute life drawing of a man posing with a staff, facing left
Collage of 20 minute life studies Life drawing of a lady sitting reclined Collection of 2 minute gesture drawings Collection of 5 to 10 minute gesture drawings

Page 1 of a bouncing ball exercise with a cloth attached for secondary motion Page 2 of the bouncing ball animation exercise Page 3 of the bouncing ball exercise Finished bouncing ball exercise, done frame-by-frame in Adobe Animate

Page 1 of rough sketches of 4-legged eel creature run cycle Page 2 of a 4-legged run cycle Lined and colored 4-legged eel creature run cycle
Page 1 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 2 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 3 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 4 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 5 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 6 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 7 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 8 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 9 of the money bird storyboard sequence Page 10 of the money bird storyboard sequence
More in-depth animation of the bird using Shape Tweens in Adobe Animate