ABSTRACT
When working from a model you must keep in mind the fact that you are not copying what is before you, but that you are searching for a gesture – one that will be applicable to any character that you might be called upon to draw (animate); for instance, the mermaid, one of the sailors, or the prince in the The Little Mermaid, Mickey, or Goofy. Again I use the term “shift gears” (mental gears) to picture the release from the shackles of any false burden, responsibility, or obligation to copy the model.
