Jason Deamer: Character Design

CGSociety has a very nice article about Jason Deamer, a character designer for Pixar.

I’m an obsessive compulsive doodler,” Deamer says. “So when I was making color copies, I’d hold one of my drawings on top of the lid.” While he waited for the copier to finish, he added lines to his drawings. He also drew faces on coffee cups. “It’s like the faces [comic book artist] R. Crumb draws on thread spools,” he says. “You draw the features, but not the silhouette edge.”

says the article. It’s a good article and worth a read.