Hi,
I’m a lot of my time searching to good drawing lessons because I’ve got the dream to someday work at Pixar. But I’m a terrible drawer so I really want to get good tips and maybe some tutorials. It would please me a lot and would give me a good activity during the summer holiday which is approaching.
Thanks!
grts,
Wouter
Here are some helpful tips!
I dont’ know if you live in a city, town, or in the country., But if where you live offers it, take art classes. In sketching, painting or the like. I took lots of those classes and some cartooning classes when I was younger which help me today when I draw.
In his autobiography,Chuck Jones, the legend behind many great Looney Tune shorts said this little story. In college when he was studying art, his professor told him and the rest of his classs this:
“You have 10,000 bad drawings in each of you. The sooner you get them out the better”
Basically what this means is DRAW, DRAW, and Draw some more! Practice makes perfect.
Another thing is to observe. Draw what you see. Draw things that are difficult. Challenge yourself.
One thing that has mostly helped me draw is by watching cartoons. Not just pixar. Anything from Felix the Cat to Classic Disney to Looney Tunes, and also more obscure cartoons. Notice how many different ways there are to draw different animals, objects, and people. Feel welcome to find inspiration in these, but not necesarrily copy the style by freewatching tracing.
If want to spend the money, buy some books at a local art store. You know “how to draw” sort of books. They are nice to get the basics down. And my personal favorite book on cartooning/animation/art is Chuck Jones “Chuck Amuck” and the sequal “Chuck Reducks” They are hilarious reads that provide a history of Warner Bros animation, as well as tips from the animation legend himself on the ART of animation.
Sorry if this post is long and bored you! I just love animation and drawing.
Hey.
First of all the best of luck 
As ellie-jessie-eve said never stop! I’ve been slacking a bit lately due to work getting in the way but have a sketchbook and date ever page to keep track of how often/how much you’re doing. Try an do a few pages a day. It can be rubbish but you learn from this.
Secondly, life drawing classes are always important. A lot of places do these nowadays so look into your local colleges/adult learning centres or what not. Again practice as it can take a while to get into the swing of things. You can either practice with yourself (the bits you can see or use a mirror), with a friend if they’re willing or (less favourably) using websites. I can provide some links to these if you would like but if so PM me as I don’t want to possibly offend linking them on here (its nudity for artistic sakes but obviously don’t want to potentially offend).
And finally some links that may be of use:
Guide to drawing the body (and other tutorials linked within): cedarseed.deviantart.com/art/Big … y-15014442 (may have to click the grey box with the ‘db’ logo in to see)
Constructing the figure: elfwood.com/farp/figure/will … ction.html
Human body reference tutorials (lots of them!): artistshospital.deviantart.com/a … s-24705651
Animation 1: amazon.com/Animation-Learn-A … 451&sr=8-1
Thanks a lot for your help. I tried once to go to an art school but it was to abstract. There we had to draw very modern drawings and that’s just not my thing. And I also hadn’t got enough time to practise this during the schoolyear. But since it’s almost vacation I’m ready to do something about my drawings 
. But I surely will try to do some of the books about animation drawings!
grts,
Wouter
WFPixFan, it’s great that you have an interest in beginning. Having the desire and will is half the battle won, or as Mr Confucius would say, “A journey of a thousand steps begins with a single… step.” Or something like that. xD
I’ll retierate what the previous posters have said and just say “Practice makes perfect.” Draw whenever you can. If you put it off to when you ‘feel like it and you’re ready’, you’re never gonna get started. I doodle in my notebook during lectures all the time (although I unfortunately don’t save any of the pages). Draw on paper napkins while waiting for your coffee or lunch. Draw on the newspaper during commercial breaks. Take a notepad and draw the scenery on car-trips. Practice capturing what you see in a matter of seconds, like a photo snapshot.
There’s an excellent series on ‘Gestural Drawing’ by Walt Stanchfield which I read last year-end break called ‘Drawn to Life’. The format is a bit untidy and reads more like a weekly journal than a textbook, but that’s half the fun. You never know what aspect of sketching he is going to cover next, and there are nuggets of wisdom he dispenses if you read carefully.
Study artworks by people you like. Browse DeviantArt. Better yet, get a dA account. Buy magazines, graphic novels, ‘How to’ and ‘Art of’ books. If your school has an Art Society/Club, join it and attend every meeting. If they don’t have one, get a group of like-minded friends and go for ‘Art Jamming’ sessions. If you prefer to go solo, make sure you have discipline. Aim for an artwork a week (something which I’ve been aspiring to, but so far only managed to crank out every month). Every little bit counts. Don’t get discouraged. Every bad drawing is a step to a good one.
Post your artworks, Pixar or non-Pixar, under the respective boards here, and gain constructive feedback. Listen to it, then improve your skillz.
And above all, have fun! 
Thanks for your response thedriveintheatre!
I’ll try to follow your advice and it’s very funny maybe but I already have got a deviantArt account (FrankyW0W) but this was for a photoshop tutorial I followed.
grts,
Wouter