the amazing ASIFA-Hollywood Animation website lists ten great things you should study in depth:
01 Carlo Vinci 02 Grim Natwick 03 Clair Weeks 04 Advice For CG Animators 05 Originality vs Ripoffs 06 Milton Caniff 07 Modern Animation 08 Writing Cartoons 09 Cultural Literacy 10 Milt Gross
Above: Art by Carlo Vinci.
