Donald Duck Model Sheet

Hey, lookit that! More model sheets!

As much as I love Carl Barks, as much as he set the standard and the bar, as much as his work is the definitive style -- I'm tired of everybody always blindly aping him.

There's a million and one Barks purists out there, but once in a while someone comes along with something that's so refreshing that it just made your day. For me, that style was not Don Rosa, but instead, italian Disney master Giorgio Cavazzano. His work is so... "alive" is the only way I even know how to put it! I cannot stress how much I love his work as his style grew! You can see lots of examples from then to now here: [link]

Anyway, I'm certainly no Cavazanno by a country mile, but I certainly wanted to try and incorporate bits of pieces of my favorite styles in my own take on Donald - Barks, Rosa, Van Horn, Cavazzano...even bits of Strobl here and there, included.

I'm one of those rare guys who is more of a Mouse fan than a Duck one (Gottfredson all the way, baby), but I like to hope that I did Donald some justice here. I really want to draw and write Disney comics. You've no idea. >__>