Animation School

I've had this idea kicking around for a couple years now, that in my spare time (you know, all that spare time that I have just lying around, doing nothing), I would fashion together my own Animation Self-Study program, for no other reason than to teach myself how to make classic cartoons.  About a year or two ago, I actually sat down and made a list of books that I would want to get, most of which were used by animation schools in North America.  I recently revisited the idea of doing this, and in my travels, I stumbled upon a blog here that basically outlines everything that I wanted to teach myself, and much more.  As I dug deeper into the blog, I discovered that it's written by John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren & Stimpy, and that his starting point was the same as mine: follow all the lessons in the original Preston Blair books.  People following his online animation school are encouraged to blog their results, so I am joining the party because this is something I simply MUST do!!  If it kills me!!  By some accounts, my brain is much too old to be learning any of this, but I am just ignoring this and plowing ahead.  I believe I have the raw ability to animate; I simply need to draw, and draw, and draw.  So this blog will document my progress... I'll be doing my best to finish ALL the exercises and not skip over anything.  And if I'm really, really lucky, maybe I'll get to hear from JohnK.  Wish me luck!!