Animation : Animation Style Guides by Mike Boas

Getting a team of animation artists to all draw the same is a challenge. Aside from model sheets, a style guide can help with that. I saw excerpts from the King of the Hill style guide posted recently, and it reminded me of the Simpsons one I saw years ago.

Here are some links:

KING OF THE HILL STYLE GUIDE

https://imgur.com/a/king-of-hill-animation-help-PiJLk

SIMPSONS STYLE GUIDE

https://archive.org/details/simpsons-drawing-guide/page/n13/mode/2up

At the time I saw the Simpsons guide, we were looking at locking down character designs for our second Derf cartoon at Animatus. At the time I saw the Simpsons guide, we were looking at locking down character designs for our second Derf cartoon at Animatus. Inspired by all the"rights and wrongs" in the Simpsons doc, I made some similar notes for our Derf artists.

DERF STYLE PROGRESSION

https://maddogmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/derf-and-lizard-samp...

Has anyone seen similar docs for other shows? I'd love to check them out.