Model sheet

Model sheets are drawings of posed cartoon or comic strip characters that are created to provide a reference template for several artists who collaborate in the production of a lengthy or multiple-edition work of art such as a comic book, animated film or television series.

Model sheets also provide notes that present specific information about how to develop particular features of the character, such as his or her head shape, hair length and style, size and position of the eyes and the mouth.

Some model sheets are specific to particular completed or ongoing projects, whereas others are more general and inclusive of a studio's entire collection of characters.

Animation studios besides Disney and fans also post model sheets on their Internet Web sites.

[4] Model sheets are not typically in the public domain, but are copyrighted material owned by the animation studio which created it.