Force: Character Design from Life Drawing

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Book description

Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop and 'PUSH' your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to.

Packed with color illustrations and photographs of the models who inspired them. With step-by-step explanation of how the characters were developed and exercises for you to sharpen your skills this is everything you need to bring your characters to life.

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Halftitle
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Special Thanks
7. Foreword
8. Preface
9. Key Concepts
10. Chapter 1. Force with Character
    1. Amazing Angles
    2. Developing Ideas
    1. Forceful Form
    2. The Spatial Bounding Box—Size Equals Depth
    3. Location Equals Depth
    1. Abstraction of Shapes
    2. Forceful Shape
    3. The Forceful Triangle
    4. The Brilliant Bounding Box Returns
    5. The Law of Thirds
    6. Facial Ratios
    1. Tone or Value
    2. Color Theory
    3. Erin Leong
    4. Teddy Newton
    5. Deanna Marsigliese
    6. Stephen Silver
    7. Dean Yeagle
    8. Stephanie Laberis
    9. John Nevarez
    10. John Nevarez
    11. Stephanie Laberis
    12. Marc Perry
    13. Ragnar
    14. Phil Rynda
    15. Phil Rynda
    16. Teddy Newton
    17. Patrick Morgan
    18. Marc Perry
    19. Teddy Newton
    20. Jake Kazdal
    21. Marc Perry
    22. Griselda Sastrawinita
    23. Teddy Newton
    24. Character Inspiration
    25. Imaginative Design
    1. Finding Character
    2. Mike Daley
    3. Mike Daley
    4. Mike Daley
    5. Character Layout
    6. Architecture with Character
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    Product information

    • Title: Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
    • Author(s): Mike Mattesi
    • Release date: November 2012
    • Publisher(s): Routledge
    • ISBN: 9781136139895

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