Character Mentor: Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0240820711 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Tom Bancroft is a 30 year veteran of the animation industry. In his artistic career he has specialized in children's character designs, animation, video game development, and comic books. Formerly, he worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation for twelve years, animating on new Disney classics, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, Brother Bear, and more. He is the author of the popular character design book Creating Characte
How a character looks and is costumed starts to tell her story, but her body language reveals even more. But now what? Whether you want to use her in an animated film, television show, video game, web comic, or children's book, you're going to have to make her perform. You can never be truly finished with it as the teachings within are always relevantit’s like having a teacher on your shelf that will never be too busy to help you out and will always give you good advice."--Robin Liebschner, Skwigly . Character Mentor is an apprenticeship in a book."--CartoonBrew"If, like me, you are always looking to push yourself
BEST HOW-TO BOOK ON CARTOONING EVER? I don't know where to begin praising this book. Sure, there's TONS of how-to books on cartooning out therebut FINALLY here's a book that is hyper-specific on the little nuances of creating characters. "Twinning", using depth,specifics on how wrinkles work on clothing, etc. In addition, there's contributions by other artists like Terry Dodson,Stephen Silver, etc. Also, there's some assignme. The Real Deal In the fields of animation and illustration, the craft of character design is often completely overlooked by the casual observer. Instead, the human eye perceives the most well-crafted characters as living things, whether we're looking at a sequence of frames or simply one static image, because the finest character designers have learned what exactly tricks the brain into seeing life in li. Another excellent work by Tom Bancroft! Since I was 3 years old I wanted to be a Disney animator. I've practiced and practiced and gotten pretty far studying the masters of animation. But there was always just a little something missing. This book has already given me the boost I need. It has tons of helpful advice for anyone from novice to advanced users. Most books on character design really only scratch the surface. Tom Bancr
Author Tom Bancroft addresses each topic with clear, concise prose, and then shows you what he really means through commenting on and redrawing artwork from a variety of student "apprentices." His assignments allow you to join in and bring your drawing to the next level with concrete techniques, as well as more theoretical analysis. Character Mentor shows you how to pose your character, create emotion through facial expressions, and stage your character to create drama. Professional artists from a variety of media offer their experience through additional commentary. Pictures, and other companies.. Character Mentor is an apprenticeship in a book. How a character looks and is costumed starts to tell her story, but her body language reveals even more. These include Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace), Terry Dodson (X-Men), Bobby Rubio (Pixar), Sean "Cheeks" Galloway (Spiderman animated), and more. You've researched your character extensively, tailored her to your audience, sketched hundreds of versions, and now you lean back content as you gaze at your final character model sheet. But now what? Whether you want to use her in an animated film, tele