Creating characters with personality

Tom Bancroft

Book - 2006

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Published
New York : Watson-Guptill 2006.
Language
English
Main Author
Tom Bancroft (-)
Physical Description
160 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780823023493
  • Chapter 1. What Does A Character Designer Do All Day?
  • Two Kinds of Character Designers
  • Where to Begin
  • Imagining the Characters
  • Character Hierarchy
  • Chapter 2. Let's Start Designing Characters!
  • The Meat, Potatoes, and Veggies of Character Design
  • Shape
  • Size
  • Variance
  • Begin with the Basic Shapes
  • Doggy Do!
  • Chapter 3. Creating Appealing Character Drawings
  • Start with a Circle-Again?
  • Turning Your Character in 3-D
  • Pushing Your Design
  • Chapter 4. Drawing (Beautiful) Women
  • Proportions
  • Curves and Rhythm
  • Tilts
  • Faces and Eyes
  • Hairstyles and Clothing
  • Chapter 5. Four Legs: A Whole Different Animal
  • Choose the Nature of Your Beast
  • Importance of Anatomy
  • Cuteness Factor
  • Chapter 6. Look Your Age!
  • Babies
  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Older People
  • Chapter 7. Monsters, Creatures, And Personalities?
  • Creature Questions
  • Anatomy 101
  • Shake and Bake
  • Let's Give 'Em a Hand
  • Cyborg A-Go-Go
  • I'm Not Dead Yet
  • Exploring a Design
  • Miscellaneous Fun Stuff
  • Chapter 8. Groupings, or Creating the Cast
  • Variety Is the Spice of Life
  • It Takes Two
  • Chapter 9. Putting It All Together: Pose, Color, and Style
  • Pose and Emote!
  • The Eyes Have It
  • Go with the Flow
  • Color Personality
  • Rounding Out the Cast
  • Style