Character mentor : learn by example to use expressions, poses, and staging to bring your characters to life / Tom Bancroft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bancroft, Tom, author.

Contributor:

Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Characters and characteristics in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Massachusetts : Focal Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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, television show, video game, web comic, or children's book, you're going to have to make her perform. How a character looks and is costumed starts to tell her story, but her body language reveals even more. Character Mentor shows you how to pose your character, create emotion through facial expressions, and stage your character to create drama. 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 is an apprenticeship in a book. Professional artists from a variety of media offer their experience through additional commentary. These include Marcus Hamilton ( Dennis the Menace ), Terry Dodson ( X-Men ), Bobby Rubio (Pixar), Sean "Cheeks" Galloway (Spiderman animated), and more. With a foreword by comicbook artist Adam Hughes, who has produced work for DC, Marvel Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Pictures, and other companies.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1: NOW WHAT?: DRAWING BASICSFOR POSING AND EXPRESSIONS; Twinning; Using Perspective to Create Depth; Clothing: Depth Killers?; Using the Core; Line of Action; Drama Is Not Vertical; Step-by-Step: Creating a Pose from Start to Finished Color; Clarity and Silhouette; Assignment #1; CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Bobby Rubio, Storyboard Artist; CHAPTER 2: THE FACE: BREAKING DOWNTHE ELEMENTS OF EXPRESSION; Eyes; Eyebrows; The Mouth; The Neck; The Nose; Using the Facial Elements to Emote

Assignment #2CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Sean "Cheeks" Galloway, Comic BookArtist/Character Designer; CHAPTER 3: POSING YOUR CHARACTER: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TOCOMMUNICATE?; Body Language; Weight and Balance; The Mechanics of Movement; Walks and Runs; Assignment #3; CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Stephen Silver, CharacterDesigner; CHAPTER 4: ACTING: CHARACTERS ACTING ANDREACTING THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO; Thumbnailing; Subtext; Purpose-Driven Acting; Eye Direction and Proximity; Using Photo Reference; Characters Listening to Each Other; Assignment #4

CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Terry Dodson,Comic Book ArtistCHAPTER 5: STAGING YOUR SCENE: USING THEELEMENTS OF YOUR SCENE TO CREATEA COMPOSITION; The Rule of Thirds; Choosing Your Shot; Point of View; Assignment #5; CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Brian Ajhar,Illustrator/Character Designer; CHAPTER 6: LEADING THE EYE: PRIORITIZING BY DESIGN; Visual "Flow" and Tonal Studies; Shape-Based Composition; Determining Priorities; Composition for a Client; Assignment #6; CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Marcus Hamilton,Comic Strip Artist

CHAPTER 7: PUTTING IT IN ACTION: CREATING A CHARACTER-DRIVEN ILLUSTRATION FROM START TO FINISHStep 1: Research, Research, Research; Step 2: Character Design; Step 3: Thumbnail Layouts; Step 4: Inks; Step 5: Color Wizardry; CELEBRITY ARTIST ASSIGNMENT: Jeremiah Alcorn, Illustrator/CharacterDesigner; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-14741-1

1-136-14742-X

1-280-58130-1

9786613611086

0-240-82088-6

9780240820880

OCLC:

792685011