Alive Character Design
For Games, Animation and Film
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Follow this lively and entertaining book as it illuminates the basics of effective character design. Whether male or female, animal, monster or alien — certain rules apply that animate the figure and elevate it from a two-dimensional plane. Knowledge of anatomy and proportion provides a framework and is crucial to attaining a convincing characterization. Facial expressions and body language complement the whole, conveying emotion and intention through subtle nuances of line and form. Utilizing a broad assortment of sketches and finished illustrations, the fundamentals of process are revealed — from the divergent contours of gender to the anthropomorphization of animals, from the constraints of morphology on motion to the effects of environment on new species. A must for working and would-be animators alike!
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Alive Character Design, Vincent Zhao, Haitao Su
- Language
- Released
- 2011
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Alive Character Design
- Subtitle
- For Games, Animation and Film
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Vincent Zhao, Haitao Su
- Publisher
- CYPI Press
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0956288073
- ISBN13
- 9780956288073
- Series
- Tags
- Fine Art, Art, Filmthema, Games, Performing Arts, Graphic Design, Animation, Videogame Characters
- Description
- Follow this lively and entertaining book as it illuminates the basics of effective character design. Whether male or female, animal, monster or alien — certain rules apply that animate the figure and elevate it from a two-dimensional plane. Knowledge of anatomy and proportion provides a framework and is crucial to attaining a convincing characterization. Facial expressions and body language complement the whole, conveying emotion and intention through subtle nuances of line and form. Utilizing a broad assortment of sketches and finished illustrations, the fundamentals of process are revealed — from the divergent contours of gender to the anthropomorphization of animals, from the constraints of morphology on motion to the effects of environment on new species. A must for working and would-be animators alike!