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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION- By Glen Keane PREFACE CHAPTER 1- ¿WHAT IS A CHARACTER DESIGNER AND WHAT DO THEY DO ALL DAY¿? -Two different kinds of Character designers CREATOR PROFILE: TV ANIMATION- BUTCH HARTMAN CHAPTER 2- ¿WHERE TO START ¿OR ¿LOVING THE BOUNDARIES¿ -Character Hierarchy -Learning through the sweat Assignment #1 -Western film synopsis CREATOR PROFILE 2: COMIC BOOKS- J. SCOTT CAMPBELL CHAPTER 3- ¿DESIGN BASICS TO REMEMBER¿ -Element #1: ¿SHAPE¿ Shape Symbolism -Element #2: ¿SIZE¿ -Element #3: VARIANCE Assignment #2: The rough character lineup CREATOR PROFILE 3: HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATION- JACK DAVIS CHAPTER 4- LET¿S START DESIGNING CHARACTERS! - Doggy Do! Assignment #3: Designing ¿Dillon¿ CHAPTER 5- CREATING APPEALING CHARACTER DRAWINGS - Start with a Circle- AGAIN? - Turning your character in 3D - Line Up! -¿Pushing¿ your design - Costumes CREATOR PROFILE 4: COMIC STRIPS- BILL AMEND CHAPTER 6- DRAWING (BEAUTIFUL) WOMEN -What is beauty? -Proportions -Curves and Rhythm -Tilts -Faces and Eyes -Hair styles and clothes TRYING IT OUT #1: Creating a ¿cartoon version¿ of a pop ¿girl group¿ ASSIGNMENT 4: Design Polly CREATOR PROFILE 5: FEATURE ANIMATION- MARK HENN CHAPTER 7- 4 LEGS-A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL -The Importance of anatomy - Cuteness factor - What¿s it for? ASSIGNMENT 5- Design Carrots, Dillon¿s horse, and Ruthie, Polly¿s dog. CREATOR PROFILE 6: CG ANIMATION- PETER deSEVE¿ CHAPTER 8- LOOK YOUR AGE! -Babies -Children -Teens -Adults -Older People TRYING IT OUT #2: Creating a group of kids designs for a proposed TV show Assignment 6: Designing Polly¿s mom CHAPTER 9- 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 10- GROUPINGS OR CREATING THE CAST -Variety is the spice of life -It takes two -Extreme size relationships CHAPTER 11- DON¿T JUST STAND THERE: POSE AND EMOTE! -The eyes have it -Eyes from different angles ¿Flow¿ in your drawings CHAPTER 12- PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: COLOR PERSONALITY -¿Hero¿ colors -¿Heroine¿ colors -¿Villain¿ colors -Rounding out the cast -Cast color harmony CHAPTER 13 - Last and hardest: STYLE AFTERWORD
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Characters and characteristics in art.
Graphic arts -- Technique.