Table of contents for Creating characters with personality / by Tom Bancroft ; introduction by Glen Keane.

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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.