
Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
Character Design from Life Drawings
Mike Mattesi(Author)
Focal Press
1st Edition
Published on 8. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-240-80993-9 (ISBN)
Description
Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop and 'PUSH' your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to.
Packed with color illustrations and photographs of the models who inspired them. With step-by-step explanation of how the characters were developed and exercises for you to sharpen your skills this is everything you need to bring your characters to life.
Packed with color illustrations and photographs of the models who inspired them. With step-by-step explanation of how the characters were developed and exercises for you to sharpen your skills this is everything you need to bring your characters to life.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
Approx. 260 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
828 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-240-80993-9 (9780240809939)
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Book
09/2016
1st Edition
Routledge
€142.62
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Mike Mattesi
Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
E-Book
11/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€39.49
Available for download

Mike Mattesi
Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
E-Book
11/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€39.49
Available for download
Person
Michael Mattesi has authored several FORCE books, published in numerous languages, utilized around the world to inspire and educate artists on the concept of FORCE. He has instructed FORCE Drawing for over twenty years and inspired thousands of artists.
Simultaneously, Michael has been contributing his skills as a professional artist on numerous award-winning projects in varied capacities and has collaborated with Pixar, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks/PDI, Zynga, The School of Visual Arts, Beijing University, Art Center, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, San Jose State University, The Academy of Art University, Nickelodeon, LeapFrog and many others. Michael's students occupy all fields of the art industry and have themselves gained prestige for their abilities.
Michael lives in northern California with his wife and two daughters. Visit him at:
DrawingFORCE.com
and connect with Michael on Facebook at:
DrawingFORCE.com with Mike Mattesi
or email him directly:
mike@drawingforce.com
Simultaneously, Michael has been contributing his skills as a professional artist on numerous award-winning projects in varied capacities and has collaborated with Pixar, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks/PDI, Zynga, The School of Visual Arts, Beijing University, Art Center, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, San Jose State University, The Academy of Art University, Nickelodeon, LeapFrog and many others. Michael's students occupy all fields of the art industry and have themselves gained prestige for their abilities.
Michael lives in northern California with his wife and two daughters. Visit him at:
DrawingFORCE.com
and connect with Michael on Facebook at:
DrawingFORCE.com with Mike Mattesi
or email him directly:
mike@drawingforce.com
Content
Key Concepts
- Fear
- Risk
- Opinion
- Hierarchy
- Contrast and Affinity
Force with Character
- Amazing angles
- Developing ideas
Space with Character
- Spatial Bounding Box
- Playing with depth
- Forced perspective
- Ratio/ Size
- Overlap
- Creating flat design
Shape with Character
- Straight to Curve Design
- Forceful Triangle
- The Brilliant Bounding Box
- Seeing ratios through Hierarchy
- Facial Ratios
- The law of Thirds
Costume with Character
- Tonal Theory
- Color theory
- Imaginative Designs
Reportage with Character
- Using forced perspective
- The character behind architecture
- Forcing the stories
Animals with Character
- Pulling character out of animals
- Fear
- Risk
- Opinion
- Hierarchy
- Contrast and Affinity
Force with Character
- Amazing angles
- Developing ideas
Space with Character
- Spatial Bounding Box
- Playing with depth
- Forced perspective
- Ratio/ Size
- Overlap
- Creating flat design
Shape with Character
- Straight to Curve Design
- Forceful Triangle
- The Brilliant Bounding Box
- Seeing ratios through Hierarchy
- Facial Ratios
- The law of Thirds
Costume with Character
- Tonal Theory
- Color theory
- Imaginative Designs
Reportage with Character
- Using forced perspective
- The character behind architecture
- Forcing the stories
Animals with Character
- Pulling character out of animals