Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
Character Design from Life Drawing
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2016
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-138-12752-4 (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.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 219 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-138-12752-4 (9781138127524)
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Other editions
Additional editions
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
Book
05/2008
1st Edition
Focal Press
€37.50
Available immediately
Person
Director of the Entertainment Art Academy based in Southern California. He has been a professional production artist and instructor for almost 20 years with clients including Disney, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Dreamworks and Nickelodeon.
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