Sketching for Animation
Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2016
352 pages
978-1-4742-2145-0 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories, characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of examples, exercises and tips from an army of professional animators to help you develop essential sketching, technical drawing and ideation techniques.
With interviews and in-depth case studies from some of today's leading animators, including Bill Plympton, Glen Keane, Tori Davis and John Canemaker, this is a unique guide to turning your sketchbook - the world's cheapest, most portable pre-visualisation tool - into your own personal animation armory.
With interviews and in-depth case studies from some of today's leading animators, including Bill Plympton, Glen Keane, Tori Davis and John Canemaker, this is a unique guide to turning your sketchbook - the world's cheapest, most portable pre-visualisation tool - into your own personal animation armory.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
300 color illus
File size
50,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-2145-0 (9781474221450)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/2018
Bloomsbury Academic
€48.50
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Person
Peter Parr, Reader in Animation (Rtd) and MA Supervisor for The Arts University at Bournemouth (AUB), UK.
Content
Introduction
Part One: Drawing and Sketching Techniques
1. Using Simple Shapes
2. Put it in Perspective
3. Drawing Figures and Animals
4. Drawing the 'scapes: land, town and sea
5. Capturing Movement
Part Two: Design and Development
6. Developing Ideas
7. Character Development
8. Layout and Background Design
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Part One: Drawing and Sketching Techniques
1. Using Simple Shapes
2. Put it in Perspective
3. Drawing Figures and Animals
4. Drawing the 'scapes: land, town and sea
5. Capturing Movement
Part Two: Design and Development
6. Developing Ideas
7. Character Development
8. Layout and Background Design
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
