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Cartooning : the ultimate character design book / Chris Hart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Chris Hart Books/Sixth & Spring Books, ©2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 131 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781933027425(pbk.)
  • 1933027428(pbk.)
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Contents:
Introduction -- Character design lab -- Language of character design -- Drawing the head: Head shapes and classic character types -- Drawing the head from different angles -- Drawing expressive eyes -- Drawing expressions -- Noses -- Mouths -- Hairstyles -- Drawing bodies: Basic shapes -- Side view -- Basic proportions -- Hands -- Footwear -- Action and body dynamics: Balance and counterbalance -- Profiles -- Coiling and compression -- Stretching and thinning -- Points of emphasis -- Posture and personality -- Levitation -- Quirky characters of the suburbs -- Big-city characters -- Super-rich characters -- Funny Hollywood characters.
Summary: Chris Hart delivers detailed instructions, inspiring ideas, and invaluable tips for creating appealing and original manga-style characters. In this clear step-by-step guide, Chris shows how to draw a hyper kid, bratty teen, lovable pooch, cool rapper, and many other distinctive types. Then, he takes the reader on a guided tour in search of original characters in places that range from suburban malls to the glitter and glamour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Clonmel Library Main Collection 741.43 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100630533

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Chris Hart's how-to-draw books have sold in the several millions of copies. Now, in his latest, he delivers detailed instructions, inspiring ideas, and invaluable tips for creating appealing and original manga-style characters. Character design is the key to success in comic books and animated films, and with this clear step-by-step guide, it's a skill that can be quickly learned. Starting with the basics--body types, facial features, costumes, and expressions--Chris shows how to draw a hyper kid, bratty teen, lovable pooch, cool rapper, and many other distinctive types. Then, he takes the reader on a guided tour in search of original characters in places that range from suburban malls to the glitter and glamour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

Introduction -- Character design lab -- Language of character design -- Drawing the head: Head shapes and classic character types -- Drawing the head from different angles -- Drawing expressive eyes -- Drawing expressions -- Noses -- Mouths -- Hairstyles -- Drawing bodies: Basic shapes -- Side view -- Basic proportions -- Hands -- Footwear -- Action and body dynamics: Balance and counterbalance -- Profiles -- Coiling and compression -- Stretching and thinning -- Points of emphasis -- Posture and personality -- Levitation -- Quirky characters of the suburbs -- Big-city characters -- Super-rich characters -- Funny Hollywood characters.

Chris Hart delivers detailed instructions, inspiring ideas, and invaluable tips for creating appealing and original manga-style characters. In this clear step-by-step guide, Chris shows how to draw a hyper kid, bratty teen, lovable pooch, cool rapper, and many other distinctive types. Then, he takes the reader on a guided tour in search of original characters in places that range from suburban malls to the glitter and glamour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

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