Character mentor : learn by example to use expressions, poses, and staging to bring your characters to life /: learn by example to use expressions, poses, and staging to bring your characters to life. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Bancroft.
• Other Names: Bancroft, Tom
• Contents: Chapter 1: Now What: Drawing basics for Posing and Expressions (Assignment #1: Character design: Elroy and Kirby); Chapter 2: The Face: Breaking down the elements of expression (Assignment #2: Drawing "Emma" with different expressions ); Chapter 3: Posing your character: what are you trying to communicate? (Assignment #3: Drawing "Tommy" in three, distinct poses); Chapter 4: Acting: Characters acting and reacting the way you want them to (Assignment #4: Thumbnail sketch a series of poses of "Tommy" to best describe a specific action); Chapter 5: Staging your scene: Using the elements of your scene to create a composition (Assignment #5: Illustrate the same scene from two different points-of-view); Chapter 6: Leading the eye: Prioritizing by design (Assignment #6: Illustrating a specific scene, using the designs provided); Chapter 7: Putting it in action: creating an illustration from start to finish
• Publisher Details: Boston : Focal Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 163 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 743.4; Characters and characteristics in art; Graphic arts -- Technique; ART -- Techniques -- Drawing; Characters and characteristics in art; Graphic arts -- Technique; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780240820880; 0240820886; 9781136147418; 1136147411
• Related ISBNs: 9780240820712; 0240820711
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.