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What is it about the characters we see in our favorite books, animated films, and games that make us laugh, cry, and respond to them? How do character designers develop ideas that are unique, memorable, and captivate us as an audience? This book answers these questions and more, taking a comprehensive, visual, and analytical approach to discover just what it is that makes a character appealing. Understand key principles like shape language, proportion, and exaggeration, and learn from talented professionals who share industry secrets for getting the most out of anatomy, gesture, expression, and costume. Uncover ways to convey relationships and interaction between multiple characters, and how narrative fuels authentic and engaging characterization. With hundreds of lively illustrations to inspire and study, and tricks of the trade from celebrated artists, this thorough and insightful volume is an essential library addition for anyone interested in character design. Review: Excellent reference book. Is more aimed at moderately experienced cartoonists. - Great book for cartooning and designing characters, will have everything you need for making your own characters. I would benefit more from a guide to drawing facial features however, I haven’t found my own style yet. Excellent book though. Review: A super book - This is a very helpful book for drawing people in a cartoony way. Lots of good ideas and tips for building a character.










| Best Sellers Rank | 200,160 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 142 in Digital Art 169 in Arts & Photography Study & Teaching 188 in Human Figures in Art |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 911 Reviews |
M**.
Excellent reference book. Is more aimed at moderately experienced cartoonists.
Great book for cartooning and designing characters, will have everything you need for making your own characters. I would benefit more from a guide to drawing facial features however, I haven’t found my own style yet. Excellent book though.
G**N
A super book
This is a very helpful book for drawing people in a cartoony way. Lots of good ideas and tips for building a character.
L**A
Very good service
For grandson birthday he was sooo pleased loves this book helping with his drawings brilliant
G**A
Great book needlessly ridiculously tiny writing
Stunning book on charicter design with a lot to say about charicter design and diferent ways to stylise charicters but I don't know why the text is so small and hard to read even though there is plenty of space for bigger text in the layouts the book has a smaller font size than a literal miniature book and it could have easily been bigger this isn't ok it takes very little effort to consider accessibility this is disappointing as the book is otherwise fantastic but the lack of consideration for accessibility needs to be considered if you don't want eyestrain it would probably be a good idea to get the ebook version instead so that you can at least zoom in on it
Ö**U
Çok iyi
Harika bir kitap. Baskısı çok kaliteli, karakter/poz/figür çiziminde dikkat edilmesi gerekenleri çok da güzel anlatıyor. 196 liraya şaka gibi bir fiyata aldım. 3dTotal Publishing'den daha çok kitap getirilirse çok sevinirim.
J**A
Uwielbiam tę książkę
Jest to pierwsza książka o projektowaniu postaci jaką kupiłam i jednocześnie najlepsza. Mam już kilka innych, ale do tej wracam non stop. Najbardziej podobają mi się rozdziały, w których przedstawione jest rysowanie emocji na twarzy.
A**N
Beautiful graphics
Nicely illustrated reference book for artists and illustrators.
D**K
Good for reference
The paper quality is very good With lots of amazing character drawings Bit pricey… otherwise excellent
I**G
Un libro imprescindible si quieres aprender a dibujar personajes
De los mejores libros sobre creación de personajes. No solo a nivel técnico sobre como dibujar, proporciones, etc... sino, lo que creo que es más importante, todo el universo que debe rodear al personaje para hacerlo creíble. No solo se trata de hacer un dibujo técnicamente correcto, también que a nivel conceptual tenga coherencia, carácter, personalidad y responda a muchos factores que van más allá del lápiz y el papel. Este libro potencia y da mucha importancia a todo eso, y lo mejor de todo es que expone muchísimos ejemplos de un mismo personaje con o sin esa personalidad, algo que ayuda mucho a visualizar claramente la diferencia entre un personaje bien trabajado, con historia, a uno plano y sin personalidad, ambos técnicamente bien dbujados, pero con claras diferencias que hacen que uno sea más creíble y vivo que el otro. El libro es muy extenso, todo está muy muy bien explicado, y aunque sea en inglés, es muy visual y no hay grandes páginas con texto, son todo pequeños bloques de texto con explicaciones visuales. Muy recomendable, te abre los ojos a un mundo nuevo sobre la creación y definición de personajes.
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