Creating Characters with Personality: For Film, TV, Animation, Video Games, and Graphic Novels | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Bancroft
Creator: Glen Keane
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 8864
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0823023494
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.6
EAN: 9780823023493
ASIN: 0823023494
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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Book Description
• Character design is the key in many industries—and they're all covered in this book• Practical step-by-step exercises • Contributors include Glen Keane, Supervising Animator, Disney From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob Square-Pants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Creating Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context with a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize the impact of pose and expression. Practical exercises help readers put everything together to make their new characters sparkle. Lessons from the author, who designed the dragon Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy) in Disney's Mulan—plus big-name experts in film, TV, video games, and graphic novels—make a complex subject accessible to every artist.
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 A great book for animators and cartoonists of all levels June 9, 2008
As an aspiring cartoonist with my own cast of characters on my Captain Cockle website I found this book an excellent and yet simple guide to creating characters that leap out of the page. The inclusion of guest cartoonists, many of them very famous in their own fields, is a great idea and adds depth to the book. If you have a limited budget and are confused by the huge variety of "how to" books on cartooning, I would strongly recommend this one as an essential starting point.
Great Book April 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a student studying animation, and I purchased this book for my character design class. I really love this book, it is quite usefull, and my two roommates reference it as well! One is an illustrator, and one is a video game designer. Useful to anyone and everyone...
Make it come alive March 1, 2008
This a great book for the beginning character artist. I often have a hard time drawing cartoon characters but this book always helps me out. Covers everything from personality to color, from exaggerated to semi-realistic. Highly recommend!
Excellent value for money November 2, 2007
Nice book , a lot of ideas , examples. Very good choice for beginners. My students loved it.
From 2 dementional to Too cool! October 29, 2007
This is a great book to take your drawings to the next step. I've been frustrated that my characters lacked that certain special 'something' to make them pop from regular ol' dry drawings to likable, engaging characters. This book illustrates simple examples of a line here, a curve there, to push it up a notch. I really enjoyed the suggestions, and this book has been very helpful. myspace/kris10cartoons
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