Exploring Character Design
by Hedgpeth, Kevin; Missal, StephenEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-10-20
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
Seasoned character creators Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephen Missal, drawing on the concepts examined in their previous book, Exploring Drawing for Animation, present a definitive guide to designing and developing characters for visual media. Exploring Character Design covers the entire character-creation process, from concept to final product-including research, conceptualization, synthesis, and refinement. Laying out a step-by-step analysis of character construction in accordance with standard industry methodology, Hedgpeth and Missal lead the reader on a fascinating journey into character design theory and practice to show how strong characters are actually built.
Author Biography
Kevin Hedgpeth is an artist and educator with more than 15 years of experience in animation and character design Stephen Missal is an instructor at The Art Institute of Phoenix
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. xviii |
| What Is Character Design? | p. 2 |
| Research-O-Rama! | p. 26 |
| Characters: Archetypes, Life Forms and Worlds | p. 56 |
| Character Concept and Construction | p. 90 |
| Synthesis: Two and Two Makes Five | p. 120 |
| Color Section | |
| Stylin | p. 140 |
| Expression and Emotion or Vice Versa | p. 176 |
| Anatomical Correctness | p. 202 |
| Come On and Do the Locomotion with Me! | p. 232 |
| The Resources that Time Forgot | p. 262 |
| Not of this Earth: Alien Design | p. 306 |
| The Power of Design Technique: Final Thoughts, Demonstrations and Illustrations | p. 336 |
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