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Creating Characters with Personality Paperback – 1 August 2011

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From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within 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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Publisher : WATSON GUPTIL; 1st edition (1 August 2011)

Language : English

Paperback : 144 pages

ISBN-10 : 0823023494

ISBN-13 : 978-0823023493

Dimensions : 21.59 x 1.02 x 27.94 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 276,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

217 in Animated Films

261 in Animation Graphic Design (Books)

341 in How to Create Comics & Manga

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Tom Bancroft has been an animator
for more than fifteen years, working
for Disney and Big Idea Productions
(producers of Veggie Tales). Most recently, he contributed to Disney's Brother Bear. He lives in Franklin, TN.

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Pretty good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2015
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Had mixed thoughts about getting this book based on other reviews, but was pleasantly surprised. Yes, the book does go over basic drawing tips that are in practically every learn-to-draw book ever... But the author spends a lot of time talking about the little things which make a character shine. It makes you really think about the key features of your character designs and what can make them stand out. Things that you might otherwise forget about when jotting down a design quickly. This book is geared towards more traditional 2D animation, which may be a negative thing depending on how you draw. Although there are a few segments written by other artists, the book is very stylized. The examples don't encompass a very broad range of drawing styles, but it's a good starting point to move forward from.
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TG
Interesting stuff.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2007
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The specific purpose of this book is to demonstrate how the use of different shapes and construction can produce characters with different personalities. To that end it is superb. Running alongside the chapters to do this (facial spacing, body shape etc) is an ongoing assignment given to cartoon professionals to produce a lead character with a specific personality. The results are interesting as each is very different yet displays the character traits specified. The book goes on to show the design process for the entire cast from sidekick, to sweetheart, to thug, to villain. The book hasn't improved my drawing (I think it assumes you have some talent already) but has highlighted why some of my computer characters look out of places alongside others.
Overall delivers very well the narrow brief it describes.
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Really Helpful!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2012
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A really helpful guide to character design from a collection of amazing artists. It filled in a lot of the gaps that my university failed to mention and sparked a previously lacking enthusiasm. It is written in a very one-on-one talk kind of way that makes it feel like you're learning from an artist rather than just sitting reading a book. It also provides fun and educational exercises to keep you active - art is an active thing, after all!
For all future character designers who are serious about perusing a career - read this book!
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Nice insights but lacking a little fun
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2019
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Nice insights from the designer of many Disney characters. However a lot of the book is focused on creating cowboy characters. I get the idea, it's supposed to help you understand the process. I just think it could've been done in a more fun and interesting way.
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Good book - 4 Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2017
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Good book - I used it for a couple of quotes to back up my Unni essay. But it is also Useful for learning how to draw "cartoony" characters with a lot of expression.
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