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Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
Series: Force Drawing Series
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Ideal for aspiring character designers, illustrators, and artists interested in improving their life drawing and creative character development skills.
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See moreDesign creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop and 'PUSH' your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to.
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Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features, and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop, and PUSH your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to.
Packed with colour illustrations and photographs of the models who inspired them, Force: Character Design from Life Drawing includes step-by-step explanations of how the characters were developed and exercises for you to sharpen your skills. This is everything you need to bring your characters to life.
Series: Force Drawing Series
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This 10th Anniversary Edition of Force: Animal Drawing: Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators offers readers an enlarged and enhanced selection of images that apply FORCE to animals. With larger images, readers can better appreciate and learn how to bring their own animal illustrations to life. New drawings and facts about the animals create a more comprehensive edition for...Hardback$30600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features, and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop, and PUSH your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to. Packed with colour illustrations and photographs of...Paperback$6599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
FORCE: Drawing Human Anatomy
The newest book in Michael Mattesi’s Force Drawing series takes movement to the next level. Force: Drawing Human Anatomy explores the different facets of motion and the human body. Rather than relying on memorization, Mattesi emphasises the function of each body part and how gravity, relative to different poses, affects the aesthetics and form of muscle. The chapters are divided...Paperback$8999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
FORCE: Drawing Human Anatomy
The newest book in Michael Mattesi’s Force Drawing series takes movement to the next level. Force: Drawing Human Anatomy explores the different facets of motion and the human body. As opposed to the memorization technique, Mattesi stresses the function of each body part and how gravity relative to different poses affects the aesthetics and form of muscle. The chapters are...Hardback$29400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Force: Animal Drawing
This 10th Anniversary Edition of Force: Animal Drawing: Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators offers readers an enlarged and enhanced selection of images that apply FORCE to animals. With larger images, readers can better appreciate and learn how to bring their own animal illustrations to life. New drawings and facts about the animals create a more comprehensive edition for...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780240809939
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 May 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Focal Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 276.0mm
Weight: 849g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Michael Mattesi has authored several FORCE books, published in numerous languages, utilized around the world to inspire and educate artists on the concept of FORCE. He has instructed FORCE Drawing for over twenty years and inspired thousands of artists.
Simultaneously, Michael has been contributing his skills as a professional artist on numerous award-winning projects in varied capacities and has collaborated with Pixar, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks/PDI, Zynga, The School of Visual Arts, Beijing University, Art Center, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, San Jose State University, The Academy of Art University, Nickelodeon, LeapFrog and many others. Michael’s students occupy all fields of the art industry and have themselves gained prestige for their abilities.
Michael lives in northern California with his wife and two daughters. Visit him at:
DrawingFORCE.com
and connect with Michael on Facebook at:
DrawingFORCE.com with Mike Mattesi
or email him directly:
mike@drawingforce.com
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The newest book in Michael Mattesi’s Force Drawing series takes movement to the next level. Force: Drawing Human Anatomy explores the different facets of motion and the human body. Rather than relying on memorization, Mattesi emphasises the function of each body part and how gravity, relative to different poses, affects the aesthetics and form of muscle. The chapters are divided...Paperback$8999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
FORCE: Drawing Human Anatomy
The newest book in Michael Mattesi’s Force Drawing series takes movement to the next level. Force: Drawing Human Anatomy explores the different facets of motion and the human body. As opposed to the memorization technique, Mattesi stresses the function of each body part and how gravity relative to different poses affects the aesthetics and form of muscle. The chapters are...Hardback$29400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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This 10th Anniversary Edition of Force: Animal Drawing: Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators offers readers an enlarged and enhanced selection of images that apply FORCE to animals. With larger images, readers can better appreciate and learn how to bring their own animal illustrations to life. New drawings and facts about the animals create a more comprehensive edition for...PaperbackSold Out
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