Character Mentor: Learn by Example to Use Expressions Poses and Staging to ing Your Character

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2012. Pages: 180 in Publisher: Focal Press You've researched your character [extensively. tailored her to your audience. sketched hundreds of versions. and now you lean back content as you gaze at your final character the model sheet . But now what Whether you want to use her in an animated film. television show. video game. web comic. or children's book. you're going to have to make her perform. How a character looks and is costumed starts to tell her story. but her body language reveals even more. Character Mentor shows you how to pose your character. create emotion through facial expressions. and stage your character to create drama. Author Tom Bancroft addresses each topic with clear. concise prose. and then shows you what he really means through commenting on and redrawing artwork from a variety of student apprentices. His assignments allow you to j...