ABSTRACT

Character Costume Figure Drawing will develop your drawing skills to improve your renderings. Not only is this book gorgeous and inspirational, but these comprehensive visual images carefully illustrate--step-by-step--how to successfully render dynamic characters with personality and life. This book presents drawing instruction with detailed breakdowns of various types of characters. Maternal? Elderly? Sassy? Sexy? It all startws with body proportion, bone structure, body masses, facial expressions, and the hands and feet. Hats, props, fabrics, and choice of medium are all thoroughly covered to ensure the ability to develop convincing lifelike characters.

* Includes unique three-step drawing guides that develop the sketch from stick figure to full-blown character
* Detailed examples of how to draw faces, hands, and feet
* Learn to draw realistic fabrics in a multitued of colors and textures
* NEW: Learn to draw your character based on the time period they are from
* NEW: Learn to draw children and music/dance characters

chapter 1|66 pages

DRAWING THE FIGURE

chapter 2|40 pages

CREATING THE FACE

chapter 3|21 pages

FIGURE AND FACIAL VARIATIONS

chapter 4|29 pages

HANDS, FEET, AND ACCESSORIES

chapter 5|15 pages

CHARACTER COSTUME DESIGN CREATION

chapter 6|56 pages

RENDERING TECHNIQUES

chapter 7|84 pages

CHARACTER COSTUME FIGURES IN STYLE

chapter 8|20 pages

COSTUME RENDERING GALLERY