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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Go for the Truth
.........................................................................................2Observe, Observe, Observe..........................................................................................2Lead to the Emotion.....................................................................................................4Give Them the Experience...........................................................................................5The Driving Force behind the Action..........................................................................5Gesture.........................................................................................................................9The Essence...............................................................................................................10Go For The Truth!......................................................................................................13
Chapter 2: The Animator's Sketchbook
....................................................................13Everywhere You Go..................................................................................................17Composition...............................................................................................................17Ron Husband's Sketchbook.......................................................................................21 Note Taking and Sketching........................................................................................27Good Habits...............................................................................................................32
Chapter 3: A Visual Vocabulary for Drawing
..........................................................31Lines, Lines, Lines.....................................................................................................31A Simple Approach to Drawing................................................................................31A Simple Approach to Drawing................................................................................32Finding the Abstract...................................................................................................32The Solid-Flexible Model..........................................................................................32Figure Sketching for Animation................................................................................32The Pipe Model..........................................................................................................33Seeing in Three Dimensions......................................................................................34The Rules of Perspective...........................................................................................34Direction....................................................................................................................36Problems of Drawing in Line.....................................................................................36Simplifying Heads.....................................................................................................37Caricatured Head Shapes...........................................................................................37The Head in Gesture..................................................................................................38A Simple Approach to Costumes and Drapery..........................................................38
Chapter 4: The First Impression
................................................................................71Short-pose Sketching.................................................................................................71Superficial Appearance vs. Creative Portrayal..........................................................71A New Phrase: “Body Syntax”..................................................................................72The "Explosive" Gesture............................................................................................72Feel, As Well As See, the Gesture.............................................................................76Draw Verbs, Not Nouns.............................................................................................77Draw with a Purpose..................................................................................................77Dividing the Body into Units.....................................................................................78"Knowing" or Searching............................................................................................79Simplicity for the Sake of Clarity..............................................................................79
Chapter 5: Elements of the Pose
.................................................................................85Angles and Tension....................................................................................................88Applying Angles and Tension in Our Drawings........................................................92
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