Super skillful! Figure drawing technique: How to capture the true line as seen from the details
Categories：Figure Drawing Guide
Super basic techniques for breathing life into characters: how to draw full-body parts
The blockbuster series "Illustration Improvement Techniques for Breathing Life into Characters'' trilogy, "Basics of character drawing taught by animators'', and many more. The author, a hit professional animator, teaches a transcendental technique for drawing people from "details".
In the first half, we will explain the basics of drawing based on the mechanisms of the human body, such as "muscles'', "skeleton'', and "how fat is deposited'', as well as how to draw detailed parts such as "ears'', "elbows'', and "ankles''. From the second half onwards, we will explain how to perceive the whole body differently depending on gender, body type, and age, with an awareness of body parts, and how to walk and run as an application of this. Lastly, captivating human figure drawing techniques that cover advanced techniques that incorporate complex elements such as movement and intertwining.
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INTRODUCUTION
00 Know the details you want to pay attention to
CHAPTER 1 Basic knowledge and techniques
01 What is eye level?
02 Be aware of the ground and the box
03 Body balance
04 Flow of how to draw a face
05 Draw a rough sketch of the body
06 Natural movement of the body
07 Thinking about the position of the center of gravity
08 Steps to draw with the composition in mind
09 Powerful angles
CHAPTER 2 Points to consider for each part
br>10 Balance of the head
11 How to draw the eyes
12 How to draw the nose and mouth
13 Balance between the eyes and ears
14 How to draw the hair
15 How to draw the neck
16 How to draw the shoulders
17 How to draw the chest
18 How to draw the back
19 How to draw the waist and waist
20 How to draw the buttocks and pelvis
>21 How to draw the upper arm
22 Range of motion and angle of the elbow
23 How to draw the hand...etc.
CHAPTER 3 Differentiating between gender, personality, and generation
31 Creating a character
32 Drawing natural facial expressions
33 Soft body flow
34 Drawing with the thickness of the body in mind
35 Adjusting the angle Draw differently
36 Think about the differences in body types
37 Draw a middle-aged man...etc.
CHAPTER 4 Draw the movements
40 Draw how to walk and run
41 How to pick up things
42 Draw a love scene
43 Draw a girl reading a book
44 Draw a meal scene
45 Draw a changing scene
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toshi (author)
Comments from the publisher
[Amazon.co.jp only] Bonus included! Tracing drawing practice book with illustrations of people PDF data distribution
For those who want to improve their character illustrations, we are giving away a "Person Illustration Tracing Practice Book" (A4 version/22 pages/PDF data) that includes the natural movements and details of characters. You can use it in any way you like: print it out and trace it, look at it to practice the flow of the lines, or stick it on a wall and look at it.
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About the author
toshi
In charge of drawing and character design at an anime production company. He also creates illustrations for postage stamps and New Year's postcards, as well as advertising and graphic design. His books include the "Illustration Improvement Techniques to Breathe Life into Characters'' series trilogy, "Basic Laws of Character Drawing Taught by Animators'', "Lines and Shadows: Character Drawing Techniques Learned from Animators'' (all published by MDN Corporation), and "Master the Character! Illustration by KADOKAWA. pixiv ID:637016
Publisher: MDN Corporation (2020/10/2)
Release date: 2020/10/2
Language: Japanese
Hardcover (softcover): 160 pages
ISBN-10: 4295200328
ISBN-13: 978-4295200321
Dimensions: 25.7 x 18.2 x 1.12 cm
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