Character Costume Figure Drawing

"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, and Sexy. It all starts 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. It includes unique three-step drawing guides that develop the sketch from stick figure to full-blown character, and detailed examples of how to draw faces, hands, and feet. You can learn to draw realistic fabrics in a multitued of colors and textures. You can learn to draw your character based on the time period they are from. You can learn to draw children and music/dance characters. It is written by renowned costume designer with the most trusted instruction. It includes beautiful illustrations to inspire and help you with your creativity. It features a whole new section on period pieces so that you can master the costume drawings for your particular time period.

ISBN 0240811844   Pages 350 ISBN13 9780240811840 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1134 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Published in Oxford Imprint Focal Press   Previous ISBN 9780240805344 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 26 Jan 2010   Width (mm) 280 DEWEY 743.4   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Ch. 1		Drawing the Figure		1
Ch. 2		Creating the Face		67
Ch. 3		Figure and Facial Variations		107
Ch. 4		Hands, Fee, and Accessories		128
Ch. 5		Character Costume Design Creation		137
Ch. 6		Rendering Techniques		172
Ch. 7		Character Costume Figures in Style		228
Ch. 8		Costume Rendering Gallery		312
		Index		332

"At present, I know of no other books that address this important aspect of costume design. I am particularly pleased that the author addresses CHARACTER so heavily in her presentation of material. This is, after all, what plays are about."--Madeline Ann Kozlowski, Emmy Award winning Costume Designer and Professor of Costume Design"Not only are there body types, movement and mediums. It covers fabrics and works in a way my students can understand as well as use. The artwork is lush! A must for any design teacher."--Barbara Sack, Professor of Costume Design

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