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 | | Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, Second Edition by Mike Mattesi ISBN-10: 9780240808451 ISBN-10: 0-240-80845-2 ISBN-13: 9780240808451 ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80845-1 Paperback 2006-09-22 Focal Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators Capture the force in your life drawing subjects with this practical guide to dynamic drawing techniques - packed with superb, powerfully drawn examples that show you how to: * Bring your work to life with rhythmic drawing techniques * Create appealing and dynamic poses in your drawings * Experience the figure's energy in three dimensional space * Use the asymmetry of straight and curved lines to clarify the direction of force in the body * Build on your foundational anatomy and figure drawing skills to animate your drawings *Apply the theory of force to your on-location and animal drawing observations Whether you are an animator, comic book artist, illustrator or fine arts' student you'll learn to use rhythm, shape, and line to bring out the life in any subject while Mike Mattesi's infectious enthusiasm will have you reaching for your pencils! Mike Mattesi is the owner and founder of Entertainment Art Academy (www.enterartacad.com) based in Southern California. He has been a professional production artist and instructor for the last fifteen years with clients including Disney, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks and Nickelodeon. Audience level: Intermediate to advanced * Discover and master the techniques of rhythmic drawing and bring your work to life * Learn from a professional production artist who has successfully taught his unique techniques for the last fifteen years * Written in an accessible, enthusiastic style which will have you reaching for your pencils! | ||
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force:dynamic life drawing... a great find and read. the author really addresses finding and explaining the energy and rhythm of a models pose. easy to read and understand. his approach of handling the model and the relationship between model and artist is refreshing and also an eye opener...for myself at least. also there is a website where he has video explaining more in depth the chapters in the book. check it out.[...] | ||
My favorite book Force: Dynamic Life Drawing is a good book for artist who are interested in conveying strong poses. I've seen and read other books that will go over strong poses, this book happens TO BE ONE of them. This book helped me a lot when I do figure drawings or 2D animation. If you're familiar with the "S" or "C" curve gesture drawing, he will go into details of it metaphorically. One metaphor that I loved was the mountain skiing and how it represented rhythms. Mattesi will discuss perspectives, overlaps, straight vs curves, sculpting forms, animals and more. The drawing examples in the drawing is very stylized which I like and you can tell by looking at the front cover. I love reading the introduction because it's motivating. | ||
Extremely helpful! I just finished taking a life drawing for animation class. It was a great class, but in the beginning, I was really frustrated to tears. Drawing motion isn't something that can be taught easily. It's a really abstract concept that takes a lot of thinking and planning on the part of the student. I was at wit's end when I found this book. Boy, did it help! Mattesi takes an abstract concept and turns it into something not only I could understand, but immediately apply to my work. Within the week of purchasing, I could all ready see results in my drawings. 100% worth the money! | ||
Great book to study rhythm and gesture. If you have been wanting to improve the rhythm and gesture of your sketches and drawings, this is an important book to add to your library. I traced most of the sketches in this book, and felt an immediate improvement in my intuitive use of gesture and rhythm. It is very dynamic indeed, and books like this are hard to come by. | ||
A must have for any artist. In my drawing classes, I've always wondered why my drawings looked so boring and lifeless. I knew they were missing some sort of boost, but I couldn't figure out why. After I've read through this book, I can honestly say drawing figures has been so much easier. The book clearly explains the fundamentals of what gives any pose and powerful feel of flow, even for simple standing poses. Reread the concepts if you need to, and study what's going on in the sketches. Once you master applying his lessons, your characters will have much more life even in the sketch's earliest stages. Don't just look at the images in this book. Analyze and study its construction. It will pay off. | ||