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FREE CHAPTER - Creating Stylized Characters (Download Only)

FREE CHAPTER - Creating Stylized Characters (Download Only)

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Free downloadable sample chapter from Creating Stylized Characters. In this chapter, illustrator Max Grecke creates a high-ranking alien villain equipped with a protective armored suit.

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Delve into the vibrant, exciting world of character design with Creating Stylized Characters! Join professional illustrators, animators, and comic artists as they demonstrate how to exaggerate form and proportion. Sharing in-depth and industry-informed knowledge of creating fun and memorable characters, this book teaches essential creative skills that are applicable to both digital and traditional media. Learn how to design exciting heroes, villains, and monsters, as well as about key concepts such as gesture, color, poses, and expressions.

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FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

GETTING STARTED

Stylized figures

Gesture & pose

Faces & expressions

Color theory

The stylization process


CHARACTER PROJECTS

Alien explorer by Kenneth Anderson

Teacher by Stephanie Rizo Garcia

Heroic spaceman by Luis Gadea

Fantasy warrior by Enrique Fernández

Cabin boy cat by Shaun Bryant

Alien royalty by Max Grecke


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