An Animation Director’s Techniques for Drawing Female Characters
An Animation Director’s Techniques for Drawing Female Characters
Character Design, Action, Shading
Anime industry professional Kazuaki Morita introduces techniques based on the actual process of drawing animation, focusing on the three main themes of character design: face, body, and action. The book also explains how to add shadows to make a character stand out or look more appealing.
[Contents]
Chapter 1: Character design
Chapter 2: Learning the body
Chapter 3: Drawing movement
Chapter 4: Step up by adding shadows
PRODUCT INFORMATION
■ by Kazuaki Morita, Hikaru Hayashi (Go office), Kurin Kubu
■ 257 x 190 mm / 200 pages
■ Published in March 2018
■ ISBN: 9784798616728
■ Japanese title: アニメ作画監督の女のコキャラ作画術 キャラデザ・動き・カゲつけ
RIGHTS INFORMATION
Rights sold to Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea
AUTHOR PROFILE
Kazuaki Morita is an animator, animator director, and illustrator. He has provided character designs for videogames and anime such as "Persona 4" and "Assassination Classroom." Since 1998 he has been collaborating with Go office in the production of drawing manuals, for which he has often provided the cover art.
Hikaru Hayashi started to work as a manga artist after graduating in philosophy from the Department of Humanities of the Tokyo Metropolitan University. He received an encouragement award and an honorable mention from Business Jump, and also worked as a manga assistant. In 1997 he founded the manga and design studio Go office. He has authored over 250 manga drawing manuals, some of which have been published overseas as well.
Kurin Kubu started as an editor of didactic picture books, then went on to work for publishers of art and design magazines and books. He has worked in the editorial industry for over 40 years, providing editing for many drawing manuals as well.