The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
Excerpt of "Cast of Characters" chapter by veteran character designer Kenneth Anderson
Gesture drawing with Tom Bancroft
How to age characters by RODGON
Squash & Stretch drawing
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer
The Character Designer

The Character Designer

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An exciting NEW tutorial art book about CHARACTER DESIGN with lessons by industry legends who have worked for Disney, Marvel, DC, Dreamworks, Pixar & more. Raised over $150,000 on Kickstarter.

Look inside ↩

In this book, you’ll learn how to

  • Apply unique methods to create awesome character designs
  • Master the key coloring principles with the amazing LOISH
  • Create your own caricatures with the awesome LOOPYDAVE
  • Improve gesture & posing skills with legend TOM BANCROFT
  • Master shape language & proportions with RANDY BISHOP
  • Age characters with the incredibly talented RODGON
  • Use squash & stretch to create amazing characters with WOUTER TULP
  • And loads more!

Product details

  • Ebook: 180 pages
  • Format: PDF
  • Size: 216.4 MB
  • Download: Instant
  • Language: English
  • Published: Dec 2019
  • Publisher: 21 Draw
  • ISBN ebook: 978-91-982277-4-1

Watch the book preview of The Character Designer (Jan, 2020)

Kickstarter Promo Video (May, 2019)

The Character Designer

Hardcover
Sale price
$69.95 USD
Regular price
$79.95 USD
Unit price
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Tax included.
eBook PDF - Hardcover -

An exciting NEW tutorial art book in HARDCOVER about CHARACTER DESIGN with lessons by industry legends who have worked for Disney, Marvel, DC, Dreamworks, Pixar & more. Raised over $150,000 on Kickstarter.

Look inside ↩

In this book, you’ll learn how to

  • Apply unique methods to create awesome character designs
  • Master the key coloring principles with the amazing Loish
  • Create your own caricatures with the awesome Loopydave
  • Improve gesture & posing skills with legend Tom Bancroft
  • Master shape language & proportions with Randy Bishop
  • Age characters with the incredibly talented Rodgon
  • Use squash & stretch to create amazing characters with Wouter Tulp
  • And loads more!

Product details

  • Hardcover: 180 pages
  • Language: English
  • Published: March 2020
  • Book weight: 25.40 oz / 720 g
  • Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 0.78 x 9.3
  • Dimensions (cm): 18 x 2 x 23.6
  • Publisher: 21 Draw
  • ISBN-13: 978-91-982277-3-4

Customer Reviews

Based on 41 reviews
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T
Todd Heard
Good Quality Book

This book is a good quality book. Just like the rest of them. The printing is good. The binding is solid. And the content is king.

T
Todd Heard
Good Quality Book

This book is a good quality book. Just like the rest of them. The printing is good. The binding is solid. And the content is king.

T
Todd Heard
Good Quality Book

This book is a good quality book. Just like the rest of them. The printing is good. The binding is solid. And the content is king.

M
Majesty Christian
Misprint

I love the information in this book, however I seem to have obtained a misprint. My physical copy in particular repeats chapter 9, leaving chapter 8 unfinished. Sad I’ve only caught this now, but regardless, the information is great.

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Jack Schumacher
The art is good, but there is not much art or material

The artists are incredible and the art is very good, but there really isn't that much art through the book. This could be fine if the rest of the pages went more into detail teaching the various techniques, but there's really a lot more text that doesn't help much when the same concept could easily be explained in a paragraph or less. The only step-by-step that I remember is about the process of shading one particular drawing, which I'd say is the best piece in the book. It explains the basic uses of shape well enough, but there's really too much filler and not enough art to justify the price, in my opinion. There are many art books that explain all these concepts much better, with more examples, and for less money. I was extremely disappointed and ended up only referencing a few pages since I bought it after having read through once it arrived.

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