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    Creating Characters with Personality

    Author Tom Bancroft
    Introduction by Glen Keane
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    $19.95 US
    Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed | Watson-Guptill
    8.5"W x 11"H x 0.4"D  
    On sale Feb 01, 2006 | 144 Pages | 9780823023493
    Grades 6-12
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    From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize the impact of pose and expression. Practical exercises help readers put everything together to make their new characters sparkle. Lessons from the author, who designed the dragon Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy) in Disney's Mulan—plus big-name experts in film, TV, video games, and graphic novels—make a complex subject accessible to every artist.
    Tom Bancroft has been an animator
    for more than fifteen years, working
    for Disney and Big Idea Productions
    (producers of Veggie Tales). Most recently, he contributed to Disney’s Brother Bear. He lives in Franklin, TN.
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    From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize the impact of pose and expression. Practical exercises help readers put everything together to make their new characters sparkle. Lessons from the author, who designed the dragon Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy) in Disney's Mulan—plus big-name experts in film, TV, video games, and graphic novels—make a complex subject accessible to every artist.

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    Tom Bancroft has been an animator
    for more than fifteen years, working
    for Disney and Big Idea Productions
    (producers of Veggie Tales). Most recently, he contributed to Disney’s Brother Bear. He lives in Franklin, TN.
    Tom Bancroft View titles by Tom Bancroft

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