Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, Second Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 248 pages
• Published by: Focal Press
• Edition: 2nd Edition September 8, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0240808452
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0240808451
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Review
'For animators or anyone exploring life drawing, this book is an inspirational choice.'
3D World, Feb 2007

'Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, 2e is key to understanding how to capture forceful poses with dynamic drawing. It is informative, concise, and packed full of inspirational illustrationsForce is not just another 'anatomy for animators' book - it assumes that the reader has experience of figure drawing. The focus here is to build on that knowledge and to use straight and curved lines to show the direction of force in the body. Every point in the text is thoroughly demonstrated with the help of superb, dynamically drawn examples.' - Animated News, Oct. 2, 2006

Book Description
Animators and artists will discover and master the difficult techniques of rhythmic drawing - bringing their work to life!

Reader Reviews
My copy of the original edition of Force has seen plenty of wear and tear since I try to always keep it handy when I'm drawing. But that one's going into retirement for this new expanded version. Rather than the complex anatomies of some books and the stick figure and cylinder creations of others, Mattesi follows the animator's axiom of drawing verbs rather than nouns. Capturing the dynamic motion of a pose that is the prime factor in an appealing drawing. This isn't an animation book per se, but no one interested in animation or any other form of figure drawing should pass up the lessons Mattesi teaches. The benefits of conveying movement and sheer LIFE in a still drawing can't be ignored. Also with this version coming from a bigger publisher in Focal Press, the overall image quality is far higher than the somewhat pixel-y look of the pictures in the original. Plus an extra 50 or so pages of instruction isn't too shabby.