Mike Mattesi by Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators

Author:Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780240808451
Publisher: Focal Press
Published: 2003-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

I love the upward climb. Starting at the left foot, we have an invigorating journey ahead before we reach the model’s face.

Here is a fast and aggressive drawing showing a vast amount of depth. See the hands relative to the model’s face. Look at the distance in the feet. The back foot is tiny in comparison to the hands.

Our triangular trip through space takes us from the model’s right foot to her head and then to her other foot, where we see a digression in size that makes us see space or depth. Again, also notice the overlapping to force space. See the foreshortening of the model’s right leg relative to the left. Look at how close her big toe is to her hip!

All of the topics covered in this chapter are to assist you in describing forceful structure. You need to be capable of describing forms moving with rhythm in a four-dimensional space. In animation, surface lines are not evident in the finished product. Moving shapes are important. These shapes are created via a true understanding of force and form, or in simpler terms, curve to straight. That is the topic of Chapter 3, forceful shape.

FORCEFUL FORM EXERCISES

1. Learn four-point perspective. See the model in space.

2. Practice blind force. Travel with your mind’s eye beyond your paper to the model and follow the path of force around the surfaces of the model.

3. Sculpt the model. Think about actually touching them with the tip of the china marker.

4. Draw your head many times to see two- and three-point perspective.

5. Pay attention to anatomical centers.

6. Learn anatomy.

7. Walk around the model to become aware of roundness. Sit close to the model to see depth.

8. Get in front of your page while drawing, not behind it.

9. Pay attention to size and overlap.

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