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Post by Ken'ichi on May 16, 2008 21:38:20 GMT -5
Whoa. I'm impressed, the shading looks perfect. That book you used really paid off.
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Post by Koedi on May 16, 2008 21:42:43 GMT -5
Whoa. I'm impressed, the shading looks perfect. That book you used really paid off. I wouldn't go so far as to say perfect >.> But I think it looks ok =)
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Post by Truttle on May 16, 2008 21:49:10 GMT -5
Wow! You've made a huge improvement! I'm impressed! Great work! =3
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Jun 19, 2008 15:25:48 GMT -5
Heh, I know I'm a bit late to reply to this and while I’m not as good the others who have already posted, but I hope you don’t mind if I list some of the books that I have helped my drawings out. ^^’
One of the major influences for me is Jack Hamm’s <i>How to Draw Animals</i> (imaginative title eh? Heheh couldn’t resist ^^”). True, the book does have its flaws: despite its title it only covers mammals, not all of the mammals get equal coverage (with the felines getting to- pardon the pun- lion’s share of pages) it’s an older book (copyrighted 1969) and thus makes some mistakes about behavior, and it doesn’t give many step-by-step instructions. However, it is great for showing comparative animal anatomies- off the top of my head I can just that it covers mane growth on a lion, the hair patterns on a wolf, comparisons and contrasts of bear species, a guide to a deer’s muscles, a lion’s pattern of walking, and the differences between the faces of a fox, wolf and coyote. I do recommend this one.
Another of the major influences for me was Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston’s (the last of the famed Nine Old Men) <i>Illusion of Life</i>. Although at times it’s rather dry and is more a history of Disney animation than anything it’s filled with plenty of rough drawings of the characters to reference, a few pages focusing on the expressions one can get with just the eyes, squash and stretch, and plenty of tip on animation.
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