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Character Design Books
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The Silver Way: Techniques, Tips, and Tutorials for Effective Character Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.52 — 183 ratings — published 2017
Fundamentals of Character Design: How to Create Engaging Characters for Illustration, Animation & Visual Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.63 — 111 ratings — published
Creative Character Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as character-design)
avg rating 3.74 — 84 ratings — published 2011
Creating Characters for the Entertainment Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.61 — 38 ratings — published
Creating Characters with Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.22 — 463 ratings — published 2006
Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as character-design)
avg rating 3.85 — 46 ratings — published 2006
How To Draw Characters Kindle Edition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,564 ratings — published 2009
Talking Threads: Costume Design for Entertainment Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published
Creating Stylized Characters (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.37 — 102 ratings — published
Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.37 — 104 ratings — published 2007
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,869 ratings — published 2006
Pictoplasma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as character-design)
avg rating 4.29 — 42 ratings — published 2001
Love and Rockets: The Sketchbooks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.46 — 13 ratings — published
Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,546 ratings — published 2015
How to draw animal characters by Mitch Leeuwe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Character Design from the Ground Up (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 3.78 — 72 ratings — published 2014
How To Draw Sea Creatures (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
The Skillful Huntsman: Visual Development of a Grimm Tale at Art Center College of Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.51 — 385 ratings — published 2005
The art of Little Nightmares II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.45 — 20 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Super7 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 2.83 — 6 ratings — published
The Art of DOOM: The Dark Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 3.95 — 21 ratings — published
ZBrush Professional Tips and Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.12 — 32 ratings — published 2012
ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.54 — 41 ratings — published 2008
ZBrush Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.38 — 65 ratings — published 2009
ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.38 — 48 ratings — published 2008
The Art of Aardman: The Makers of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and More (Wallace and Gromit Book, Claymation Books, Books for Movie Lovers)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.23 — 123 ratings — published 2016
CANNABIS WORKS 2 田中達之作品集 (JP Oversized)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.87 — 15 ratings — published 2016
Sorayama: Complete Masterworks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published
Películas y personajes Disney (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Character Design Quarterly 24 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.62 — 8 ratings — published
Character Design Quarterly 22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.75 — 12 ratings — published
Character Design Quarterly 20 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.82 — 11 ratings — published
Character Design Quarterly 18 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.91 — 11 ratings — published
Character Design Quarterly 17 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.86 — 7 ratings — published
Character Design Quarterly 14 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.71 — 14 ratings — published
Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.20 — 25 ratings — published
The Hidden Art of Disney's Late Golden Age: The 1940s, Part Two (They Drew as They Pleased #3)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.33 — 91 ratings — published 2017
Design (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.63 — 221 ratings — published 2010
Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works 1981-2016: Complete Works 1981-2016 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.65 — 54 ratings — published
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,961 ratings — published 2016
Alive Character Design: For Games, Animation and Film: For Games, Animation & Film (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 3.87 — 85 ratings — published 2011
Loud: Stories to Make Your Voice Heard (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 3.82 — 136 ratings — published 2024
Stage Makeup Step-by-Step (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 3.71 — 35 ratings — published 1995
Someone You Can Build a Nest In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 3.86 — 23,911 ratings — published 2024
Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.56 — 423 ratings — published 2022
The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.13 — 18,710 ratings — published 2021
Dynamic Character Design: Draw Faces and Figures with Pencil, Markers, Digital Tools, and More (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.51 — 37 ratings — published
How to Draw Adorable: Joyful Lessons for Making Cute Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.65 — 190 ratings — published
100 Tuesday Tips (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as character-design)
avg rating 4.74 — 27 ratings — published 2015
“...when you look at a photo or realistic drawing of a face, you see it as the face of
another
. But when you enter the world of the
cartoon
, you see yourself.”
― Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
― Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
“Typically, a game character stays the same age and of the series---think Mario or Lara Croft. The reasons for this are simple: branding, and it is much less work.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow












