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  • Chapter 1: Go for the Truth......................................................................................... Table of Contents

    • Observe, Observe, Observe..........................................................................................

    • Lead to the Emotion.....................................................................................................

    • Give Them the Experience...........................................................................................

    • The Driving Force behind the Action ..........................................................................

    • Gesture .........................................................................................................................

    • The Essence ...............................................................................................................

    • Go For The Truth!......................................................................................................



  • Chapter 2: The Animator's Sketchbook....................................................................

    • Everywhere You Go ..................................................................................................

    • Composition ...............................................................................................................

    • Ron Husband's Sketchbook .......................................................................................

    • Note Taking and Sketching........................................................................................

    • Good Habits ...............................................................................................................



  • Chapter 3: A Visual Vocabulary for Drawing..........................................................

    • Lines, Lines, Lines .....................................................................................................

    • A Simple Approach to Drawing ................................................................................

    • A Simple Approach to Drawing ................................................................................

    • Finding the Abstract...................................................................................................

    • The Solid-Flexible Model ..........................................................................................

    • Figure Sketching for Animation ................................................................................

    • The Pipe Model..........................................................................................................

    • Seeing in Three Dimensions ......................................................................................

    • The Rules of Perspective ...........................................................................................

    • Direction ....................................................................................................................

    • Problems of Drawing in Line.....................................................................................

    • Simplifying Heads .....................................................................................................

    • Caricatured Head Shapes ...........................................................................................

    • The Head in Gesture ..................................................................................................

    • A Simple Approach to Costumes and Drapery..........................................................



  • Chapter 4: The First Impression................................................................................

    • Short-pose Sketching .................................................................................................

    • Superficial Appearance vs. Creative Portrayal ..........................................................

    • A New Phrase: “Body Syntax” ..................................................................................

    • The "Explosive" Gesture............................................................................................

    • Feel, As Well As See, the Gesture .............................................................................

    • Draw Verbs, Not Nouns.............................................................................................

    • Draw with a Purpose ..................................................................................................

    • Dividing the Body into Units .....................................................................................

    • "Knowing" or Searching ............................................................................................

    • Simplicity for the Sake of Clarity ..............................................................................



  • Chapter 5: Elements of the Pose.................................................................................

    • Angles and Tension....................................................................................................

    • Applying Angles and Tension in Our Drawings........................................................

    • Tennis and Angles...................................................................................................... iv Walt Stanchfield

    • Straight against Curve: Squash and Stretch in the Pose ..........................................

    • Applying Perspective ...............................................................................................

    • The Sensation of Space ............................................................................................

    • Recreating the First Impression ...............................................................................

    • Putting the Elements of a Pose Together .................................................................

    • Habits to Avoid ........................................................................................................

    • It Ain’t Easy .............................................................................................................



  • Chapter 6: Pushing the Gesture...............................................................................

    • Drawing Gesture from the Model ............................................................................

    • Stick to the Theme ...................................................................................................

    • Subtlety ....................................................................................................................

    • Pushing the Gesture .................................................................................................

    • Gesture to Portray an Action or a Mood ..................................................................

    • Action Analysis: Hands & Feet ...............................................................................

    • Learn to Cheat..........................................................................................................

    • Lazy Lines................................................................................................................

    • Double Vision ..........................................................................................................

    • Caricature .................................................................................................................



  • Chapter 7: Principles of Animation.........................................................................

    • Drawing Principles...................................................................................................

    • 28 Principles of Animation ......................................................................................

    • Drawing Calories .....................................................................................................

    • The Pose Is an Extreme............................................................................................

    • Animating Squash and Stretch.................................................................................

    • The Opposing Force.................................................................................................

    • Connecting Actions..................................................................................................

    • Inbetweening............................................................................................................



  • Chapter 8: A Sense of Story......................................................................................

    • A Sense of Story ......................................................................................................

    • Talk To Your Audience - Through Drawing ...........................................................

    • A Thinking Person's Art ..........................................................................................

    • Acting and Drawing .................................................................................................

    • The Emotional Gesture ............................................................................................

    • Common Vs Uncommon Gestures ..........................................................................

    • Body Language ........................................................................................................



  • Chapter 9: Final Words.............................................................................................

    • Creative Energy .......................................................................................................

    • Osmosis....................................................................................................................

    • A Bit of Introspection ..............................................................................................

    • Mental and Physical Preparation .............................................................................

    • The Metaphysical Side.............................................................................................

    • Habits .......................................................................................................................19

    • Final Words on Essence...........................................................................................



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