Peter Parr - Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook

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ISBN: 978-1-4742-2144-3 (PB)
ISBN: 978-1-3500-3391-7 (eBook)
ISBN: 978-1-4742-2145-0 (ePDF)

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Parr, Peter.

Sketching for animation / Peter Parr. -- [First edition].

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-4742-2144-3 (pbk.) -- ISBN: 978-1-3500-3391-7 (eBook) -- ISBN 978-1-4742-2145-0 (epdf) 1. Animated films. 2. Drawing--Technique. I. Title.

NC1765.P37 2016

741.58--dc23

2015015970

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DED ICATION

This book is dedicated to my wife, Astor, and our family.

INTRODUCTION

Most people think the word sketching suggests an enjoyable and playful thing to do, and indeed it is! Sketching is a pleasurable way to gain confidence in your drawing, offering you a personal place to externalize your ideas at very little cost. Sketching for Animationcelebrates a freedom of approach to gathering observations that may influence your ideas for designing and animating.

THE SKETCHBOOK

A sketchbook is a book in which to sketch, draw and have fun. That is enough to fulfil many peoples needs, but for others, this is where the story only begins. My own sketchbooks have been constant lifelong companions that have fostered my curiosity and have developed my observational skills to such an extent that they have played a central role in my work as a teacher, illustrator, animator and filmmaker.

Its been a part of my career, and my pleasure, to encourage students to nurture their skills through observational drawing, while enjoying the benefits of drawing as an art form. The practice of sketching is always beneficial; it will develop your ability to look, draw and, at the same time, refresh your sense of wellbeing.

Animation is a performance art. Therefore, I believe that when we look, think and draw, we do so as performers. To observe and then interpret what you see involves you becoming your subject.