The Ultimate Guide to Character Design with Stephen Silver: Techniques, Tips, and Tutorials for Drawing Effective Characters: Techniques, Tips, and Tutorials for Effective Character Design

I already had high expectation for this book, as this was recommended by good friends of mine who do character design and caricature. I also seen numerous videos of Stephen Silver through Proko so I knew what he had to offer could only be top quality. Pleasantly this book exceeded my expectactions by far. It is incredibly methodlogical and very concise. It has more image than text making it very easy to follow. The font size is large and legible. It is designed such manner that you can follow it either chronologically or flip directly to the pages and sections which you woud like to address. If you are autodidatic, and have the intiative of doing many excercises then this companion is for you!

I got this book to improve my cartooning/book illustration and was not disappointed. If you only want to invest in one serious book on cartooning characters, then this is it!

This book is ESSENTIAL INFORMATION for any Artist/Designer! Written so simply and effectively that it feels like Stephen is just talking to you one on one about all of his years of experience and fine tuning his craft. ...I will no doubt be flicking through my copy until it falls apart from over use... and then I'll be sure to buy another :) ~ Nick Crimmen @Crimmenal

I haven't been able to put this book down ever since it arrived in the mail. This is very informative and the best illustration book I've ever bought. Didn't expect it to be as big as it is (if any potential buyers are reading this, each page is a landscape A4) but it didn't disappoint me. 100% would recommend.

Really helpful book. I'm only halfway through it and my drawing has improved. Very clear and informative. Wish I'd bought it sooner, rather than struggling for ages to get more life/movement into my drawings. I highly recommend it.

I love this book. It led me to become a member of the Silver Drawing Academy which is excellent, and worth every penny too.

Excellent reference for the illustration student or anyone interested in creating original characters

Brilliant book with tons of really useful tips for anyone who really wants to progress in drawing! Steven is a wonderful teacher and he knows what he's talking about.

Estoy muy contento con la compra. Me parece un auténtico libro para estudiar por la cantidad de tutoriales y ejercicios que vienen dentro del libro. Muy recomendable para los dibujantes tanto principiantes como los más profesionales y quieren dar un empujón a su dibujo de caricaturas.

Compared to many other books about this theme - it really decribes the way good how to come up with good designs. It includes a pile of good examples how to gerate a ide and you can see how the mwthod works and helps yourself to come up with your own routine to do so. The book has more Illustrations than text what I personally prefer. It is NOT about realistic drawing, Just to point out the main points: basic of character design (storey, obseration), some sketching technics,(caricature, flip-it, blur, diferent media, ) his technic he teachs: story, gesture, design, form and details, And the following 5 chapters go into the detail of that. And that very good. If you more into technical general or want to deepen this, with more usefull knowledge, I would recommend you the books from "Scott Robertson" "How to render" or "How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination" and one of the force books from "Michael Mattesi" like "Force - Drawing Human Anatomy". With this set of books (this and the others) you have all the necessary help to come up with your own art and style for character and other design.

Well-rounded, covers a lot of material, easy to read through, clearly organized, and comes with tons of examples , this is the best if you want create new Disney style characters. 1. This is a book about fundamental concepts, Once you have learned them you won't need any outside help. You will be able to create endless characters , you wouldn't need another character design book or course. 2. He covers all the aspect of Disney style character design topics . Why and how they look good. Why they are attractive. From Body proportions to facial expression. I can't remember a topic he didn't include in his book. 3. Pretty much all rounded book about character design. Some important fundamental concepts about characters design are covered in this books are Dynamic poses Style development Body proportions Drawing body forms Drawing faces Gesture & Poses Facial expressions Hair & Costume Using basic shapes to generate limitless different characters with personalities.

I've been in animation for over 30 years myself, seen a lot of books on a lot of aspects of animation come and go. This one is different. Stephen Silver is an acknowledged master character designer and caricaturist, he's done dozens of TV cartoons and made numerous characters stand out and stand apart. He simply knows his stuff. This book is thick, heavy and chock full of info, tips, guidance and is like sitting right at his elbow being mentored on this stuff. In my opinion, any 10 pages are worth the price of the book, and it's over 240+ pages long! Look....get it, read it, learn from it, make it yours. If you want to become a cartoonist, become a BETTER cartoonist, his book is 100% win

Llego en tiempo y forma. La calidad del material es excelente. Lo revise un poco y se ve que tiene bastante buena información, rico en contenido para aquellas personas que quieren aprender a dibujar personajes, formas y movimiento.