FORCE: Dynamic Life Drawing 10th Anniversary Edition 3rd Edition by Mike Mattesi, ISBN-13: 978-1138919570
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- Publisher: CRC Press; 3rd edition (March 29, 2017)
- Language: English
- 211 pages
- ISBN-10: 1138919578
- ISBN-13: 978-1138919570
Bring your artwork to life with the power of the FORCE! Watch, listen, and follow along as Mike Mattesi demonstrates the fundamental FORCE line and explains dynamic figure drawing techniques through 30 videos that are launched through the book’s companion App. Packed with superb, powerfully drawn examples, the updated third edition of FORCE features an all-new section on the “FORCE blob,” and dozens of fresh illustrations. Mike Mattesi’s 10th anniversary edition of FORCE will teach readers how to put thought and imagination to paper. Whether you are an illustrator, animator, comic book artist, or student, you’ll learn to use rhythm, shape, and line to bring out the life in any subject.
The 10th Anniversary Edition contains numerous improvements. Around 30 videos are embedded within the book and accessible through the FORCE Drawing App. In the App, click on the image of the camera, point your mobile device’s camera at the page with the symbol, and then finally tap the video card image floating above the drawing to launch the video. Then sit back and watch the video that shows me creating that drawing and discussing my process. Many new drawings can be found within this edition and the addition of color now further clarifies the theory of FORCE.
Key Features:
– The unique, dynamic learning system that has helped thousands of artists enhance their figure drawing abilities
– Dozens of updated illustrations and all-new content, exclusive to the 3rd edition
– Select pages can be scanned by your smartphone or other device to pull up bonus video content, enhancing the learning process
Companion App:
Nearly 50 videos are available on the free FORCE Drawing companion app that can be downloaded through Google Play or the Apple App Store
Table of Contents:
A Decade of FORCE! ix
Foreword by Glen Keane xi
Preface xiii
Key Concepts xv
Chapter 1: Seeing Life 1
1.1 The Awareness of FORCE 1
1.2 What Is the Main Idea? 2
1.3 Vocabulary Power 2
1.4 Types of Line in Drawing 3
1.5 The Directional FORCE Line 4
1.6 Applied FORCE 11
1.7 The Leading Edge 17
1.8 The Racetrack of Rhythm 23
1.8.1 Skiing the Figure 28
1.9 Skating the Page 33
1.10 Templates 37
1.11 Draw Small, Think Big 42
1.12 The Roller Coaster of Rhythm 64
FORCE Pointers 77
Chapter 2: FORCEFUL Form 79
2.1 Perspective: The Drama of Angles 79
2.2 One-, Two-, and Three-Point Perspective 80
2.3 Four-Point Perspective 86
2.4 Structure 94
2.5 Surface Lines 94
2.5.1 Sculpting without FORCE 96
2.5.2 Sculpting with FORCE 104
2.6 Overlap and Tangents 125
2.7 Foreshortening 133
FORCEFUL Form Pointers 137
Chapter 3: FORCEFUL Shape 139
3.1 FORCEFUL Shape 140
3.1.1 The Don’ts and Do’s of FORCEFUL Shape 141
3.2 FORCE Blob 143
3.3 Silhouette 145
3.4 The Leading Edge within Shape! 149
3.5 Anatomy as Shape 166
3.6 Shape Size for Depth 178
3.7 Reaction, the Leap of Faith 183
3.7.1 All Steps Combined 193
FORCEFUL Shape Pointers 199
Closing 201
Recommended References 203
Glossary 205
Index 207
Michael Mattesi has authored four FORCE books, published in numerous languages, utilized around the world to inspire and educate artists on the concept of FORCE. He has instructed FORCE Drawing for over twenty years and inspired thousands of artists.
Simultaneously, Michael has been contributing his skills as a professional artist on numerous award-winning projects in varied capacities and has collaborated with Pixar, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks/PDI, Zynga, The School of Visual Arts, Beijing University, Art Center, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, San Jose State University, The Academy of Art University, Nickelodeon, LeapFrog and many others. Michael’s students occupy all fields of the art industry and have themselves gained prestige for their abilities.
Michael lives in northern California with his wife and two daughters.
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