Beginner's Guide to Sketching: Characters, Creatures and Concepts

by 3dTotal Publishing (Editor)

The ability to sketch confidently is an integral part to the beginning of any concept artist’s workflow! The Beginner’s Guide to Sketching: Characters, Creatures and Concepts teaches the fundamentals of sketching, showing how important concept sketching is to artists of all levels. Established artists such as Rovina Cai, Justin Gerard, Nick Harris, and Rebeca Puebla explain how and when to use a variety of sketching materials, before moving on to warm-up exercises and top tips. The book also features master projects that show how to progress from early concepts, through poses, designs and costume elements, to a completed scene.







Rovina Cai is a freelance illustrator from Melbourne, Australia, and has been featured in publications such as Spectrum Fantastic Art  and American Illustration.



Justin Gerard specializes in fine art and illustration and is based in Georgia, USA. He provides high-quality, original artwork for the publishing, game, and movie industries.



Nick Harris is an established UK-based illustrator, having worked in the industry since 1982, who has specialized in artwork for various children's publications.



Rebeca Puebla is a Spanish 3D senior character artist living in Madrid, Spain, working for Gameloft. Projects have included design, animation, and post-production for Ender's Game.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Design

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2015

About the author

Originally a digital artist’s resource website, 3dtotal has grown into an industry-leading art-book publisher. Renowned for creating high-quality, inspirational, and practical tutorial books with some of the best artists working in the movie, games, animation, and publishing industries, 3dtotal Publishing sets the standard for modern art books.

Reviews

[Jaime Guzman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thorough book covering the techniques of sketching. You learn such techniques such as contour drawing, shading, light & shadows, ways of holding your drawing instrument and much more. The book is filled with amazing art from top notch artists. I found myself looking through the book over and over again just to look at the art. This is the first book I've picked up from 3dtotal Publishing and now I want to pick up more books from them.

[NARESH KUMAR · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Aspen · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Das Buch ist eine Ansammlung unterschiedlicher Tipps und Techniken zum Skizzieren verschiedener Zeichner, also ein Sammelsorium.
Ich werde vielleicht nochmal darauf zurück kommen wenn ich vor habe Kreaturen zu entwerfen, da einige Tipps dabei waren.
Die vorgehensweise anderer Zeichner anzuschauen ist zwar ganz interessant, nimmt meiner Meinung nach aber zu viel Raum im Buch ein.

Ansonsten habe ich gelernt, dass zu einer Skizze mehr als die lineart gehört, ein Thumbnail muss auch bereits klare Angaben zu Lichtverhätnissen, Kontrast und der allgemeinen Formensprache liefern. Nur wenn eine Skizze auf diese Art lesbar ist, ist sie brauchbar.