Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Dedication
6. Preface
7. Contents
8. Chapter 1: Seeing Life
   1. The awareness of force
      1. The main idea in the figure
      2. Directional force: a beginning, middle, and end
      3. Applied force
   2. The road of rhythm
   3. The roller coaster of rhythm
   4. Force pointers
9. Chapter 2: Forceful Form
   1. Perspective: the drama of angles
      1. One, two, and three points
      2. Four-point perspective
   2. Structure
      1. Surface lines
      2. Sculpting force
   3. Spatial concepts
      1. Overlap and tangents
      2. Size and foreshortening
   4. Forceful form exercises
10. Chapter 3: Forceful Shape
    1. Silhouette
    2. Forceful shape
       1. The do’s and dont’s of forceful shape
    3. Anatomy as shape
    4. Reaction, the leap of faith
    5. Forceful shape pointers
11. Chapter 4: Clothing
    1. The texture of line revealed
    2. The function and form of fabric
    3. Fun with shapes
    4. Forceful texture pointers
12. Chapter 5: On Location, Reportage
    1. Tell stories with life
       1. Inner thoughts, outer reaction
       2. Staging, single person
       3. Multiple moments
       4. Relationships
       5. Crowds
    2. Reportage pointers
13. Chapter 6: Animals
    1. Comparative anatomy
    2. Going to the zoo
       1. Simplistic seals
       2. Plantigrade
       3. Digigrade
       4. Unguligrade
       5. Primates
       6. Birds
    3. Animal pointers
    4. Closing
       1. Recommended Reading
       2. Glossary
14. Index