Abstract

This book describes the composition patterns, the pose patterns and basic knowledges you need to know in order to enhance the character for digital illustration in encyclopedia format. Classifying the compositions and poses, the book introduces the effect, what you need to know, NG sample and usage sample concretely. You can know the important things that how you should draw the illusions in order to enhance the character in many illustrations.

Part 1 Composition
Aori / Fukan / Person main / Motif main / Eye level /Diagonal composition / Triangle composition / Inverted triangle composition / Hinomaru composition / Circular composition /Diagonal composition / two-part composition / three-part composition / margin composition / frame composition /Frame division composition / Alphabet composition / Z composition / Golden ratio /Overlap composition / trimming / up shot / bust up /Waist up / knee shot / one shot / two shot /Three shots / group shots

Part 2 Pose
Contrapposto / S-shaped pose / Overperth / Silhouette /Center of gravity / hair / clothes / emotions / facial expressions / actions / special moves / magic activation

Author’s Information

Illustrator living in Hiroshima. working as a comic illustration instructor at Anabuki Design College Hiroshima School and Sogo Gakuen Human Academy Hiroshima School. She usually works mainly in TV anime and game character design, publishing, and entertainment-related work.