The Silver Way by Stephen Silver - Revision history

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What is Character Design?

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Working With Kids and Animals

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From Cleanup to Color

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Face and Head Exercises

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The Female Face

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The Female Face

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Cultural Features

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Facial Expressions

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About Face - And Head

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Mastering the Art of Construction

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 Character + Design

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 =Working With Kids and Animals=
 ==Let Kids be Kids==
 ==Animal Life==
 ==Kids and Animal Exercises==

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 =From Cleanup to Color=
 ==Cleanup Tips==
 ==Drawing Through==
 ==Turnaround Tips==
 ==Let There Be Color==
-==Cleanup and Color Exercises==
+Coloring character helps make the design appear "real".
 =Working With Kids and Animals=
 ==Let Kids be Kids==
 ==Animal Life==
 ==Kids and Animal Exercises==

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	Eyes sit on the horizontal axis of the rhombus		Eyes sit on the horizontal axis of the rhombus
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−	~~==Face and Head Exercises==~~

	=From Cleanup to Color=		=From Cleanup to Color=

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 people who have lived in one place for a long time without a lot of mixing tend to accumulate common features - reference real people from regions to identify which.
-==The Female Face==
+==The Attractive Face==
-Ugh, ok, can we not call it this?
+Ugh, ok, the original title is <big><u>The Female Face</u></big> but let's not call it that.
 There have been very few female characters throughout the book, and this chapter serves to make them all largely look the same.
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 # There is no other section detailing creating an ''attractive'' face.
-The latter point is more important, and relevant to design.
+In the introduction, Stephen almost apologizes for the section, referencing the first point.
-In the introduction, Stephen almost apologizes for the section, referencing the first point.
+The latter point is more important, and relevant to design. It's also applicable to any face you want to make appear attractive.
 ===The Kite Approach===

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	==The Female Face==		==The Female Face==
		+	Ugh, ok, can we not call it this?
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		+	There have been very few female characters throughout the book, and this chapter serves to make them all largely look the same.
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		+	Stephen, and other character designers who write books invariably have this section, and I think the reason is twofold:
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		+	# biases in producing companies and marketing will still tend to ask you to draw "pretty girls" and you have to be able to quickly do what the client asks
		+	# There is no other section detailing creating an ''attractive'' face.
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		+	The latter point is more important, and relevant to design.
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		+	In the introduction, Stephen almost apologizes for the section, referencing the first point.
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		+	===The Kite Approach===
		+	A rhombus (symmetrical - all rhombuses are kites, not all kites are rhombuses) between the chin, hairline, and extending slightly outside the cheekbones
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		+	Halfway down the bottom is the base of the nose
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		+	Vertical eye centerlines define the width and vertical position of the mouth based on where they intersect the rhombus
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		+	Eyes follow conventional spacing - one eye width apart, one eye width from the corner of the rhombus (but half an eye width from the temple/cheekbone)
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		+	Eyes sit on the horizontal axis of the rhombus
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	==Face and Head Exercises==		==Face and Head Exercises==

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 ==Cultural Features==
 ==The Female Face==
 ==Face and Head Exercises==

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 =Mastering the Art of Construction=
 ==Getting Down To Basics==
 ==The Golden Ratio==
 ==Look for Rhythm==
 ==Maintaining Volumes==
 ==Construction Exercises==
 =About Face - And Head=
 ==The Dos and Don'ts==