Character Design Quarterly 41

By: Unknown Author

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide.

Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks.

Connie Kang is the cover artist for Character Design Quarterly 41. Her iconic animal-to-human illustrations have earned her a huge following online. For this issue, Connie creates a brand-new image for the cover, talks to us about her career in game development, and shares how the cover image was created.

Michael Schupbach is an Emmy-award winning art director, creative director, and puppeteer. In a first for CDQ, Michael builds us an exclusive puppet, showing how character design skills transfer into the real world. As well as an in-depth tutorial on the puppet's construction, Michael speaks to us about his illustrious career, including his time working on Sesame Street.

Lob n Leal is an illustrator and concept artist, who recently successfully funded a unique sketchbook project on Kickstarter. In a full-length feature Lob n takes us through a series of tips and principles for getting the most out of your sketchbook, with plenty of practical examples and beautiful artwork.

The issue also features tutorials by Zephy, Aur lien Galvan, Ting X, Anna Quaranta, Marcel Mosqi, Georgi Georgiev, and Mali Benedicto Vasanserekul.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915992680
• ISBN13: 9781915992680
• Release Date: June 2027
• Publisher: 3dtotal Publishing