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Pose Drawing Sparkbook – Basic PDF
$9.99
The Pose Drawing Sparkbook is a super-charged sketchbook designed to help you put more life and personality into your drawings. This PDF version is less expensive than the physical book, easier to carry, and can be used with any drawing media (paper or digital). This PDF includes everything from the physical book, except all of the spark exercises are printed in list form instead of one per page. The Expanded version including 200 additional sketchbook prompts is available for purchase here.
Description
Originally launched on Kickstarter, the Pose Drawing Sparkbook includes:
• Over 32 pages of articles on topics such as acting, facial expressions, posing, and adding clarity and personality to your drawings.
• 100 drawing prompts for you to sketch, carefully crafted for their acting potential. Each one includes:
-An emotion to express
-An action involving the entire body
-An entertaining situation (humorous or dramatic)
-Can be a springboard for a full scene or mini-story.
Think of them as acting exercises that you draw! Examples: “Someone you don’t like tries to give you a hug”, “Reunited with a lost pet”, and “Scrooge wakes up on Christmas morning a changed man”.
• Hundreds of bonus sketchbook ideas to challenge your acting and drawing skills. Lists include: 100 Props, 100 Phrases, 100 Emotions, and 100 Daily Situations. (If you order the Expanded PDF each list includes 50 additional items for a total of 200 bonus sketchbook ideas.)
• Access to the Sparkbook Gallery on Facebook where you can share your work and see what others are doing with the drawing prompts from the book.
It’s not really a “how to draw” book. It’s more of a “how to think” book. It’s designed to help you think about acting and posing as you draw your characters.
Here’s the video I originally used to launch my Kickstarter campaign:
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The foreword was written by Emmy-winning character designer Dan Haskett. Read some reviews of the Pose Drawing Sparkbook at OnAnimation.com, PCWeenies.com, TomRichmond.com and FloobyNooby.com.
