Introduction Introduction: What Skills Do Character Designers Need Anyway? How to Study from This Book Chapter 1: The Power of the Pose Drawing Loose Quick Gesture Recap Creating Rhythm Changes: Fast and Slow Gesture Drawing from Imagination What Leads? Gesture Drawing Is Fun! Starting with Form Structure (and What a Lack of It Looks Like) Assignments Chapter 2: Mastering Shape Shape Makes the Biggest Impact C-Curves, S-Curves, and Straights: Your Three Choices The Power of Silhouette Be Unpredictable! Practice, Practice, Practice Assignments Chapter 3: Exploring Variety Playing with Proportion Local Value: Silhouettes Within Silhouettes Assignments Chapter 4: Heads and Facial Expressions The Most Powerful Area of a Character Design Head Structure Foundations Keeping Rhythm in Mind Assignments Chapter 5: Expressive Hands The Extension of the Face Simplifying the Hand Adding Anatomy: Muscles, Bones, and Proportions You Need to Know The Wi-Fi Principle The Thumb The Fingers When in Doubt, Go Back to the Basics Tips and Tricks Assignments Chapter 6: Clothing Folds Seven Folds You Should Know Integrating Folds into Your Designs Assignments Chapter 7: Shading and Lighting Shape Doesn't Change The Six-Value System The Shadow Pass Halftones Character Rendering Process Assignments Chapter 8: It Starts with the Brief Brief #1 Brief #2 Brief #3 Brief #4 Brief #5 Brief #6 Character Turnaround Assignments Farewell Acknowledgments About the Author Index.