Animation Design Dictionary. 4

Author: Zhang Chun
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: If you are interested in cartoon art or cartoon movies, this book series is sure to provide you with great help and inspiration. This is the "Animation Design Dictionary." The series consists of four volumes, each containing over 10,000 images. The content includes characters, animals, plants, vehicles, daily items, and more. The characters are further divided into actions, expressions, professions, and everyday scenes. For example, among the characters, there are sad people, elderly people, kings, beggars, barbers, and more.
Animals are categorized by species, such as mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, and amphibians. They are also divided into subcategories, like fish, which include goldfish, sharks, koi, clownfish, and more. Each image is depicted from different angles, showcasing vivid and unique personalities. For instance, dogs are illustrated in various ways, such as dominant dogs, destitute dogs, fashionable dogs, spotted dogs, and long-haired dogs.
Among these over 40,000 images, both anthropomorphic and realistic styles are used, with anthropomorphic styles being the primary focus. In anthropomorphic works, we retain the main characteristics of the subject while adding human-like actions to make them lively and adorable. Examples include dancing pens, crying umbrellas, and wrinkled pockets in the daily items category, as well as sad pears and angry pumpkins in the plants category.
In realistic works, we first preserve their basic external features. Then, we master their natural movement patterns. For example, some vehicles and daily items in the dictionary, as well as certain fish and birds, are depicted using this style.
The "Animation Design Dictionary" is beautifully printed, rich in content, and covers a wide variety of subjects. The images have simple yet expressive lines, lifelike shapes, vivid expressions, exaggerated actions, and are humorous, cute, and fun. We hope the "Animation Design Dictionary" becomes a good friend in your work and studies.