David Coleman's The Art of Animal Character Design is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to design an animal character.
The Art of Animal Character Design
is a phenomenal resource for artists, animators and, of course, puppet builders and designers. It's written and illustrated by David Coleman - a talented artist and character designer in California who's credits include The Polar Express, Surf's Up! and Open Season - and explains the practices, philosophies, and processes he uses when designing animal characters. It's one of the best character design resources I've ever read.The book is available to order online from Amazon
, but if you live here in Toronto head down to the Labyrinth Bookstore on Bloor Street (imho the best place in the city to find books on illustration and animation) where you can pick up a copy signed by David himself.
