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Anatomy and proportion: Demo

Anatomy and proportion: Demo

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Anatomy and proportion: Demo

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- Anatomy in proportion convinces the viewer that your invented creature is real and believable. So let's take a look at two projects I worked on, a My Little Pony book, The Dragons on Dazzle Island, and the development of the Pan character. We'll start with a My Little Pony picture book project as I needed a really dependable form to rely on for the pony anatomy. I'd drawn some sketches of the character from front and side and back, which is critical for the pony characters. Because they're iconic, they have to be consistent, they're a brand, I decided that the sketches weren't enough and asked my daughter if she would create an armature covered in silicone, it's basically a wire structure covered in silicone that would be bendable and movable and practically speaking this really helps me see this character from any angle and still get the proportions correct. And again, for pony that's really important and in this sketch you can see a lot of times the ponies stand on their legs like…

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