Great books for Character Design
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Blitz the Big Book of Cartooning: The Ultimate Guide to Hours and Hours of Fun Creating Funny Faces, Wacky Creatures, and Lots More!
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Bruce Blitz
4.19 avg rating β 96 ratings 4. 
Alive Character Design: For Games, Animation and Film: For Games, Animation & Film
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Haitao Su
3.87 avg rating β 85 ratings 6. 
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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Austin Kleon
3.96 avg rating β 324,474 ratings 7. 
Animation 1: Learn to Animate Cartoons Step by Step (Cartooning, Book 1)
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Preston Blair
4.32 avg rating β 1,149 ratings 
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The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
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Angela Ackerman
4.53 avg rating β 6,247 ratings 11. 
The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles Volume 1
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Angela Ackerman
4.71 avg rating β 339 ratings 
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The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles Volume 2
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Angela Ackerman
4.73 avg rating β 165 ratings 14. 
The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers
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Angela Ackerman
4.61 avg rating β 284 ratings 15. 
The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces
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Angela Ackerman
4.63 avg rating β 606 ratings 
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The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Places
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Angela Ackerman
4.66 avg rating β 641 ratings 18. 
The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws
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Angela Ackerman
4.59 avg rating β 1,885 ratings 19. 
Drawing the Head and Figure: A How-To Handbook That Makes Drawing Easy
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Jack Hamm
4.03 avg rating β 10,683 ratings 20. 
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
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Scott McCloud
4.34 avg rating β 9,603 ratings 20. 
The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes
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Angela Ackerman
4.62 avg rating β 1,607 ratings 22. 
Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner Instructional Books)
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Will Eisner
4.11 avg rating β 6,224 ratings 
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The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Stress and Volatility
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Angela Ackerman
4.82 avg rating β 56 ratings 
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The journey is the destination : the journals of Dan Eldon
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Dan Eldon
4.22 avg rating β 2,252 ratings 
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales 4.04 avg rating β 33,707 ratings
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Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist
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Will Eisner
4.19 avg rating β 250 ratings 
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Force: Animal Drawing: Animal locomotion and design concepts for animators (Force Drawing Series) 4.42 avg rating β 99 ratings
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Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators (Force Drawing Series) 4.29 avg rating β 1,980 ratings
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Force: Character Design from Life Drawing: Character Design from Life Drawing (Force Drawing Series) 4.17 avg rating β 139 ratings
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The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma
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Angela Ackerman
4.70 avg rating β 1,223 ratings 44. 
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Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
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Andrew Loomis
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 22,815 ratings 46. 
An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers
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Danny Gregory
3.72 avg rating β 25,838 ratings 47. 
Character Mentor: Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life
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Tom Bancroft
4.28 avg rating β 177 ratings