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Set of All Vilppu Manuals

• Vilppu Drawing Manual

• Vilppu Sketching on Location Manual

• Vilppu Sketch Book

• Vilppu's Mastering Composition Manual

• Vilppu's Animal Drawing Manual

• Vilppu Head Drawing and Anatomy, Volume One

• Vilppu Figure Drawing Demonstrations Step-by-Step

• Vilppu Drawing Drapery

• Vilppu Drawing Hands and Feet

If bought individually, the cost of these 9 manuals adds up to $319.55. 
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Vilppu Drawing Manual

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When submitting your sketchbook for review by an animation studio, you don't want to have the “wrong” balance or variety of drawings included or to not know what a “good” balance of drawings really is, and to not know what quality your drawings should be.  When submitting your sketchbook, you want to feel confident that the drawings you have included are the right “types” and to feel assured that your drawings are good enough and detailed enough.  The Vilppu Sketch Book is a 100 page example from one of Glenn Vilppu’s sketchbooks, the primary sketchbook that the animation studios refer potential-hires to use as an example.    

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When you are out and about and want to capture a scene that catches your fancy or stimulates ideas for a piece of art, you don't want to get stuck only knowing how to draw the human figure and to not be able to draw the scenes they are in: the landscapes, buildings, and other objects in the built environment.  You also don't want to feel “stuck” with the composition as it is when everything isn't quite ideal.  And, you don't want to quickly snap photos of scenes for later development only to have this method contribute to your work feeling “flat” by losing depth and realism.  You want to be able to quickly outline the scenes you want to capture, to be able to accurately draw buildings and landscapes, to organize your composition for optimal aesthetics, and to be able to effectively use photographs to quickly capture the scenes that inspire ideas.  In this manual, you will get 12 “tools” that you can use to quickly and effectively be able to draw these scenes that include people, buildings and landscapes and to work these elements into an effective and aesthetically pleasing composition for your final masterpiece. 

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When laying out the composition of a painting or a movie screen-shot, you need to know the fundamentals of composition.   You don't want to make errors in your composition that cause the viewer’s eye to stagnate on one spot in the drawing, or to “loop” around on unimportant aspects of your scene., or especially to be confused about what compositional tools and strategies to use. You want a clear understanding of what compositional tools are available to you and when it is good to use them.  You want to feel confident that when you lay out your masterpiece, that you are doing it deliberately, with a thorough understanding of what you are doing with your composition.  In this Manual and 5 DVD set^[4], you will watch as Glenn explains how the Masters have used composition in the layout of their works so that you will gain an understanding of the principles of great composition and how to apply them

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When you are wanting to draw an animal, be it a cat, dog, horse, or even more exotic animals such as an ape,  llama or mountain lion, you don't want the drawing to come out looking like a human or to be confused about how adding fur changes the drawing.   You want to be able to understand an animal’s structure just by looking at it, even if you have never seen that kind before, and have a system to follow as you draw it.  You want to understand how to draw any animal easily so that you end up with a realistic drawing that is full of life and captures the personality and character.  In this set, you will get a straightforward technique to use what you already know about human anatomy to apply towards animal anatomy and tips on understanding more about the structure of the animal based on whether the animal is prey or predator, like eye placement, ears, and the structure of the feet.  See more information about it on the Animal Drawing Set page. ^[5]

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When you are drawing or painting someone’s portrait, to get an accurate image, you need to understand the underlying bone structure as well as the features of the nose, eyes, ears and mouth well enough to be able to make the adjustments to reflect that individual’s uniqueness.  You don't want your drawing looking “off” because you got any of these individual pieces wrong and you don't want to use the methods of “copying” what you see, because you know that method reduces the depth and realism you can potentially achieve.  You really want to understand the bone structure and the anatomy so that you have the freedom to draw the face from any angle, to draw the features accurately, and to understand the what the potential variations are from person to person.  In this head drawing set, you will receive an understanding of how to construct these 4 facial features as well as the underlying bone structure. Check out the related head drawing products here!^[6]

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Once you have studied the 12 tools in the Vilppu Drawing Manual and have at least a basic understanding of human anatomy and proportions, it can easily get confusing about what order to apply your knowledge to paper.  You don’t want to feel confused about how to use these 12 tools or to not know what level of detail you should be drawing yet, or to get “ahead of yourself” by drawing too much detail before it is time to take it to that level.  What you want is a clear example of how to apply these tools.  In this book, you will get to see numerous examples of drawings and get to see how you apply them in a “4-layered” approach, starting with the lightest and roughest layout, and completing with a beautiful, finished drawing.

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When you are drawing a figure with clothing on (or other surroundings that are made from fabrics,) you don’t want to make mistakes when drawing fabric folds that make them look “wrong”, to “lose” the perception of the figure underneath, to “lose” the depth and volume.  You want the clothing to enhance the believability of the figure and to add to the composition and interest through your use of the clothing. Ultimately, you want to be able to draw clothing and fabrics from your imagination. In the Drawing Drapery Manual and DVD, you’ll gain an understanding of how to draw the 7 predictable folds that fabrics drape into and where these folds commonly appear and how they combine.  In conjunction with the other Vilppu Drawing Drapery materials^[7], this becomes a complete course on how to draw drapery.

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Hands and feet are such an integral part of drawing gestures that to draw these inaccurately really stands out.  When the hands appear “off” the entire drawing seems to be “off” and the eye can’t seem to leave that point on the page to enjoy the rest of the drawing.  You don’t want your viewers to be able to tell that you don't understand how to draw the hand accurately, but you don't want to have to hide the hands and feet either.  Mostly, you don't want to experience the frustration of not understanding their structure and complex forms.  You want to understand the anatomy of the hands and feet so your drawings look realistic and believable, so you can be free to use poses, gestures and compositions that expose the hands or feet without worry.  You want be proud of your skill and want to display the hands and feet.  In the Drawing Hands and Feet Manual and the accompanying DVDs, you will get key insights from a master artist on how to draw the hands and feet in a way that is easily understood and becomes natural to draw. 

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