Dedication and Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction: A Little Background
Chapter 2: Professional Applications: Art Direction and Visual Development
Chapter 3: Elements of Design: Understanding Basic Principles
Chapter 4: Values First: Lighting the Scene
Chapter 5: Materials and Methods
Chapter 6: The Focal Point: Creating the Stage
Chapter 7: Atmosphere: Setting the Mood with Color and Light
Chapter 8: Creating Style: Designing "The Look"
Chapter 9: Taking it Outside: Plein-air gouache demos
Chapter 10: Playing the Field: Creating Art for Prints and Licensing
Biography
Michael Humphries has had a distinguished career in animation as a background artist, visual development artist, and art director for many of Disney Feature Animation Studios films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Brother Bear (2003), The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Fantasia 2000 (2000), and The Princess and the Frog (2009). Michael was also nominated for an Annie Award as the Production Designer on Sony Pictures Animations first feature length animated movie Open Season (2006).
He resides in Pasadena California where he teaches entertainment art at Art Center College of Design.
Please visit his website at: www.michaelhumphries.net
