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“This is the dinosaur
demo I have been waiting for all my life. David Krentz
has the rare ability to turn science into art, and infuse dinosaurs with
soul.”
- Iain McCaig
Founder
Ninth Ray Studios
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Many of us drew dinosaurs when
we were kids. Dinosaurs are beasts of paradox. They inhabited
the world between monster and animal, imagination and science.
For many, dinosaurs were the introduction to understanding
the natural world. It is not surprising that many of the world’s
leading paleontologists started out as artists themselves.
In this DVD, David conveys a strong understanding of dinosaur
anatomy mixed with the sheer joy of giving life, personality
and motion to these inspiring creatures. He covers a wide range
of topics from skeletal structures and muscles, to range of
motion and the essential gestures of various body types. David
focuses on capturing these elements in the form of quick sketches
of both herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs.
Over 2 hours of lecture.
Product Code: DKR01
Head, Torso and Limbs
Vertebral Column
Proportion
Osteological Neutral Position
Muscles
Range of Motion
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Locomotion
Comparative Anatomy
Body Types
Gesture
Quick Sketching |
01: Introduction
02: Head
03: Torso
04: Limbs
05: Vertebral Column
06: Proportion
07: Osteological Neutral Position
08: Muscles
09: Range of Motion
10: Comparative Anatomy
11: Locomotion
12: Body Types
13: Gesture
14: Quick Sketch 1 (Sauropod)
15: Quick Sketch 2 (Psittacosaurus)
16: Quick Sketch 3 (Deinonychus)
17: Rendering Rugops
18: Clean-up in Photoshop®
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view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that the actual
movie is made with a much higher quality DVD compression.
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Born in Winnipeg, Canada, David Krentz graduated
from the Character Animation program at California Institute
of the Arts in 1993. He was immediately hired into Walt Disney Feature
Animation
as a Layout Artist. He migrated into a Lead Character
Designer position for a four year stint on Disney’s Dinosaur.
His love for dinosaurs, anatomy and character proved a valuable asset
to that benchmark CG film.
After leaving Disney he went on to pursue a freelance
career, where he stretched his creative wings doing many different kinds
of jobs on
many different projects. He enjoys sculpture (digital & clay), storyboarding,
creature/character design and concept illustration. He
maintains ties to the scientific community, where he often lectures
on developing performance-centric
creatures for film and recreates new dinosaur finds from
the bones up. David is one of the founding members of Ninth Ray Studios,
a super-group
of story driven concept artists. He contributed to such
movies as Fantasia
2000, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet, Spider-Man
2, Valiant, The Ant Bully,
John Carter of Mars and Outlander as well as many
other live-action and animated films currently in pre-production.
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