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Draw Comic Book Action
Superhero feats and exhilarating fights are the climax of a comic book; with How to Draw Comic Book Action you will learn to draw this fun and vital part of comic art. Techniques for drawing every dynamic action are explained from running, swinging and flying through to fist fights, group rumbles, and battles.
128 pages, Paperback
First published November 5, 2010
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Lee Garbett
355 books21 followersLee Garbett is a British comic book artist born in the West Midlands. He has worked on British comics.
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January 20, 2013
This is a good book for people (probably the very young) who have never set pencil to paper before but beyond that it is very basic.
It tackles the usual issues of moving from a stick figure to a finished piece of art but as with most of these books there are often huge leaps between the basic shape sections and a finished artwork which (as with most of these books) the author is too afraid to say that this is where the reader will simply have to be talented.
Art instruction books are never an easy subject as the user will have to have a little talent to work with. Those that have talent will have already picked up most of these tips and tricks simply by practicing and this kind of book becomes little more than a collection of inspirational drawings (and some nice ones were included in this volume). Those that don't have this talent unfortunately are always going to fall at this hurdle as it is something that you can either do or you can't.
Not a bad read though and some nice reference points to work from for your own artwork.
It tackles the usual issues of moving from a stick figure to a finished piece of art but as with most of these books there are often huge leaps between the basic shape sections and a finished artwork which (as with most of these books) the author is too afraid to say that this is where the reader will simply have to be talented.
Art instruction books are never an easy subject as the user will have to have a little talent to work with. Those that have talent will have already picked up most of these tips and tricks simply by practicing and this kind of book becomes little more than a collection of inspirational drawings (and some nice ones were included in this volume). Those that don't have this talent unfortunately are always going to fall at this hurdle as it is something that you can either do or you can't.
Not a bad read though and some nice reference points to work from for your own artwork.
April 13, 2016
Another book that helps beginners to learn how action poses are done. A must for an artists library.
April 26, 2016
Good book for those interested in drawing superheroes. The number of example drawings is somewhat limited, but what it has is good and it contains good advice and direction for artists
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