Dynamic Bible

by Peter M. Han

Students and Professors of entertainment art and design should look no further than Peter Han's Dynamic Bible. Its debut launched from his Kickstarter campaign and made its first appearance at San Diego Comic-Con. Peter Han's book is full of sketches and notes from his studies on industrial design, animal, landscape and more!

A must-have for all aspiring designers!

Peter Han is an instructor for the Artcenter College of Design, Concept Design Academy, and the online school CGMA.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Reference, Design, Art Design

144 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Dino · Rating 5 out of 5]

While this book supplements the live course, it's still valuable for someone self-studying. It's excellent as a reference book but it shines in its focus on constructional drawing. Peter Han demonstrates in his notes why drawing with 3d forms, shapes, and contour lines are so important. Drawing along with his notes helped improve my sketches, and I'd suggest other readers do the same.

For people taking the DrawABox course, it's a must-read as the exercises there might seem a bit redundant unless you see how they can be used in sketches.

A minor drawback to the book is that his handwriting can be small or hard to read, especially if you're using pdf/ebook.

[Rio R. Islip · Rating 2 out of 5]

[••] A “draughtsmanship/general illustration” textbook. Target skill level: Beginner-to-Medium(1/5-3/5)

This is a tricky one. In effect, this book teaches basic draughtsmanship and sketching from imagination.

However, both of these are very in depth technical topics which do deserve quite a bit of discussion to assist a budding artist so that they don’t become lost in the woods. Unfortunately the book’s discussion of such finer details is very thin on the ground.

To my friends who are interested in draughtsmanship study I would instead recommend the “DrawABox” website, which covers everything in this book and beyond and is written in a beginner-compatible perspective.

The material that is present here is still great, but I can only recommend it as supplemental material, and not as a comprehensive textbook in its own right.

[Ruben · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short and sweet book on general drawing. It has chapters for several subjects (insects, land animals, birds, vehicles...). Should be perfect as a reference book, only caveat is that the writing is a bit hard to read without zooming in (I wonder how the print edition handles that)

[Sebastien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clearly a support book for the live course — still, interesting to add with the drawabox.com method (especially to add more and more complexity)

Would I buy it if I would have known? No. Still not bad if you're into art book.

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm giving this book 5 stars only after actually taking Peter Han's Dynamic Sketching class. These are two semesters worth of notes on steroids (each page is a week's worth of classwork, if not more) and would probably be hard to navigate if you are a beginner just reading the book.

[LaVonne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential reading for those wanting a straightforward guide for drawing/technical drawing. I see this as a much more user friendly version of Scott Robertson’s books. Highly recommend.

[Michel Soucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

DRAWING MADE EASY

Very good book. read it several time and can’t stop improving with Peter Han. Can’t wait for Dynamic Bible 2 ! Don’t hesitate, buy this book !

[Xavier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very instructive especially for someone just starting pen drawing. The exercises have helped me improve my tool control if nothing else. A quick read but inspiring. As I progress I will return to this book to reproduce the examples on each page and seek studies of my own.