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Action! Cartooning
The best book on a hot new subject! This jam-packed how-to by a former Marvel Comics cartoonist offers everything a budding artist needs.
Written and illustrated by a former Marvel Comics’ artist with brilliant hand-done images throughout, this graphic handbook of cartooning is without equal. It's simply larger, better illustrated, and more in depth than any similar title on the market. In elaborate detail, it focuses on superheroes and their atmospheric world filled with speed and movement. Every aspect of creating cartoons is the supplies, developing mood, and the techniques that endow characters with personality. See how to draw a variety of faces (female, heroic, cute, gaunt), and give the appearance of age. From the skeleton to the torso, to the arms, hands, and legs, follow every stroke that goes into producing bodies of all shapes and sizes. Finally, there's instruction on sending those figures into running, jumping, punching, kicking action in a fully realized scene. With advice so thorough, any amateur can become a pro.
Written and illustrated by a former Marvel Comics’ artist with brilliant hand-done images throughout, this graphic handbook of cartooning is without equal. It's simply larger, better illustrated, and more in depth than any similar title on the market. In elaborate detail, it focuses on superheroes and their atmospheric world filled with speed and movement. Every aspect of creating cartoons is the supplies, developing mood, and the techniques that endow characters with personality. See how to draw a variety of faces (female, heroic, cute, gaunt), and give the appearance of age. From the skeleton to the torso, to the arms, hands, and legs, follow every stroke that goes into producing bodies of all shapes and sizes. Finally, there's instruction on sending those figures into running, jumping, punching, kicking action in a fully realized scene. With advice so thorough, any amateur can become a pro.
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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July 31, 2015
Really love Ben's style and wish I could draw like him. Overall some good tips in here and great for inspiring one to experiment.
Don't expect to draw like him at the end, but going through and playing with the ideas in here will probably help.
I draw slightly better than average, but not "good" and I credit books like this and other drawing books for getting me to draw and try new things. The key thing is to keep drawing and experimenting.
Good reference book.
Don't expect to draw like him at the end, but going through and playing with the ideas in here will probably help.
I draw slightly better than average, but not "good" and I credit books like this and other drawing books for getting me to draw and try new things. The key thing is to keep drawing and experimenting.
Good reference book.
February 2, 2018
this is the cartooning book i would give to my younger self. great simplification of complex anatomy and drawing concepts. fun to read.
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February 4, 2020
Funny, clear, and practical, a small guide about how to draw action poses.
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