Full Description
Wham! Pow! Bam! Kaboom! Learn everything you need to make your own comic books, superheroes, and story lines with The Art of Comic Book Drawing.
Featuring step-by-step tutorials, helpful tips, and dozens of drawing and illustration techniques, aspiring cartoonists, graphic illustrators, and comic book artists will discover all of the basics, from creating characters to mastering features and expressions to bringing it all together with unique and interesting story lines.
This helpful guide also includes practice pages to help put your newfound skills to immediate use. Learn all the drawing tips and techniques you need to create your very own comic book, including:
Drawing basics
Inking techniques
Creating characters
Drawing bodies in motion
Designing characters
Creating battle scenes
Adding speech
Developing a story segment
Veteran comic book artists teach you to draw basic cartoon characters, superheroes, villains, and more using simple, step-by-step drawing lessons. Once you get the hang of illustrating your favorite characters, you'll learn to draw action scenes, set up panels, add speech bubbles, and even learn the basics of cartoon and comic book word treatments.
With approachable exercises, interactive pages, and action-packed projects to guide you, The Art of Comic Book Drawing will help you find inspiration, learn how to create a story, and most importantly, develop the characters that will make your story come to life. So, grab a pencil and paper, and learn to create your own comic books, step by easy step!
Contents
Introduction
Tools & Materials
Digital Illustration
Drawing Basics
Inking Techniques
Creating Characters
Heads & Bodies
Features
Hands & Feet
Bodies in Motion
Villains
Character Designs
Battles
Building Comic Characters
Bionic Hero
The Red Wraith
Evil Genius
Ninja Warrior
Megaguy
Ms. Mega
Thorn
The Bulk
Lady Electric
The Shark & The Tadpole
Adding Speech
Speech Balloons & Captions
Some Dos & Don'ts
Sound Effects
Creating a Story Segment
About the Artists
