Drawing And Cartooning 1 001 Figures In Action

Explains how to capture the funniest features of faces in exaggerated drawing.

An engaging and practical instructional guide to one of the most popular yet challenging subjects for young artists--learning to express realistic body language or humorous, exaggerated movements, while keeping all the body measurements in proportion.

An easy, fun guide to the popular art of cartooning. All the fundamentals are here--materials, basic techniques, and a host of crazy characters to copy. Step-by-step instructions teach the reader to develop hand-eye coordination and confidence.

Offers advice on drawing portraits and figures, discusses poses, facial expressions, and proportions, and provides sample sketches

The how-to handbook that exactly explains and illustrates the step-by-step processes for drawing complete, succesful landscapes and seascapes and teaches the fundamentals of good composition as well as the separate picture elements. This guide combines the simplest kind of scenery sketching with the most complex renderings to give every artist, beginner or professional, essential scenery drawing techniques. More than 900 diagrams, pictorial explanations, and pictures

Have you ever wanted to hone your cartooning skills? The Cartoonist's Bible has unique and completely practical tips on how to make that happen. Not only will you learn how to draw cartoons in many formats including up-to-date advice on CGI (computer generated images) and Manga comics, but you will also learn easy, foolproof methods of how to always be able to think up new humorous ideas for your cartoons—and how to give yourself the best chance of selling your work and seeing it published. Create great cartoons in a wide range of styles and media, from comic-book line art to digital manga Learn how to exaggerate and distort your characters to great comic effect Render funny expressions and body language Add backgrounds, lettering, and speech balloons. In The Cartoonist's Bible, there is an extremely useful and comprehensive Expressions File that means you will never struggle to draw just the right look on your cartoon characters. Also included is a valuable Cartoon Resources file to signpost you on to further information about all aspects of cartooning.

Tallarico shows young artists how to draw their own superheroes, evil villains, ultimate warriors or wacky weirdos. With almost 300 black-and-white line drawings, readers are provided with the basic techniques of light and shading and tips for adding background. They can even lay out a story in panels to watch their own characters in action.

Written and illustrated by a former Marvel Comics' artist with brilliant hand-done images throughout, this graphic handbook to cartooning focuses on superheroes and their atmospheric world filled with speed and movement.