Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators: Mastering the Art of Drawing from Memory - Softcover

Ross, David H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385346239 ISBN 13: 9780385346238

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S., 2015

Synopsis

For today's in-demand figure artists - comic creators, animators, video game artists, concept designers, etc. - it is necessary to be able to quickly draw the human figure in a variety of action-packed poses. In Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators, David Ross shows readers how they can master freehand figure drawing without visual reference by using a modern twist on the classic technique of blocking out the human figure as a mannequin. Step-by-step lessons guide aspiring illustrators from basic poses (standing, running, jumping) to extreme motions (throwing punches, high kicking). For on-the-go artists, Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators allows them complete freedom to bring their figures to life at any time.

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Review:

Dave Ross has created an invaluable tool for both students and professionals. While photos and models are useful, artists shouldn't be limited by the reference available to them. Dave gives the artist the means to build a figure from the imagination based on gesture, construction, and anatomy.

--June Brigman, comics artist, co-creator of Power Pack from Marvel Comics, and professor of sequential art at the Savannah College of Art and Design

About the Author:

David H. Ross is an illustrator who has worked with all of the major North American comic book publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics. He has produced storyboards for feature films, and prepared artwork and advised on special projects for television. He holds workshops on drawing for comic books (such as the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop) and, for the past five years, has acted as co-coordinator and instructor of a three-year Sequential Arts diploma program at Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art, and Design in Toronto, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0385346239
• ISBN 13: 9780385346238
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208