Drawing Cartoons: A complete guide to cartoons, caricatures, comics and animated cartoons - Hardcover

John Byrne; Alex Hughes; Janet Nunn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000714217X ISBN 13: 9780007142170

Publisher: Collins, 2002

Synopsis

Based on the successful Learn to Draw series, this bumper gift book for beginners is full of practical advice on drawing a wide range of cartoons, including caricatures, comics and animated cartoons.

Drawing Cartoons: A Complete Guide to Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics and Animated Cartoons covers the essential aspects of drawing all types of cartoons and is an ideal introduction for the budding cartoonist. There's useful advice on the tools and equipment needed and all the techniques are very clearly and simply described, with numerous step-by-step examples and demonstrations, including over 400 cartoons and caricatures.

Some of the many topics covered in the book include:

how to draw basic cartoons and create different characters
• portraying expressions and gestures, and adding speech bubbles
• how to draw portrait, political, stylized or quick-draw caricatures
• capturing the personalities of your subjects
• how to develop your cartoon characters and create a narrative for them in comic strip form
• writing scripts and graphic stories for your superheroes
• how to give your characters a life of their own and make them move in animation sequences
• making key drawings and creating a storyboard

About this title

About the Author

John Byrne (Cartoons and Comics) combines a highly successful magazine cartooning career with running classes and workshops and writing and illustrated books. Alex Hughes (Caricatures) contributes regularly to a wide range of magazines and newspapers, as well as writing books. Janet Nunn (Animated Cartoons) has worked in animation for over 30 years, on both TV series and feature films.

From the Back Cover

'Drawing Cartoons: A Complete Guide to Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics and Animated Cartoons' covers the essential aspects of drawing all types of cartoons and is an ideal introduction for the budding cartoonist. There's useful advice on the tools and equipment needed and all the techniques are very clearly and simply described, with numerous step-by-step examples and demonstrations, including over 400 cartoons and caricatures.

Some of the many topics covered in the book include:
• how to draw basic cartoons and create different characters
• portraying expressions and gestures, and adding speech bubbles
• how to draw portrait, political, stylized or quick-draw caricatures
• capturing the personalities of your subjects
• how to develop your cartoon characters and create a narrative for them in comic strip form
• writing scripts and graphic stories for your superheroes
• how to give your characters a life of their own and make them move in animation sequences
• making key drawings and creating a storyboard

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000714217X
• ISBN 13: 9780007142170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192