Digital Cartooning: A Step-by-Step Guide with 200 Illustrations: From Getting Started to Advanced Techniques, with 70 Practical Exercises and Projects - Softcover

Ivan Hissey; Curtis Tappenden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857235486 ISBN 13: 9780857235480

Publisher: Hermes House, 2015

Synopsis

This inspiring book provides a detailed guide to drawing, painting and manipulating your own digital cartoons. It is packed full with professional advice, fantastic examples and practical step-by-step techniques showing how to create amazing characters and worlds. The book begins by introducing the essential equipment and types of computer software needed. A useful guide to digital techniques follows, which explains how to develop a scanned image, how to combine different media, add speech bubbles and much more. The main section features a range of projects for practising the techniques, and producing a variety of cartoon styles. A teach-yourself practical guide to drawing cartoons on your computer, suitable for beginners as well as more experienced artists. Introduces all the essential computer software and equipment, such as Adobe Illustrator and Corel Painter and the animation programs Flash and ImageReady.

About this title

About the Author

Ivan Hissey studied design and illustration at Brighton University and the Royal College of Art, and has illustrated in a wide range of media for over 30 years.Curtis Tappenden is a professional painter and illustrator. He works in the art department of The Mail on Sunday newspaper in London, and teaches on the National Diploma of Art and Design and Foundation courses at the University for the Creative Arts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hermes House
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857235486
• ISBN 13: 9780857235480
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96