This completely revised edition contains 30 drawing lessons and over 900 illustrations packed into 88 pages of drawing fun. Additions to this edition include; a completely new way to draw human characters, eye, ear, nose and mouth shape idea pages, model sheet and turnaround ideas , superhero poses, one and two-point perspective lessons, background ideas, single panel and multi-panel cartoon lessons, lettering, how to get cartoon ideas, cartoon symbols, how to draw two part animation and animation flip books. Expanded areas include drawing horses, dinosaurs, wild animals, bugs and crawlies, monsters, space aliens and robots. All of these changes are added to the already successful lessons on drawing human, animal and anthropomorphic cartoon characters.

In foreword to the first book, the original book, Charles Schulz creator of Peanuts wrote ..."Duane Barnhart leads you in his writing and cartoon samples to the sort of start that everyone who likes to draw cartoons certainly needs." Writing in the latest edition, Jim Davis, creator of Garfield states: "Cartooning Basics is an entertaining read and a wonderful how-to for the beginning cartoonist or for anyone who wants to improve their drawing skills....What are you waiting for? Grab a pencil and start having some fun!"

From the Author

As a child, cartoons were magical. But I wanted to do more than just watch cartoons, or read comics, I wanted to make them. When I was a kid there weren’t any classes and there were only a few books on cartooning, so for me learning became a trial and error process. I did learn how to draw cartoons and have drawn thousands of them over the years. When I had a chance to teach cartooning as an artist in residence, I discovered that I could teach nearly anyone to draw using a few simple shapes. My students didn’t have to use the trial and error process I went through, they learned right away! These simple methods became the core of my teaching which led to the first three editions of Cartooning Basics. Students really liked Cartooning Basics and even wanted even more lessons in new areas. With this edition students get all the good stuff from the past plus over 400 new drawing examples and all new lessons on perspective drawing, comic strips and animation. Comments from students and teachers indicate that these additions are well received and will make learning even more fun. As for me, I am still teaching, and drawing from my studio in Minnesota. And yes, cartoons are still magical. -Duane Barnhart-

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