Download or read book How to Be a Super Cartoonist written by Peter Maddocks and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Be a Super Cartoonist written by Peter Maddocks and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Maddocks' highly successful first book So You Want to be a Cartoonist? Drew on his vast experience both as a Cartoonist and as a teacher of cartooning to guide the aspiring artist in every stage of his early career from buying paper and ink to selling the first masterpiece to a Fleet Street editor. In How to be a Super Cartoonist he broadens his scope by asking other leading Cartoonists about their work and their technique. Where do ideas come from? How do they keep a likeness or develop a character? Why do Andy Capp and Bristow still make us laugh year after year? Why do they prefer ink to crayon, or crayon to ink? Simon Bond, Larry, Reg Smythe, Frank Dickens & Posy are just a few of the comic and creative artists who contribute to this book. Using examples of the work of all these experts, Peter Maddocks provides inspiration and sound technical advice for any would-be 'Super Cartoonist.'
Download or read book How to be a Successful Cartoonist written by Randy Glasbergen and published by Northlight. This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to turn your cartooning talent into a few extra bucks or an entire career, you probably have lots of questions..... How can I make my work look really professional? How do I know if I'm funny enough to impress editors and readers? How can I break into the business? Where should I send my cartoons? How much money can I make? Here are all the real-world answers from successful cartoonist Randy Glasbergen, along with practical advice, insight and artwork from dozens of the world's greatest cartoonists and humorous illustrators. It's the honest and accurate help you need to take your talent all the way to the funny pages of newspapers, magazines, children's books, greeting cards and more!
Download or read book How to Draw Cartoons written by Peter Maddocks and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for anyone and everyone who has ever thought that they could have been a cartoonist if only they knew how. Handwritten and hand drawn, it answers questions about cartooning in simple, visual terms. What materials do you use? What size do you draw? How do you caricature, or keep a likeness in a strip cartoon character? These are just a few of the technical problems facing the beginner which Peter Maddocks tackles, but he also considers the inspirational side of cartoons - what comes first, the idea or the artwork; once you've had a bright idea, how do you transfer it on to paper? And he supplies captions and examples of cartoons to help you draw that very first masterpiece. Peter Maddocks was a full time professional Cartoonist, both in National Newspapers, films and TV animation.
Download or read book My Life as a Cartoonist written by Janet Tashjian and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Book Three of the popular "My Life . . ." series by Janet Tashjian, Derek Fallon's plan to help out a new classmate backfires miserably There's a new kid in Derek Fallon's class. His name is Umberto and he uses a wheelchair. Derek's family is still fostering Frank the monkey, and Derek thinks it would be great to train Frank to assist Umberto. But Derek quickly realizes that Umberto is definitely not looking for any help. Derek soon becomes the butt of Umberto's jokes. On top of that, Umberto starts stealing Derek's cartoon ideas and claiming them as his own. How did Derek get himself into this mess, and how can he find a way out before he is the laughingstock of school? The answer may very well be his cartoon strip—SUPER FRANK! My Life as a Cartoonist features illustrations by Janet Tashjian's son, Jake Tashjian.
Download or read book Learn to Draw Cartoons written by Christopher Hart and published by Drawing with Christopher Hart. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to Christopher Hart's simplified process, anyone can create dynamic cartoon characters right away. He has developed the easiest-ever approach to drawing the basics like heads, bodies, and those super-important cartoon expressions. Hart helps beginners apply these fundamentals to a variety of fun types and settings including animals, under-the-sea locales, stock characters, and popular backgrounds. Each lesson is laid out in accessible steps, accompanied by Chris's personable instruction.
Download or read book Creating Characters with Personality written by Tom Bancroft and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize the impact of pose and expression. Practical exercises help readers put everything together to make their new characters sparkle. Lessons from the author, who designed the dragon Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy) in Disney's Mulan—plus big-name experts in film, TV, video games, and graphic novels—make a complex subject accessible to every artist.
Download or read book The Cartoonist written by Betsy Byars and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAlfie only feels comfortable when he’s drawing comics in the attic—but soon his safe haven will be off limits/divDIV Alfie is perfectly content to spend his time drawing alone in the attic. Nobody bothers him, and he has his door sealed tight against interruption. Up under the roof, he illustrates amazing cartoon strips about heroes and space adventures, from “Super Caterpillar” to “Super Bird”—even though his own life is anything but exciting. One day, Alfie’s mom calls him from the attic to tell him his older brother Bubba will be moving home and will take over the attic as his own apartment. Suddenly Alfie’s private world is turned inside out, and he’ll need to find a new “home,” even if that means spending time around his weird, argumentative family./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Betsy Byars including rare images from the author’s personal collection./div
Download or read book Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist written by Christopher Hart and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2007 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide to stylized figure anatomy for artists wishing to emulate one of today's popular streamlined comic book styles, with step-by-step demonstrations and studies of major muscle groups, heads, hands, and feet.
Download or read book Cartooning Character Design written by Sherm Cohen and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Designing different 'types,' conveying emotion, adding props and costumes, developing a personal style
Download or read book Be Everything at Once written by Dami Lee and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do things in moderation when you can just do everything? Cartoonist Dami Lee's hilarious four-panel comic collection illustrates her experience navigating identity, relationships, pop culture, and misunderstandings about basic human interactions, from growing up as a South Korean immigrant kid in the foreign land of Texas to finding her home as a professional cartoonist in cyberspace. With favorite selections from Dami's massively popular webcomic As Per Usual, as well as many never-before-seen comics, Be Everything at Once is earnestly relatable and endlessly funny, full of (mostly) true stories for anyone who obsesses over their favorite snacks, struggles to take the best selfie, tears up at the sight of a perfect dog, or is maybe just trying to find their place.
Download or read book The Big Book of Cartooning written by Bruce Blitz and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The host of the PBS program, Blitz on Cartooning, reveals the basics of drawing cartoons through step-by-step instructions on form, texture, tone, shading, facial expressions, figures, caricatures, cartoon effects, and more.
Download or read book How to Draw written by Bruce Blitz and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Draw Cartoons written by Brian Platt and published by Accent Press Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun, simple and entertaining – this book will help the complete novice turn out professional looking cartoons in minutes. Suitable for all age groups.
Download or read book Having It All and No Time to Do It written by Terri Libenson and published by Tj Studios. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nationally syndicated comic strip, Pajama Diaries, details the personal life of Jill Kaplan, a contemporary working mom trying to juggle it all-work life, family life, and sex life (or lack thereof)-without going completely bonkers. The characters age in real time so readers can enjoy and relate to each new challenge that awaits Jill and her family. It contains all-time favorite full-color daily and Sunday strips. Multitasking families everywhere will certainly see themselves in this funny, contemporary cartoon.
Download or read book Let s Make Comics written by Jess Smart Smiley and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A light-hearted interactive guide to comics and cartoon-making that uses an activity book format and creatively stimulating prompts to teach the fundamentals of cartooning in a fun and easy-to-follow fashion. From a working cartoonist and comic book making instructor, this all-ages activity book uses humorous and informative one-page comics and exercise prompts to guide young readers (and readers who are young at heart) through easy-to-master lessons on the skills needed to make comics. The activities cover a range of essential comics-making tasks from creating expressions for characters to filling in blank panels to creating original characters and placing them in adventures of their own. Each exercise can stand on its own or work together with others in the book to stimulate creativity via the comics medium. In the end, readers who complete the activities inside the book itself will have created several comics of their own, and will have generated many ideas for more sequential art creations. Praise for Let’s Make Comics! “At once playful and complex, this book is a perfect introduction to cartooning, as well as a lovely (and lovingly crafted) tribute to the comics form and a timely reminder that artmaking can be fun.”—Roman Muradov, creator of Vanishing Act and On Doing Nothing “Let’s Make Comics is a book I wish I had when I was 9, but 29 works too! It’s so fun and brilliant and packed with oodles of awesome activities. Great book for learning to make comics or for a seasoned cartoonist to find some new inspiration.”—Ben Clanton, creator of the Narwhal and Jelly books “It’s fantastic! This book will make you a better writer and a better artist and show you how to think like a comic star.”—Charise Harper, creator of the Fashion Kitty and Crafty Cat books “Warning! This book will make you make comics, and it will be fun!”—Greg Pizzoli, creator of The Watermelon Seed, Number One Sam, and The Book Hog “If only we'd had this book! Our comics would be much better.”—Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz, creators of War and Peas
Download or read book Cartooning written by Christopher Hart and published by Chris Hart Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hart delivers detailed instructions, inspiring ideas, and invaluable tips for creating appealing and original manga-style characters. Illustrations.
