Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel 2nd Edition written by Nat Gertler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic novel guidance from two experts in the field. Here is a clear, beginning-to-end guide to creating a graphic novel, from developing a concept to getting it to readers. Heavily illustrated, this book explains the tools used, demonstrates techniques, and offers tricks of the trade. Writers and illustrators alike will find it the best overall introduction to the world of graphic novels. ?New edition features a larger format with expanded illustrations. ?Publishers Weekly reports graphic novel sales in the U.S. and Canada at $375 million in 2007, quintuple sales from 2001, while in 2008, United Press International reports, graphic novel business is booming. ?Well-known author in the graphic novel community, both Eisner Award nominees

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel written by Nat Gertler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writers and illustrators alike will find in this Complete Idiot's Guide® the best overall introduction to the world of graphic novels. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Creating a Graphic Novel, Second Edition is a clear, step-by-step guide to creating a graphic novel from beginning to end-from developing a concept to getting it to readers. It begins with planning, plot, and dialog; moves on to pencil drawing, inking, and adding text and colors; and ends with the all-important tasks of publishing and marketing the finished novel. Heavily illustrated, it follows the evolution of an original 8-page story. Along the way, it explains the tools used, demonstrates techniques, and offers professional tricks of the trade.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Graphic Design written by Marcia Layton Turner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you can dream it, you can design it Whether your goal is to design your own marketing materials, launch a visually compelling blog, or just have some fun creating your own CD covers, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Graphic Design is your one-stop reference. Presented in an intuitive, accessible format, here are the fundamental elements of design and design principles, as well as instruction on how to apply those elements and principles to a variety of projects. • Covers art supplies, software, concept development, reproduction needs, and much more • Sample projects include business cards, print and web ads, and graphic T-shirts • Follows the success of other titles aimed at the aspiring artist, including the Complete Idiot’s Guide® titles on digital photography, drawing, and manga

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to U S History Graphic Illustrated written by Kenneth Hite and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History comes alive! Presented in a high-impact, graphic novel format, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to U.S. History, Graphic Illustrated is a visually exciting and easy–to–understand alternative to boring textbooks. Innovative design and lively illustrations transport readers back in time to witness these events and more: • The changing lives of the Native Americans • The abolishment of slavery • The achievement of suffrage • The scandals, wars, and assassinations of the twentieth century • America's famous and infamous historical figures

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Comedy Writing written by James Mendrinos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've always known writing comedy was about more than just being funny. But how do you create a joke and work it into a script or a stand-up routine? Comedian, writer, and teacher Jim Mendrinos has the answers. In The Complete Idiot s Guide to Comedy Writing, Mendrinos gives readers the principles he teaches in his popular courses, from understanding what funny is and how to find it, to how to actually construct comedy. Working through the basic constructions and forms including premises, points of view, and twists, he shows the variations of written, verbal, and physical comedy. With useful exercises, Mendrinos helps writers refine their writing, appeal to their audience, and even break writer's block by learning techniques for brainstorming, free association, lists, and finding infinite points of view.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Making Millions on the Internet written by Nat Gertler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLEASE PROVIDE COURSE INFORMATIONPLEASE PROVIDE

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Making Natural Soaps written by Sally Trew and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leave no soapstone unturned! Soapmaking has always been a popular craft with a dedicated group of followers, but with the explosion of urban homesteading and people looking to go green, noncrafters are now joining in on the fun. Whether it's making natural soap to live greener, give as gifts, save money, or make money, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Making Natural Soaps has everything the new soap maker will need to create organic, natural soaps of all kinds. • Includes recipes to make a wide array of molded, poured, and liquid soaps • Contains soap recipes for body as well as household and even pets

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby written by Barbara Arena and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLEASE PROVIDE COURSE INFORMATION PLEASE PROVIDE

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Writing Well written by Laurie Rozakis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all elements of effective and grammatically-correct writing, including electronic formats, for any type of situation from research papers to business memos.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Cold Calling written by Keith Rosen MCC and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does this sound familiar? “If I could get in front of the prospect, the rest of the selling process becomes easier. It’s just getting in front of them that’s the challenge.” The fact is most cold calling efforts are doomed from the start. Salespeople lose sales not due to a lack of effort, but because they lack a prospecting system they are comfortable with and can trust to generate greater, consistent results. If you are prospecting the same way you have been for the last several years (including the “calling to check in, touch base or follow-up” approach) or haven’t been prospecting at all, you’re simply making it easier for your competition to take away the new business you are working so hard to earn. So, if you love to sell but hate (or don’t like) to prospect, this book is your opportunity to maximize your cold calling potential and boost your income by learning how to get in front of the right prospects in less time and create greater selling opportunities without the fear, pressure or anxiety associated with cold calling. This Complete Idiot’s Guide® will show you how to: • Utilize the seven steps to a permission-based cold calling conversation so that you don’t have to push your presentation and hope there’s a fit. • Create winning voice mail messages that will ensure more return calls. • Develop your MVP (Most Valuable Proposition) that separates you from your competition. • Craft the Compelling Reasons that would motivate a prospect to speak with you. • Prevent and defuse initial objections, such as “I'm not interested,” “We don't have any money now,” or “Call me back later.” • Design your own step-by-step prospecting and follow-up system that runs on autopilot and is aligned with your selling philosophy, strengths, objectives, and natural talents rather than taking the generic, “one size fits all” approach. • Develop the right questions and uncover new selling opportunities in seconds so that you can stop wasting precious time on the wrong prospects.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Amigurumi written by June Gilbank and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating an Amigurumi of one's own... Amigurumi, the traditional Japanese art of knitted or crocheted stuffed figures, is a craft that is sweeping the country. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Amigurumi crafters will learn the basic stitches of crochet, how to make basic shapes (heads, arms, legs, torsos), stuffing techniques, and embellishments such as hair, eyes, and tassels. They will also learn how to make flowers and vegetables, and will acquire the tools to be able to let their imaginations run wild and create their own unique and adorable Amigurumi. Easy-to-follow instructions and patterns for the absolute beginner. The only book that teaches readers how to make their own Amigurumi (not just follow patterns) Includes several complete patterns Author is a foremost expert on Amigurumi

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Critical Reading written by Amy Wall and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to looking at literature with your own two eyes. What students know about Shakespeare, Orwell, Dickens, and Twain is primarily what their instructors tell them. Here’s a book that teaches the students how to move on to the next level—evaluate and read critically on their own, trust their own opinions, develop original ideas, analyze characters, and find a deeper appreciation for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more. • Ideal companion for college students and accessible for the casual reader as well. • Covers fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction, biographies and memoirs, essays and editorials, and newspapers, magazines, and journals. • Features examples from published writing. • Includes a reading list and a glossary of literary terms.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Manga Fantasy Creatures Illustrated written by Matt Forbeck and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As interest in reading manga has grown over the past few years, so too has the desire by many to learn how to create their own manga characters. In fact, in its first year in print, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga, Illustrated(ISBN- 1592573355) has sold more than 20,000 copies. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga Fantasy Creatures Illustratedis positioned to ride the coattails of the original title by offering readers how-to instruction specific to creating fantasy creatures in the manga style. With more than 300 illustrations, readers will learn stroke-by-stroke how to create everything from chibis and furry creatures to dragons and monsters. Each step-by-step illustration builds on the last, using a second color to highlight the new strokes, and ends with a full-color rendering of the final creature.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Drawing Manga written by John Layman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga Illustrated, Second Edition, is an enhanced revision of its successful predecessor-one that makes it easier than ever before for readers to create their own manga characters, landscapes, and stories. This new edition is even more visual, with over 100 additional step-by-step illustrations that guide readers from the basic strokes to the final ink renderings. From bodies and faces to backgrounds and mech (manga for anything mechanical), readers learn all the basics necessary to start rendering the exotic worlds and a creative cast of characters that attracted them to the genre as readers.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Starting and Running a Retail Store written by James E. Dion and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the dream of opening a retail business a reality. The fastest-growing segment of small business is retail-everything from clothing to linens, books to boats, gourmet pans to furniture. With over 30 years’ experience in retail, national expert and consultant James Dion offers practical, hands-on tips and advice on all aspects of retail business, from choosing the right business model and finding the ideal location to financing, purchasing, and marketing. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Information on permits, registrations, licenses, and other legal paperwork. • Advice on hiring, training, and motivating reliable employees. • Exceptional customer service techniques. • Creative tips on how to merchandise and market your store.

Download or read book Complete Idiot s Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains written by Matt Forbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains, Illustratedis the series' fourth release in the step-by-step, how-to-draw arena, and the first to venture outside the realm of manga. But like the two manga books before it (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga- Fantasy Creatures andThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga- Shoujo), this guide follows the same 4-color format in which readers learn how to create a variety of characters with more than 400 illustrations that are broken up into six- to eight-step series. Colour is used in each sequential step to clarify how the new strokes add to the work in progress as the reader works toward each final full-colour character. In this book, readers learn to create original superheroes and villains that are patterned after the underlying traits associated with well-known characters, but without replicating what's already been done by the likes of Marvel and DC Comics. By drawing these unique figures and seeing how they are both similar to and different from the established superheroes and villains, readers gain inspiration for creating their own truly original characters.