- ISBN13: 9780823010301
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
America’s leading comic book publisher brings its superstar creators and classic characters to the fourth in an authoritative series of books on how to create comics. Acclaimed comic book illustrator Mark Chiarello and award-winning letterer Todd Klein demonstrate dozens of surefire strategies, practical techniques, and professional secrets for dynamic comic book coloring and lettering. They use DC’s world-famous characters to demonstrate an array of techniques, cov… More >>
DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics
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#1 by W. Isenberger on April 18, 2010 - 10:43 pm
I purchased this book thinking I would learn Photoshop techniques for coloring. There weren’t any. It verily explained the terminology. If you are interested in the theory of why comic books are colored the way they are, this book is for you. If you want to learn the technical skills for coloring, this book is not for you.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Michael D. Nelsen on April 19, 2010 - 12:05 am
There is no truth in advertising here: This book will NOT show you how to color for comics. It will not tell you how to color ANYTHING. It will only vaguely explain the theory of color, the concept of “Computers” used for modern coloring but will show you NOTHING about technique. It’s like a round-a-bout way of saying “Here’s what comics look like, do THAT” without ever telling you HOW to actually DO anything.
I was sorely disappointed with the content here.
The lettering sections are competent I suppose, although my disbelief with the coloring “content” made it hard for me to concentrate.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Brian D. Rogers on April 19, 2010 - 1:06 am
I got this book to accelerate my knowledge, but I decided that it s not as good as other books of the same kind. Namely, Hi-Fi Guide to coloring Comics, and the lettering book by Comicraft. I got this book because its a book about DC comics, my personal favorites, and I thought I would get better direction on how to “do these things like they do” Sadly this just isnt the case. The direction is just a skimming off the top and gives great history, but actually I have yet to find anything helpful in it. The Comicraft lettering book gives you step by step in Illustrator; and once you learn it it sticks in your mind. Simple as that. The hi fi book, gives instruction and comes with hady texture maps to give your colors more appeal. I would probably recommend this book to younger artists 14 and below. Maybe this was the age bracket it was intended for?
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by L. Garciandia on April 19, 2010 - 2:07 am
This book is a good guide for begginers on comic bussiness, helps to know about how to color a modern comic book, the best way to finish a printable product and how to letter; and give some info about comic coloring history.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by Seth on April 19, 2010 - 2:58 am
I bought this book thinking that it would guide me by hand and show me HOW DC colorists actually go about coloring. I was not disappointed but I still was not satiated.
The book is very informative in showing you what not to do and the rules of coloring (the color theory, etc) but it really doesn’t go step by step through the coloring process, which would have made me give the book a five star rating.
Definitely worthy of a buy because it goes over many things that most artists have either forgotten or simply just don’t know.
Rating: 4 / 5