- ISBN13: 9780823005673
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This clever book teaches artists the unique skill of drawing perspective for spectacular landscapes, fantastic interiors, and other wildly animated backgrounds to fit comic-strip panels…. More >>
Perspective! For Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in Your Artwork
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#1 by Rick Lundeen on April 21, 2010 - 10:53 pm
Buy “How to draw comics the Marvel Way” instead, as Stan Lee and John Buscema cover all the necessary points in a few pages, as opposed to wasting your money on a book like this. Although kudos to this guy for padding a book this size. He must be close with Scott McCloud.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by design student on April 22, 2010 - 12:15 am
I really enjoyed this book. The characters are entertaining and
the explanations are okay although sometimes you have to read
it a few times until you “get it”.
One important thing readers should know; there is ALOT of female
and MALE nudity in this book. the author could very well have
put shorts or underwear on the dozens of men in the book, but chose not too. I didn’t like it. Also, if someone is embarrassed to take their clothes off, they don’t have to be made fun of. Other than than that, the book does explain perspective quite well.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on April 22, 2010 - 12:29 am
this book is not a real help to me and proably wouldn’t be a real help to anyone at all the techniques are very primitive and confusing and the tips are useless
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by J. E. Castillo on April 22, 2010 - 2:30 am
THIS IS THE ONE YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE MAN TEACHES COMPLICATED PROCEDURE LIKE A GENIUS WOULD, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES ARE SUPER SOPHISTICATED, EVEN A CHILD CAN UNDERSTAND IT (OR ATLEAST A TEENAGER) AND CAN BE USED IMMEDIATELY, YOU DONT HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK TO PUT IT TO USE IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSTANT, PROFFESSIONAL RESULTS GUARANTEED! I CANNOT WAIT FOR HIM TO MAKE BOOK TWO, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED A 10+ THIS MAN REALLY KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF AND TO THINK THERE’S MORE TO THIS, NOT JUST FOR ARTIST BUT ALSO TO LEARN ABOUT LIFE, AS YOU KNOW ART TEACHES YOU ABOUT LIFE AND IT’S HIDDEN MYSTERIES ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE QUIET, LOOK WITH A BEGINNER’S MIND IN ALL THINGS, WITH THE EYES OF SOMEONE WHOSE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND YOU WILL LEARN AND THIS MAN USING THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY LEGENDARY MASTERS AND GENUISES PRESENTS IT TO YOU IN A VERY EXCELLENT FORMAT AND IN ADDITION THERE ARE PARTS IN IT THAT ARE EVEN FUNNY!!! VERY TASTEFULLY DONE, IF ONLY MATH TEACHERS AND HISTORY TEACHERS AND ALL TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND PRESCHOOL WOULD TAKE THE SAME INTEREST AND IF ONLY THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WOULD REALIZE THAT TEACHING, EVEN SERIOUS HEAVY DUTY LEARNING CAN BE SOO MUCH FUN, SO INTERESTING AND FANTASTIC. THUMBS WAY UP ON THIS ONE, SHOULD BE ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL ARTIST!!!
TO THE AUTHOR PLEASE WRITE BOOK TWO AND IF POSSIBLE BOOK THREE THE WORLD DESERVES THIS KIND OF EXCELLENT THOUROUGHNESS!
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Megalex on April 22, 2010 - 5:11 am
Positive aspects of the book: Unique style- comic book form. Lots of interesting pictures.
Negative aspects of the book: the writer is autistic to his reader’s individual needs and capabilities coming into this book. He communicates to a fictional character called ‘Mugg’, who automatically knows more than I do, and so by the end of the book, Mugg graduates from his lesson and I’m in the corner left wondering, “what the hell is going on?” The problem was that the author needed to make the book a sufficient length, and so he writes more than he needs to- he even admits this in the final chapter, “Shortcuts to Perspective”. The result is that the book is poorly organised and with so much information ploughed on to us, it is easier to use the pictures for reference. Consequently, I have to shop for another book on perspective because this book doesn’t quite do the job. Nevertheless, I’ll still keep it for future reference because the pictures are unique and intriguing, revealing an active imagination communicating with unique symbols- and that’s the essence of graphic novels.
Rating: 4 / 5