- ISBN13: 9780823099238
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Artists! Gain incredible superpowers…with the help of your computer! The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics shows how to give up pencil, pen, and paper and start drawing dynamic, exciting comics art entirely on the computer. Author Freddie E Williams II is one of DC Comics’ hottest artists and a leader in digital penciling and inking—and here, in clear, step-by-step directions, he guides readers through every part of the digital process, from turning o… More >>
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics
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#1 by R. Coy on April 19, 2010 - 12:47 am
I own almost all of the DC Comics Guide series. This one is informative and motivational. Step by step and easy to follow.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Patient Zero on April 19, 2010 - 2:15 am
Do you have a Wacom, or Cintiq? Do you have a scanner? Do you wanna draw some comics?
I bought this book as a gamble…I laid down big money on a Cintiq, and needed a quick, authoritative resource to get ramped up on the details of using the new equipment to bring my art up to speed.
That’s exactly what this book is. The author of the book is a genuinely friendly and warm guy, and his affinity for his craft and technique really comes across…I was inspired by his thorough and enthusiastic writing style. I had gotten no more than 5 or 6 pages into it and was grinning like a schoolkid…my girlfriend asked me what was with the face. This book is THAT GOOD.
I’m grinning while I’m writing this review, heh.
If you want to use your Wacom, Cintiq or Scanner to make comics you need it…you REALLY need it.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Helene E. Logan on April 19, 2010 - 2:28 am
Mr. Williams has produced a very clear-cut and easy -to-follow guide for drawing digitally. He includes instructions from scanned-in comps & layouts to completely digitally-created illustrations including a hybrid approach, allowing you to understand best practices for each discipline. Along the way he offers tips & tricks to speed up processes, all written in an easy to follow, conversational style.
A very solid guide for both Photoshop intermediates and experts–while I would not necessarily recommend this book to newbies, it certainly would help them gain more knowledge as to how Photoshop works. Note that this book is best accompanied by the use of a digitizing pad (which should be a standard tool in every designer/illustrator’s arsenal anyway). Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Lucas Nickerson on April 19, 2010 - 3:07 am
I heard great things about this book and was not disappointed. Freddie goes through great pains to make this book a useful tool for any artist looking to transition into the digital realm of comic-making. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of a CD with helper tools. Typically when books go in-depth into any digital instruction, they will offer sample tools for you to try out. You can download various helper tools from the writer’s own website, but most come at a pretty high cost. If you’re willing to read through the book and not have any short-cuts handed to you, this is definitely the best out there! Sadly, there is no instruction on Manga Studio. His tutorials deal only with Photoshop and a bit of talk about Google Sketch-up.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by Craig McMurtry on April 19, 2010 - 3:37 am
Mr. Williams’ excellent book is the only one I’ve been able to find that provides a very detailed guide to adopting an all-digital workflow from rough sketches to finished art work. It deserves a much wider audience than only comic book artists.
Rating: 5 / 5