Cartoonimals

Cartoonimals
Author: Harry Hamernik
Publisher: IMPACT
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2008-11-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781600611148

It's a cartooning fun-fur-all! Draw 48 animal characters in short, simple steps Four paws-up for Cartoonimals! This book makes drawing animal characters super easy and more fun than a barrel of monkeys. It begins with the basics - sketching, drawing facial features, body types, finding the right pose - ultimately, you'll learn how to give your characters the kind of expressions, actions and attitudes that make them much more than lines on a page. Over 45 step-by-step demonstrations help you draw a cool and comical variety of characters, from a guitar-strumming octopus, to a porcupine pirate, to a surfing vulture. Before you know it, you'll be bringing your own original creations to life. With the expert advice in this book, if you can dream it, you can draw it!

Creature Features

Creature Features
Author: Randy Martinez
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-03-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440317119

Prepare to scare . . . Open this book, grab a pen, and give life to the monsters that lurk in your imagination. Creature Features shows you how to draw all things creepy, slimy and fantastical. More than 40 step-by-step demonstrations take you from start to finish as you master techniques for drawing the scariest beings on the planet and beyond, including dragons, zombies, vampires, aliens, demons, werewolves and many more. Author Randy Martinez takes a no-fear approach to drawing. As an officially licensed artist for Lucasfilm, Ltd., he's mastered the art of drawing full-color images of some of your most favorite creatures from popular comics and films. Taking it one step at a time, you'll be drawing like a pro right down to the last detail—from evil eyes and terrifying teeth to pointy nails and sharp scales. With Creature Features, being freaky has never been more fun. Get in touch with your dark side, and get drawing today!

Cartoon 360

Cartoon 360
Author: Harry Hamernik
Publisher: IMPACT
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2010-11-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781600619137

There's more to great cartooning than drawing a funny face. You need to match that head to a body, give your character expression and attitude, and move him this way and that to tell your story, all while keeping his look consistent from frame to frame. Cartoon 360 covers every angle of drawing fantastic cartoon people, from coming up with fresh ideas for an endless assortment of faces, to bringing your work to a polished, professional finish with inking and coloring. Harry Hamernik's three-dimensional drawing method helps you design fun cartoon characters from head to toe AND draw them again and again, from any angle and in any pose you want. Easy-to-follow demonstrations show the start-to-finish evolution of a variety of character types and poses. Every page is loaded with fun examples and expert secrets, like the amazing power of feature spacing and head height measurements. A power-packed, must-have guide for anyone who wants to draw cartoons, this book contains enough skills and insights to go around—for characters that pop off the page.

Advanced animation

Advanced animation
Author: Preston Blair
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Total Pages: 43
Release: 1949
Genre: Art
ISBN: 5879740358

Advanced animation - Learn How to draw animated cartoons.

Encore for Eleanor

Encore for Eleanor
Author: Bill Peet
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1981
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780395383674

Eleanor the elephant, a retired circus star, finds a new career as the resident artist in the city zoo. "A tender and funny fantasy, sure to be as popular as his previous books, some twenty-five award winners." -- Publishers Weekly

Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose

Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2023-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0008601348

A hilarious story about one very big-hearted moose who is only too happy to host a menagerie of animals in his antlers – until his new guests go too far!

Drawing Cartoon Faces

Drawing Cartoon Faces
Author: Harry Hamernik
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 1112
Release: 2014-03-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440336245

Discover the fast and fun art of drawing comic faces! Chances are you already know how to draw some expressions. But you can only go so far with "happy," "sad" and "angry." In order to give your comic portraits some...character...you need to know what they look like when they are about to sneeze, when they smell something stinky or when they're flirting, terrified or completely dumbfounded! Good thing Drawing Cartoon Faces includes more than 70 step-by-step demonstrations to teach you how to capture the silly, whimsical and expressive faces you see in your imagination and of friends, family and strangers! With Drawing Cartoon Faces, you'll get expert instruction on: • The fundamentals: Drawing heads, eyes, noses, mouths, hair and other features. • The expressions: More than 70 step-by-step demonstrations for a variety of expressions and moods, from simple to subtle and complex. • Storytelling: Move your story along using expression, point of view and composition. Put it all together to create multi character and multi panel art. With Drawing Cartoon Faces, you'll learn to draw like you never thought you could--and you'll have more fun than you ever thought possible!

Face Off

Face Off
Author: Harry Hamernik
Publisher: IMPACT
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781581807592

Discover the fast, fun art of drawing comic portraits! Face Off shows you how to draw life like never before. Caricaturist Harold Hamernik shares the secrets to capturing the sillier side of friends, family, celebrities, strangers—any face that crosses your path. 40 step-by-step demonstrations show you how to sketch whimsical and expressive likenesses while developing your own quick, loose, improvisational style. You'll get expert instruction on: Drawing eyes, noses, mouths and other features. Creating portraits in front, three-quarter and profile views. Adding color to your caricatures, either by hand or via computer—instruction you won't find in any other book! Tips for making a likeness more masculine (skip the eyelashes), more feminine (lengthen the neck), younger, older, sexier, goofier—all while making a portrait your subject will love. How to draw hair as two simple lines, why drawing the parts of a face in the same order every time can cut minutes off your work, and tons of other handy tricks of the craft! Practice the simple techniques in this book, then start drawing! It's the most fun you can have with paper, pencils and markers!

Draw With Jazza - Creating Characters

Draw With Jazza - Creating Characters
Author: Josiah Brooks
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440344949

Imagine, Design and Draw Your Own Characters! Draw With Jazza YouTube star Josiah Brooks breaks down an easy-to-follow method that will help you to invent and draw original characters time and time again. Whether sci-fi or steampunk, comic book heroines or tattooed action heroes, animal familiars or alien races, you will discover the limitless possibilities of creating your very own characters for comic books, cartoons, video games and more! No matter what your skill level, you can draw from concept to finished art with confidence. Jazza shows you how as he walks you through The Design Process! • Discover. Learn techniques just like the pros use for developing characters--their backstory, personality and physicality; decide your drawing style; and explore and organize your inspiration. • Design. Use brainstorm sketching to refine your character's persona. Use simplified lines and shapes to draw men and women, practice poses and play with body shapes, sizes, ages and outfits. • Develop. Refine your best ideas by choosing features, color schemes, settings and context to reflect your end goal. • Deliver. Finish your concept art with character turnarounds, expression sheets, pose variations and more to create a complete picture of your characters and their world.