{"product_id":"you-can-draw-comic-book-characters-a-step-by-step-guide-for-learning-to-draw-more-than-25-comic-book-characters-paperback","title":"You Can Draw Comic Book Characters: A Step-By-Step Guide for Learning to Draw More Than 25 Comic Book Characters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSpencer Brinkerhoff III\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn to draw comic book characters with fun and easy, step-by-step drawing projects, and then design your own superheroes and villains.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Are you an aspiring cartoonist or comic book artist? Then \u003ci\u003eYou Can Draw Comic Book Characters\u003c\/i\u003e is just for you! Following the \u003cb\u003esimple step-by-step projects\u003c\/b\u003e in this fun and exciting book, beginning artists--both the young and the young at heart--will learn to draw a range of \u003cb\u003eoriginal\u003c\/b\u003e heroic and villainous comic characters, each with their own background story and superpower! Tips, techniques, and easy-to-understand instructions for \u003cb\u003edrawing faces, hair, costumes, and poses\u003c\/b\u003e will help you create your own unique characters in no time. You'll not only learn how to\u003cb\u003e design characters\u003c\/b\u003e from scratch, but you'll also discover how to add dialog and tell a story using panels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book opens with helpful sections on\u003cb\u003e tools and materials, \u003c\/b\u003e essential \u003cb\u003edrawing techniques\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ecolor. \u003c\/b\u003eThis information ensures that you know \u003cb\u003ethe basics\u003c\/b\u003e before getting started on the \u003cb\u003estep-by-step projects\u003c\/b\u003e that follow. Get to know and draw more than 25 fun characters, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJinx Tagget, \u003c\/b\u003e whose discovery of the Star Stone allows her to control gravity with energy pulses from her hands (and therefore fly!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTazu the Terror, \u003c\/b\u003ewhose greatest power is not his magical staff, but his ability to accurately predict the actions of his foes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMonsclara, \u003c\/b\u003e a powerful but clumsy alien race from the planet Marumei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBattle Model KR-E2, \u003c\/b\u003e fully sentient robots that want to wake up other KR robots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlleyne, \u003c\/b\u003e the smallest person from a planet full of giants, who accidentally ended up on Earth after being zapped through a warp tunnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCordy Seacliff, \u003c\/b\u003e child genius, who created a jet-pack inspired by the old sci-fi movies he loves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBabsti, \u003c\/b\u003eprofessor and expert Egyptologist who discovered the secrets the cat goddess Bastet, whose powers she is now able to yield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Vortexer, \u003c\/b\u003e an anti-hero consumed by jealousy who wears a technologically enhanced super suit with wrist-mounted vortex cannons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd many more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThroughout the book, in between the \u003cb\u003edrawing projects, \u003c\/b\u003e are closer looks at how to \u003cb\u003ecreate a complete comic book, \u003c\/b\u003e including developing interesting heroes and villains, writing a story, adding dialog, and using panels. And included at the end of the book are\u003cb\u003e templates\u003c\/b\u003e to scan or photocopy and practice on over and over again. Drawing a character standing, running, flying, or zapping is easy with the included tips, techniques, and templates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cleverly written and beautifully illustrated by professional artist Spencer Brinkerhoff III, \u003ci\u003eYou Can Draw Comic Book Characters\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect introduction to \u003cb\u003ecomic book character illustration\u003c\/b\u003e for cartoon artists-in-training!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpencer Brinkerhoff III\u003c\/b\u003e started drawing and making art at an early age and has never stopped, completing a fine arts degree at Arizona State University and establishing a career as an artist. Spencer's professional work has included creating some of the horse sculptures for the PF Chang's restaurants, animating an educational game for the World Health Organization, creating and starring in a video that won him Burt Reynolds' Trans Am, and creating Star Wars art for Lucasfilm Ltd. In addition to working on these licensed projects, he has also created a glasses-less 3D image platform called ShadowBox Comics, an in-camera special effect keychain called LightStickFX, and a drawing system called DrawingIsSimple. 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