His fun, user-friendly guide by a successful professional cartoonist and comic-strip artist presents an abundance of valuable pointers that both beginning and experienced cartoonists will appreciate. Generously illustrated, its tips on techniques cover pen and brush handling, patterns, coloring, and attaining perspective. Drawing specifics include helpful hints on depicting animals and people of all shapes and ages, with special attention given to heads, hands, feet, facial expressions, and clothing; showing power and motion; and using comic gimmicks and props.
The author gives expert advice on creating comic strips, general interest cartoons, sports cartoons, and political cartoons. He tells how to develop effective caricatures, how to use stock types, and how to write cartoons, including explanations of how to set up gag panels, the effective use of comic lettering, and numerous other tricks of the trade certain to benefit hobbyists and serious artists alike.
Spis treści
Introduction
Your Materials
Loosening Up
Pen and Brush Handling
Patterns and Coloring
The Comic Head
Expression
The Hand
Feet and Shoes
The Simple Comic Figure
Clothes and Wrinkles
The Complete Figure
Man in Motion
Kids
Animals
The Women
Stock Types
Off Beat Comics
Perspective
Comic Gimmicks and Props
Comic Lettering
Caricatures
Gag Panels
The Comic Strip
The Sports Cartoon
The Political Cartoon
General Newspaper Feature
Gloomies
In Conclusion
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