Updated Comic Drawing Material?
July 18, 2011 6:55 AM Subscribe
Can anyone recommend some updated drawing books for modern comics?
I have drawn off and on for years. I've recently picked it back up with the purchase of a graphics tablet for my computer. I've taken classes before and have the basic concepts of perspective, proportion and figure drawing. I am looking for a book that focuses on more modern art styles in comics. This like Superman: Red Son or Ultimate Spiderman. All the books I've bought or found online (How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way, etc) are now hideously out dated. Stan Lee wrote the foreword to that book in the late 70s.
Does anyone have some updated material that they would recommend? Thanks a lot.
I have drawn off and on for years. I've recently picked it back up with the purchase of a graphics tablet for my computer. I've taken classes before and have the basic concepts of perspective, proportion and figure drawing. I am looking for a book that focuses on more modern art styles in comics. This like Superman: Red Son or Ultimate Spiderman. All the books I've bought or found online (How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way, etc) are now hideously out dated. Stan Lee wrote the foreword to that book in the late 70s.
Does anyone have some updated material that they would recommend? Thanks a lot.
Best answer: Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond, by Matt Madden and Jessica Abel.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 8:04 AM on July 18, 2011
posted by 1970s Antihero at 8:04 AM on July 18, 2011
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Some of the best material I've found is the Dresden Codak art blog Indistinguishable from Magic. Just page back from the start -- the meaty "how art works" posts are easy to spot.
posted by cowbellemoo at 7:27 AM on July 18, 2011 [1 favorite]