Wanna Learn to Draw? - Heres How !
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Blackdove_EU,
Posted on: 2006-10-08 11:36 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
Thank you Mother for the list of books. I often see books and wonder just how good they really are. The only book I purchased in the passed was the "How to ... " one based on many peoples feedback. Having this kind of feedback on other books will help me a great deal.
Well done Mother 
>>>>There is a third Marvel book but I cannot recomend it as a) I haven't got it, b)I'm not sure how good a book is that comes with its own little colouring pens(*snigger) and is stamped 100% Klutz Certified! *hehehe.
Don't get it. It's a simplified version of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way for kids. Avoid at all costs.
Thanks for the heads up Swissy 
I popped into my local shop for local peop....hang on, wrong concept....
My local comic book shop, it had STACKS of books about drawing in various styles....and 99% of them were about drawing in a bloody Manga style!!
Much as I love the manga style, surely there's more to drawing than this??
Anyway, I did see two other DC comic books, one for inking and one for colouring, I think it was.....didn't have the pencilling sadly, or I might have bought it on the spot
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>>>>Much as I love the manga style, surely there's more to drawing than this??
Yes.
Life drawing and still life...
Get books about those first.
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Happy Drawing.
Mother...x
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once i see how good you get at drawing ill consider buying them 
Okaaay... 
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Don't say i didn't warn you.
Apologies for the roughness...its not inked/painted/done to scale etc.
Rough Scribble
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Okaaay... ,
Don't say i didn't warn you.
Apologies for the roughness...its not inked/painted/done to scale etc.
Rough Scribble
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Sorry did i say
i meant
Thats amazing! *goes out to purchase those books!*
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Okaaay... ,
Don't say i didn't warn you.
Apologies for the roughness...its not inked/painted/done to scale etc.
Rough Scribble
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what does inking actually mean, do you just draw over it with a 'fine' pen?
is that one of your characters?
Well, you do have to take into consideration where to draw/where not to draw, line width and crosshatching for depth of field and perspective) and many more things.... the books can demonstrate way better than i could explain.
....and yes, its meeeeee 
...looking all melancholy on my semi-retirement.
You kept this thread very quiet!!!
Can't wait for the finished article! You've got a talent mum... Other than knitting me my cardigans obviously x
Wow!
.....Wow!
.........Amazing!
um did i say Wow?
My GOD that's good! Do you take on commissions ?
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My problem with these "how to draw" is that they normally start with "Page 1 draw a stick figure" then about 2 pages of really cool looking stick figures in various poses...
What I need is the book called "how to draw stick figures"
Fro now onI'm using "Even a Monkey can draw Manga!" as my only reference point.
I have this one, David Okum:superhero madness
http://www.amazon.com/Superhero-Madn.../dp/1581805594
Which would propably be a good one to consider for many beginning drawers. It seems to have good cover of basics, and seems to concentrate on identifying different types of superheroes and villains and how to draw those. It isnt particularly marvel-style, or manga-style, but simple comic style that reminds me of TV cartoons. Looks simple and should be a good starting point.
I have several how to- books and this is my favorite.
Wanna Learn to Draw? Pick up some life drawing class or go drawing life.
Some of those books are great, most are cheap though. Nothing beats the real thing:
Go out there, armed with a sketch pad and pencil, and constantly draw what you see. Sit in a cafe and draw the people around you, go to the park and draw trees and plants, go to the zoo or a farm and draw animals as they move around, ask a relative or partner to pose for you - naked or dressed - so you get to study the body, clothes and the textures. Go to museums and sit there, on the floor and sketch out those bones...
Remember that if your subjects are moving it's an even better excercise since it forces you to catch that moment in time.
It's cost friendly and the most efficient way of learning/training.
It's all you really need, in essence, to learn how to draw. Those books should come afterwards, when you start thinking about new tools to be using or how to expand using colours (watercolours or copic makers).
Let me get this straight. You'll never get to exagerate superheroes bodies - no matter how much artistic licence you apply - if you don't check the human anatomy first: bones/muscles/limbs...
If you guys are serious about wanting to draw, those are easy steps, easy on the wallet and the best "How to draw anything" technique.
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My GOD that's good! Do you take on commissions ?
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Thankyou very much for the comments littleones.
Commissions? - hehehe, no, well... maybe in the future.
I do have a group shot of Unions Heroes planned.
There are Twenty-Six of you!.
Exactly.
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
-Aristotle
No way to learn drawing except to draw. Although ability to draw live does not instantly trasnfer to drawing comic figures, it is a basic necessity.
Books who needs em... done fine so far with out em... um... prove you say... hmm maybe this will do... *crossing figgers*
What ever...
Just get it...
Over with all ready...
Yeah, what Swissy said. Books are good to help in that, but they key is just to draw what you see. Live models are best, but in absence of those, random pictures from magazines and adds work too.
When you are practicing, don't be shy to copy. Trying to copy someone else's pose / lineart style / etc is good practice and can give variation to your own style. (But of course you shouldn't copy blatantly and claim it as your own blahblahblaa)
Here is one example of how my practicing. I wanted to try drawing curly hair, and found myself pic of that model with amazing hair. The effects are added in photoshop on top of pencil sketch.
My Curly Hair Girl
The Real Curly Hair Girl
Blackdove
hmm this could help me...plus I could furfill my friend's dream of makeing his conicals into a comic based thing instead of just being written down.
I wanted to share some of the literature which has got me up and running drawing Comic art.
I wasn't aware if everyone knew there was in essence a second 'How to' Marvel titled book, as It is in my opinion far better and a more up to date drawing style than the Silver-age 70s inspired 'How to draw Comics the Marvel Way'...which although Is an absolute classic, misses out on subjects such as dramatic light and colour theory.
A little shorter at ninety-odd pages as opposed to 155 pages, It is in my opinion a more rounded overall book.
There is a third Marvel book but I cannot recomend it as a) I haven't got it, b)I'm not sure how good a book is that comes with its own little colouring pens(*snigger) and is stamped 100% Klutz Certified! *hehehe.
Anyway, heres some of the books I use to try and draw.
Enjoy.
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way Stan Lee and John Buscema. Titan Books. £7.25 (Amazon.co.uk)
Drawing Dynamic Comics Andy Smith. Watson-Guptill Publications. £9.86 (Amazon.co.uk)
The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics Klaus Janson. Watson-Guptill Publications. £9.41 (Amazon.co.uk)
The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics Klaus Janson. Watson-Guptill Publications. £9.41 (Amazon.co.uk)
And finally....
You Can Draw Marvel Characters Dan Jurgens. £8.57 (Amazon.co.uk).
I have the Spiral bound version with stencils, but don't worry about those, they are just one page at the end of the book of cutout sfx-sound ballons, they are an afterthought and are worse than useless.
The ordinary version should have the Trace Overlays which are good for seeing how a drawing is broken down and posed.
Also do not be put of by the reading range saying it is for 9-12 yr olds. This book is a better all round beginners to Intermediate book than the 'How to Draw' Marvel book, and goes into subjects like Dramatic lighting and Colour Theory that the first Marvel book doesn't even touch on.
Happy Drawing.
Mother...x