Product Description

You've read the comics, now draw the characters! Learn how to draw all your favourite Marvel creations from Spiderman to Wolverine and become a comic book artist yourself! Using tracings, foldout pages and stencils, you will learn all the inside hints and tips from the real Marvel artists. So pick up a pencil and get drawing!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #303992 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-26
• Released on: 2006-01-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

Might Produce An Artistic Genius
I have to admit to being initially annoyed that the stencils are not actually of the characters. The only stencils are of the "speech bubbles" that you get in cartoons: stars, bubbles etc. However, the book is excellent, if a little advanced for my 9 year old. This would certainly do for well into the teens for anyone interested in drawing these great figures. You get step-by-step illustrations of how to create a basic human form and then add muscles and clothes or maybe weird alien costumes and structures. It's a good quality book to hold and well worth the money. If you have a budding artist in the family who likes action heroes, I would recommend this highly.

Complete masterclass in 96 pages (excluding stencils)
I bought this book as a kind of "reference guide" a few years ago, not really expecting to get much from it. In all honesty I don't know what I was doing before it. It starts right at the beginning with the very basics; shape formation, stick figures - and leads on to more complex issues involved in pencilling; muscle groups, foreshortening and "camera" angles.

The only section I feel is somewhat superfluous is the chapter on inking. It's slightly too advanced for your average budding comic artist, and seriously... where can you get a technical ink pen on the high street?

In contrast, my favourite chapter is "action poses". It explains thoroughly and concisely exactly how to achieve active positions and dynamic looking characters. Also, the character masterclass pull-outs are worth looking at, showing trace overlays of first pencil rough lines, touched-up pencil sketches and pulling out to reveal the finished inked lines.

On the whole I'd say that if you're feeling ambitious (or know someone who is) then this book will keep you going for a good few months. Three main tips from an amateur though; take it in stages, don't quit just cus your Cyclops has a wonky head (who's ever going to know!?) and most importantly draw and practice as much as you can... it WILL pay off.

You Cannot Draw Marvel Characters...
This book isn't really that helpful at all. It doesn't give step by step instructions on how to draw, and leaps from the simple to the very advanced too quickly.