Drawing Cartoons by Janet Nunn

Drawing Cartoons by Janet Nunn

This successful bumper gift book is full of practical advice and numerous step-by-step exercises on drawing a wide range of cartoons, caricatures, comics and animated cartoons. Drawing Cartoons is an ideal introduction for the budding cartoonist. There's useful advice on the tools and equipment needed and all the techniques are very clearly and simply described, with step-by-step examples and demonstrations, including over 400 cartoons and caricatures. The book covers a range of topics starting with how to draw basic cartoons and create different characters then introducing ways to bring those characters to life; portraying expressions and gestures, adding speech bubbles and capturing the personalities of your subjects on paper. Drawing Cartoons also includes instruction on how to draw portraits and political, stylised or quick-draw caricatures followed by sections illustrating methods of creating a narrative for your cartoon characters by writing a comic script or creating an exciting story board.

…particularly good if your child is into cartoons…there are lots of step-by-steps on how to draw faces (as well as all other aspects of cartoon drawing)
The Guardian, May 24th 2008

John Byrne (Cartoons and Comics) combines a highly successful magazine cartooning career with teaching cartooning workshops, and writing and illustrated books. he has also presented live TV cartoon lessons.Alex Hughes (Caricatures) contributes regularly to a wide range of magazines and newspapers, in addition to writing books. Janet Nunn (Animated Cartoons) has worked in animation for over 30 years, on both TV series and feature films.

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ISBN 13	9780007243327
ISBN 10	0007243324
Title	Drawing Cartoons
Author	Janet Nunn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2007-01-03
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.