Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
Author: Jessica Abel
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-06-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1596431318

A course on comics creation offers lessons on lettering, story, structure, and panel layout, providing a solid introduction for people interested in making their own comics.


Mastering Comics

Mastering Comics
Author: Jessica Abel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012
Genre: Cartooning
ISBN: 9780329934835

Presents instructions for mastering the creation of comic books and graphic novels, providing guidelines for the intermediate cartoonist on technique, story generation, narrative tools, and business and industry insights.


Making Comics

Making Comics
Author: Scott McCloud
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2006-09-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780060780944

Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.


Drawing Lessons

Drawing Lessons
Author: Tracy Mack
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439112031

Twelve-year-old Rory begins to lose the passion for making art that she shares with her father after she finds him kissing his female model and fears for the safety of her parents' marriage.


You're Finally Here!

You're Finally Here!
Author: Mélanie Watt
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1554535905

A rabbit in a picture book is very glad when a reader turns up.


Writing with Pictures

Writing with Pictures
Author: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1985
Genre: Design
ISBN:

Anyone wishing to create children's books will learn how to tell a story visually; build a storyboard to plot the flow of a book; prepare pages for a printer; and go about finding a publisher. Step-by-step sketches provide insights into drawing characters and developing settings. The works of such renowned illustrators as Beatrix Potter, William Steig, and Maurice Sendak are used to demonstrate a visual approach to storytelling. 10 color and 600 b & w illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel
Author: Dan Cooney
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764146299

Presents guidance for creating graphic novels, beginning with establishing characters and continuing through storytelling, drawing technique, composition, inking, coloring, lettering, and strategies for getting the finished product published.


Graphic Storytelling

Graphic Storytelling
Author: Will Eisner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780961472825

Examines the fundamentals of storytelling in comic book style and offers advice on story construction and visual narratives.


Artist's Journal Workshop

Artist's Journal Workshop
Author: Cathy Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440318956

Discover the Joy of Art Journaling An artist's journal is a powerful creative tool, offering you a safe place to experiment, explore, consider and improve. Artist's Journal Workshop provides all the guidance, structure and inspiration you need to create a meaningful art-journaling practice. Starting with the question, "What do you want from your journal?" you'll build a sound journaling concept that will serve your unique creative needs and give you the freedom to practice, play and develop as an artist. Featuring rich visual examples on every page, you'll receive continual guidance and inspiration from: • 27 international artists who share pages and advice from their own art journals • More than 25 hands-on exercises to help you personalize your journal while developing new ideas and techniques • Journal pages featuring travel sketching, nature studies and celebrations of daily life • Prompts for visually commemorating life events and milestones • Support for working through creative doubts and blocks • A range of artistic styles and perspectives to study and admire • Instruction for trying your hand at new methods and materials This is the perfect opportunity for you to begin realizing your artistic potential--one page at a time. Begin the journey today!