cartooning

Offers a step-by-step guide to drawing and digitally illustrating manga and graphic-novel characters. Features twenty-one projects, and expert advice, tips, and tricks.

Once upon a time ... a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how--well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic -- they just need a little know-how. And Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that--Publisher description.

Learn about what goes into creating an animated TV show..

A collection of writings, including essays, cartoons, and graphic novels, that explore how to teach, think, and talk about comics in the classroom.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for using basic shapes to draw different styles of cartoon flying machines.

Step-by-step instructions for drawing such animals as a bird, a cat, a dog, a horse, and a turtle accompany clearly illustrated examples in this guide.

Presents lessons on drawing and coloring manga comic book characters, beginning with the basics of a cartoon character--such as showing expressions with the eyes and face--through designing different clothing and costumes for different characters. Lessons are for drawing by hand or with a computer program.

A guide to drawing Japanese manga characters called chibis that covers proportions, expressions, hair, anatomy, clothing, accessories, and more, and includes samples of mini-monsters, animals, robots, and others.