research: home schooling for comics

2 min read

Deviation Actions

johnchalos's avatar
By
Published:
2.9K Views
A guy should never stop seeking out instruction. I've worked my way through dozens of books and hundreds of online tutorials over the past few years.

* Textbooks recently acquired (not yet worked through):

The DC Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics by Freddie E. Williams, How To Draw Noir Comics (The Art and Techniques of Visual Storytelling) by Shawn Martinbrough, Force (Dynamic Life Drawing For Animators) by Michael D. Mattesi, Fantasy Workshop (Mastering Digital Painting) from ImagineFX, Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up by Jason Cheeseman-Meyer.

* Textbooks already worked through:

Bridgman's Complete Guide To Drawing From Life by George Bridgman, Dynamic Anatomy by Burne Hogarth, Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis, Atlas of Human Anatomy by Stephen Rogers Peck, Anatomy Lessons From The Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale and Terrence Coyle, Secrets To Drawing Heads by Allan Kraayvanger, Muscles In Motion: Figure Drawing For The Comic Book Artist by Glenn Fabry, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil, The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics by Dan Jurgens, The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics by Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein, Digital Prepress for Comic Books: The Definitive Desktop Production Guide by Kevin Tinsley, The Art of Comic-Book Inking by Gary Martin and Steve Rude, The Art Of Comic-Book Inking 2nd Edition by Gary Martin and Steve Rude, Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner, Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, Cartooning The Head & Figure by Jack Hamm, Drawing Monsters & Heroes For Film & Comics by Kerry Gammill, Panel One: Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers by Nat Gertler, Writing For Comics by Alan Moore, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting by Mark Salisbury, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting 2 by Tom Root & Andrew Kardon, etc.
© 2010 - 2024 johnchalos
Comments12
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
johnchalos's avatar
Recently finished Understanding Values (Drawing Made Easy) by Ken Goldman.