How to Draw: Comic Strips (HT220)

Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone. Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again. What you'll learn from this book ... • A practical approach to developing and selling a comic strip, including how to create a cast of characters and devise a theme • Appropriate lettering styles, balloon shapes, and inking techniques for professional comic strips • Skills for bringing your characters to life through facial expressions and body gestures • How to create interest, convey action, and communicate the theme through proper staging • Tips on comic strip mechanics and how they relate to salability and newspaper size