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    Drawing Cartoons (First Steps Series)

  2. Mastering Light & Shade in Watercolor
    Mastering Light & Shade in Watercolor

  3. Drawing : A Contemporary Approach (with InfoTrac)
    Drawing : A Contemporary Approach (with InfoTrac)

  4. Painting the Secret World of Nature
    Painting the Secret World of Nature

  5. Flowers
    Flowers

  6. Painting Heads and Faces (First Steps)
    Painting Heads and Faces (First Steps)

  7. Drawing With Children: A Creative Teaching and Learning Method That Works for Adults, Too
    Drawing With Children: A Creative Teaching and Learning Method That Works for Adults, Too

  8. Building Brilliant Watercolors
    Building Brilliant Watercolors

  9. Design Media: Techniques for Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pastel and Colored Marker
    Design Media: Techniques for Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pastel and Colored Marker

  10. Art in the Making: Impressionism
    Art in the Making: Impressionism

  11. Oil Painting Techniques (Artist's Library series #23)
    Oil Painting Techniques (Artist's Library series #23)

  12. How To Draw Manga Volume 13: Super Tone Techniques (How to Draw Manga (Unnumbered))
    How To Draw Manga Volume 13: Super Tone Techniques (How to Draw Manga (Unnumbered))

  13. 10 Favorite Subjects In Watercolor (Artists Projects You Can Paint)
    10 Favorite Subjects In Watercolor (Artists Projects You Can Paint)

  14. Buildings, Bridges and Walls: Paint a Watercolour Landscape in Minutes
    Buildings, Bridges and Walls: Paint a Watercolour Landscape in Minutes

  15. Learning to Draw: A Creative Approach to Expressive Drawing
    Learning to Draw: A Creative Approach to Expressive Drawing

  16. Splash 3: Ideas and Inspirations
    Splash 3: Ideas and Inspirations

  17. Watson-Guptill Charcoal Pocket Studio
    Watson-Guptill Charcoal Pocket Studio

  18. You Can Paint Watercolors
    You Can Paint Watercolors

  19. Traditional Chinese Textile Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
    Traditional Chinese Textile Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

  20. Realistic Oil Painting Techniques
    Realistic Oil Painting Techniques

  21. Draw and Sketch Buildings: Sketch With Confidence in 6 Steps or Less (Quarto Book)
    Draw and Sketch Buildings: Sketch With Confidence in 6 Steps or Less (Quarto Book)

  22. The Painter's Methods and Materials
    The Painter's Methods and Materials

  23. The Art of American Car Design: The Profession and Personalities : "Not Simple Like Simon"
    The Art of American Car Design: The Profession and Personalities : "Not Simple Like Simon"

  24. Trees, Rocks and Running Water: Paint a Watercolour Landscape in Minutes
    Trees, Rocks and Running Water: Paint a Watercolour Landscape in Minutes

  25. Watercolor Techniques
    Watercolor Techniques

Drawing Cartoons (First Step Series)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Think Like a Cartoonist
  • Not a great book for the money
  • funny and honest
  • Nothing to Learn Here
  • Great for beginners.
Drawing Cartoons (First Step Series)
Mark Heath
Manufacturer: North Light Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Drawing | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
CartooningCartooning | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
Satire, GeneralSatire, General | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0891348263

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Think Like a Cartoonist.......2002-11-09

This is a great book for beginning cartoonists. Mark Heath's "Drawing Cartoons" is the first "how to draw" book to help me learn how to "think like a cartoonist." Most drawing books I've seen in the past give the reader step-by-step line drawings to copy. While this approach often results in a flashy finished-product for the reader, the beginning cartoonist is left without the "tools" for creating drawings from scratch, on his or her own. Mark's emphasis, in contrast, is on arming the beginning artist with the means to create his or her own cartoons from the ground up. For example, he advises, "cartoons don't perfect detail, but rather, suggest detail." Advice like this helps the budding cartoonist think like a professional. In addition, Mark's warm and witty sense of humor make for a enjoyable first, second, and third-time "reads." I really like it!

2 out of 5 stars Not a great book for the money.......2002-02-20

The book is only worth about $5. It has only a hundred or so pages that are more of the author's cartoons than any practical advice. On the last page of the book, the author points out all the mistakes he made in the book but decided to leave in so that he could point them out to us. I'm interested in cartooning/comic strips and I feel that I am no closer to being able to do that than I was before I read the book. I don't understand how this book got all great reviews. Don't be fooled like I was!

5 out of 5 stars funny and honest.......2001-11-14

I got this as a gift. A great book. The author's funny, honest, inspiring. I'm not a great artist, but this book showed me how to make the most of what I CAN do.

1 out of 5 stars Nothing to Learn Here.......2001-09-12

As a beginning-intermediate cartoonist, there is absolutely nothing to learn in this book that hasn't been done 100 times better somewhere else. Half the time, the writer seemed more interested in cartooning himself in joke (?) situations. Crude drawings compared to others. Don't waste your money, stick with C. Hart books instead. I so disappointed with this book, I am returning it.

5 out of 5 stars Great for beginners........2001-05-06

I have absolutely no talent for drawing, but I write books for my first graders and was tired of cut and paste stuff. I found this book about cartooning, and since I felt that the only thing I could possibly do was something very basic, I decided to try it. I have been drawing now for about 6 months and am really thrilled at my progress with cartoons. Best of all, the kids love the stories and the stupid little cartoons I draw! Okay, Bob Books, move over!

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