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Creating Characters with Personality: For Film, TV, Animation, Video Games, and Graphic Novels

24 reviews
Tom Bancroft

Watson-Guptill, 2006

Great Book
I am a student studying animation, and I purchased this book for my character design class. I really love this book, it is quite usefull, and my two roommates reference it as well! One is an illustrator, and one is a video game designer. Useful to anyone and everyone...

How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)

26 reviews
Rudy De Reyna

Watson-Guptill, 1996

Learned to draw portraits
I have owned this book for 10 years. My children and I all learned the basics of drawing from this book. I was so excited when I followed the steps and was able to draw a realistic face! I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn drawing. Cyndi Martinez

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

161 reviews
Betty Edwards

Tarcher, 1999

Excellent for People Who Say I CANT DRAW!
I don't know why the neg reviewers on here are bowing down to The "Natural Way to Draw," like it was written by some genius guru. There's a reason "Natural Way to Draw" is listed waaay down on the Amazon rank (almost 5,000 down) compared to this book, "New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" .... meh. If you tell yourself any of these things, this book is for you: * I can't draw * I ...

I Can Draw Animals (Usborne Playtime Series)

18 reviews
Ray Gibson

Educational Development Corporation, 1998

this is GREAT for children!
I love to brag about my daughter's talents but have to admit drawing is not one of them! My five year old daughter would not complete some work in school that had to do with drawing. One time she even broke down crying in school when asked to draw a book so I knew I needed something to help her. This book is great! Very basic. Makes it so easy to learn! I showed my daughter the book and said ...

The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study

61 reviews
Kimon Nicolaides

Houghton Mifflin, 1990

This book is not for the person with limited time
This book is really cool. The author has an interesting approach to learning to draw. Be prepared to spend a lot of time doing excercises that seem pointless. but in fact actually help you to become familiar with the human form.

The Calligrapher's Bible: 100 Complete Alphabets and How to Draw Them

17 reviews
David Harris

Barron's Educational Series, 2003

Marvellous handbook!
I have dabbled with calligraphy and have several books myself, most of them are big and have beautiful pictures and present the same styles; Roman, Uncial, Italic and Gothic styles with some variations. I ordered this book because of the raving reviews and its low price and was greatly, pleasantly surprised! Firstly: the book isn't big in size, it's actually about the size of a normal novel ...

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

288 reviews
Jonah Goldberg

Doubleday, 2008

Finally, someone stated the obvious
At last we have a book which states the obvious, yet by leftists hysterically guarded fact that fascism had always been a form of leftist politics. The contemporary (left) mass media always refer to Nazis ar right-wing, when the total opposite is truth. Nazism is an abbreviation for Nazional Sozialismus, National Socialism. Utterly leftists ideology, which was replaced later by ...

How to Draw Pokemon

28 reviews
Tracey West

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2003

How to Draw Pokemon
This book was bought for my grandchild, who loved it. It has brought hours of fun while developing artistic ability. A great buy for any Pokemon fan.

New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook: Guided Practice in the Five Basic Skills of Drawing

36 reviews
Betty Edwards

Tarcher, 2002

Cracking the wall
I have a family that is full of artists, and always felt really sad that I couldn't draw even a stick figure! A little while ago I realised something important - that drawing is a form of literacy, like writing, and so many of us don't make it past kindergarten. Visual communication is really under-rated in our school systems, which pretty much relegates most of us to the category of ...

I Can Draw People (Playtime Series)

10 reviews
Ray Gibson, Fiona Watt

Usborne Books, 2000

easy instructions with great results
From the day my 5year old daughter got hold of this book and "I can draw animals" she is stuck with these. She completed 4 drawings at one sitting and always wants to do more. The best part is the simple visual instruction that shows the way without any adult supervision. Great book!

How to Draw 101 Animals (How to Draw)

5 reviews
Dan Green

Top That! Kids, 2004

Great book
This book on how to draw is very easy for kids to follow.

How To Draw Fairies And Mermaids (Usborne Activities)

5 reviews
Fiona Watt

Usborne Books, 2005

Fabulous
I got this for my 6 year old daughter who loves fairies and mermaids. The art projects are awesome, many different ways to create, each project can take around an hour to do. Some of the projects need parental guidance for her age, delicate tissue paper, cutting tin foil, etc. but the outcome is always amazing and she loves to display her work, which really turns out to look professional. ...

Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day

21 reviews
Anne Katherine

Fireside, 2000

Healthy Boundaries
This book is very well-written in easy-to-understand language. After reading this, I have a very clear idea of healthy boundaries and am now able to discern when boundaries are being violated. Definitely worth reading.

Dragonart: How to Draw Fantastic Dragons and Fantasy Creatures

39 reviews
J. "NeonDragon" Peffer, Jessica Peffer

Impact Books (OH), 2005

great for beginners!
I love this book, I took art lessons and could never draw a good picture but I got this book out of the library and my first picture was amazing! after a week I bought it and now I can easely draw most things in this book although this book is fun, after your done with it it seems like it was a little short, well anyway its a great book for all ages, buy it and you'll love it!

Disney Fairies: Learn to Draw the Fairies of Pixie Hollow (Disney Fairies)

5 reviews
Disney

Walter Foster, 2006

One of the better Disney tie-ins
This step-by-step drawing book illustrates ten different characters -- the fairies Beck, Bess, Fira, Lily, Prilla, Rani, Tinker Bell and Vidia; the sparrow man Terence; and Queen Clarion. Best for older elementary-school to early high-school kids, it has easy-to-follow illustrations but goes into lots of intricate detail. Budding artists can use it to create full figures as well as portraits, ...

You Can Draw Star Wars (You Can Draw)

12 reviews
Bonnie Burton

DK CHILDREN, 2007

gift for a 9 year old
I gave this book to my 9 year old grandson, who loves to draw Star Wars figures. The text is quite a bit above his reading level, but he's already been using the book to draw!! He loves this book.

How to Draw Funny Faces (How to Draw (Dover))

6 reviews
Barbara Soloff Levy

Dover Publications, 2002

grandsons loved it!
Even the little one is sitting down to try and draw the funny faces . The parents are having fun too.

How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

63 reviews
Stan Lee, John Buscema

Fireside, 1984

Outstanding Place to Start
Some of you folks writing reviews are, like me, graphic designers. And, yes, I too have owned this wonderful book. I even laughed at the publication date at the top of the page because mine is from 1978! Lee and Buscema are two of the foundation blocks of Marvel Comics and I wouldn't expect anything less from this wonderful work. If you are a beginning or almost intermediate comic book artist, ...

Drawing the Head and Figure

59 reviews
Jack Hamm

Perigee Trade, 1982

Comic book, manga, fine artists - LISTEN UP!
If Amazon had a 6 star rating, I'd give it. I had initially dismissed Mr. Hamm's book on drawing the human figure because of its small size. I had assumed a book with about 100 pages would only cover the basics and ignore the finer aspects of figure drawing. Imagine my shock (not to mention shame) when I finally sat down and went through it to discover how much the book really covers. No ...

Follow the Directions & Draw It All by Yourself!

8 reviews
Kristin Geller

Instructor Books, 2001

Draw by yourself
We gave this to our 5 year old as a gift. She was drawing all the pictures in no time. It takes them throug each picture step by step. It is very easy to understand. I would recommend it to those who are encouraging drawing.

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