Framed ink : drawing and composition for visual storytellers

Describes how to use different drawing techniques to compose storyboards that express a storyline using illustrative examples and explanations.

Morpho : simplified forms: anatomy for artist

Artist and teacher Michel Lauricella simplifies the human body into basic, synthetic shapes and forms, offering insight for artists of all kinds, sparking the imagination and improving one's observational abilities. Rather than going the traditional route of memorizing a repertoire of poses, Lauricella instead stresses learning this small collection of forms, which can then be combined and shap…

Drawing the human figure : the artist's complete guide

This book offers hundreds of illustrations and useful instructions by Hungarian master András Szunyoghy.

The new drawing on the right side of the brain workbook : guided practice in …

This workbook is designed as a supplement to The new drawing on the right side of the brain. Its purpose is to provide convenient, effective guided practice for the five basic skills of drawing.

Back to the roots

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9788461358069

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741 Igl b

Creative sketching workshop

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9789810962852

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176 p. ; 26 cm.

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Manga action: heroes and heroines

This title is a step-by-step tutorial that will help both the novice and the amateur artist in the design and drawing of the most courageous characters of manga -- Cover.

Kaiju design, mechanical design

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9784768311509

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175 p. ; 29 cm.

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Creative illustration

During his career as one of America's most sought-after illustrators, Andrew Loomis (1889-1959) taught at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and in 1939 he codified his lessons in his first manual, Fun with a Pencil. Four years later it had already been through six printings, and he followed up over the next two decades with a series of even more successful how-to books that remain the gol…

Construction and design manual : drawing for architects

The drawing architect – for centuries, this term was just as Ưtautological as the 'baking baker' or the 'gardening gardener'. ƯNevertheless, in this compendium one has to begin with reference to the fact that the acquisition of drawing skills is by no means a minor field of study for architects. Design methodology, also referred to as methodology of space and the representation of the human…

Morpho : Anatomy for artists

"In this book,... Michel Lauricella presents both his artistic and systematic methods for drawing the human body with drawing techniques from the écorché (showing the musculature and bone structure underneath the skin) to dynamic sketches of models in action. In more than 1000 illustrations, the human body is shown from a new perspective--from bone structure to musculature, from anatomical de…

Morpho: Anatomy for artists: Skeleton and bone reference points

Here you will find the most common and useful approaches to the body's underlying skeleton and bone structure, which will fuel your imagination and enrich your observational skills as you draw the living form. In this small, portable guide, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella focuses on the essentials you need to know, creating a book that is highly usable and helpful for artists of all kinds.…

The Artist's guide to drawing the clothed figure : a complete resource on ren…

A comprehensive resource on the covered figure introduces clothing and drapery as basic shapes before illustrating how the mechanics of physics can cause them to bend, wrinkle and fold in predictable ways, demonstrating how to use key concepts to render clothing in any medium while citing the examples of masters from Raphael to Walt Disney.

Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- BIOGRAPHY -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Dedication -- EQUIPMENT - THE BASICS -- SCALE -- THE PLAN -- REFLECTED CEILING PLAN -- LAYING OUT THE PAGE -- LETTERING AND LABELLING -- THE TITLE BLOCK -- PAPER SIZES -- FOLDING DRAWINGS -- TRIANGLES -- THE CIRCLE -- DIVIDING A LINE INTO EQUAL PARTS -- POLAR POINT -- THE ARCH -- DOORS -- WINDOWS -- STA…

Drawn to design : analyzing architecture through freehand drawing

The book is a guide for students and teachers to understand the need for, the role of, and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation focuses on drawing as an approach to and phase of architectural design.The conceptual goal of this approach is to use drawing not as illustration or depiction, but as exploration.

Integrated drawing techniques : designing interiors with hand sketching, sket…

Since the appearance of simplified 3D sketching programs like SketchUp, architects and interior designers have been called on to use both freehand and 3D CAD drawings, often at very earliest stages of design. Since we must often go back and forth between analytical plan views and 3D visual views, it's important that this be a seamless process, requiring little disruptive action or break in the …

Operative design : a catalogue of spatial verbs

The core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective spatial design. Examples of these verbs are expand, inflate, nest, wist, lift, embed, merge and many more. Together they form a visual dictionary de…

Human figure drawing : drawing gestures, postures and movements

This book shows us how to learn to draw the human figure regaining our ability to observe the subject.

The Complete book of poses for artists : a comprehensive photographic and ill…

The Complete Book of Poses for Artists combines hundreds of photographs and illustrations helping demonstrate how to accurately render the human form in hundreds of realistic poses - the perfect resource for artists of all skill levels.

Pen and pencil drawing techniques

Written and beautifully illustrated, this is the perfect art instruction guide to pencil and ink drawing. It explores materials and tools, different ways of handling strokes and lines, techniques for establishing and conveying tones and shadows, and technical tips. Other useful features include 28 step-by-step demonstrations, numerous lessons, and 474 black-and-white and 73 color illustrations.