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 Misleading Title August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an outline book about drawing with a tilt towards comics art.
None of what is presented is outstanding from a student's perspective. this seems more like a showcase of the author, with a stiff 'cast in stone' tone.
Covers pretty standard stuff such as material, construction, anatomy, perspective, composition and so on.
Beats me why its called pencillig, unless you mean to say all art work begins with a pencil sketch. hardly any pencil sketch in the book.
There was once a fantastic correspondence course called the Famous Artists School course. Just a couple of pages on pencilling from that course is denser and more informative.
If we are looking at learning how to draw in general, and a bit focussed on comics art, 'How to draw comics the marvel way', is the book that sticks out in this category. Ofcourse there are some wonderful books to learn how to draw from .. Vilppu, Burne Hogarth, Kimon Nicholaides, Andrew Loomis to name a few.
In comics book production 'pencilling' has special meaning, it is not sketching or drawing. it is a process which takes you to just one teeny step away from what's called 'Inking'. It would contain all details such as action, form, light and shadow, minute details such as folds in clothes etc. It is in fact 'rendering' in pencil. not just thumbnailing, or story boarding, or conceptualizing, which one might be able to do with the help of this book.
Its so unusual to see such a technical subject being treated with indifference from an artist of repute and with an institution called DC's name in the title!.
 Good book but not what I was looking for. July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a good book but it lacked the step by step workings of the title. It had alot of information but most it was what I was not looking for. This is a good book on the process of the comic book but not on how to go about doing it.
 Want to know how - comic book guide August 27, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is good for beginner and intermediate level artist. It will show you in a very simple way all the how-to's of pencilling. Good price also. It's part of three book set, Penciling, IOnking And Coloring comics - from DC comics
Pencil Neck July 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was hoping that this book would be a more detailed guide to penciling. Most of the illustrations were inked, though. It also has a LOT of text, which makes it not so easy to sit and read while trying to actually draw. I would recommend the "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" over this book.
 GREAT ADVICE FROM A PRO March 31, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just received this book and immediately went to chapter fourteen. After reading chapter fourteen first I have to say that it was worth the price of the book.
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