Drawing cartoons : a complete guide to cartoons, caricatures, comics, and animated cartoons

Based on the Learn to Draw series, this bumper gift book for beginners is full of practical advice on drawing a wide range of cartoons, including comics, animated cartoons and caricatures.

The text covers the essential aspects of drawing all types of cartoons and should prove a useful introduction for the budding cartoonist.

It contains advice on the tools and equipment needed and all the techniques are very clearly and simply described, with numerous step-by-step examples and demonstrations, including over 400 cartoons and caricatures. Some of the many topics covered in the book include: how to draw basic cartoons and create different characters; portraying expressions and gestures, and adding speech bubbles; how to develop your cartoon characters and create a narrative for them in comic strip form; writing scripts and graphic stories for your superheroes; how to give your characters a life of their own and make them move in animation sequences; making key drawings and creating a storyboard; how to draw portrait, political, stylized or quick-draw caricatures; capturing the personalities of your subjects.