So I am reluctant to say this but I feel I must...
this book helped make me an artist! I received this book for my 9th birthday because of my love for comics (Marvel especially) and I spent the next 10 years delving into the world of comics and the comics industry. When I entered into Art College I realized that many of the fundamental theories and techniques used by artists were already engrained in my brain. Elements such as perspective, composition, eye flow, story telling, volume, and facial structure had already been shown to me by the mighty John Buscema! Over the following 4 years I continued to see relations between what the professors were teaching and what the marvelous Stan the Man had been preaching to that nine year old kid. This is why I refer to this book as a "must have" and continue to suggest it to new artists that I critique at shows. If you don't have it GET IT!!
I concur! I still regularly recommend this book to people and have a well used copy of my own.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! Also, I recommend a book I feel help me very much in making arts; ''Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter'' from the man who made the book Dinotopia. Very good book :)
ReplyDeleteI've had a few artists recommend that book. What about the book helped you, Terese? I'm familiar with the work in Dinotopia so I'm sure it is a great read!
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