I don't think I ever owned that particular book. Now my "library", as tiny as it is, consists of Bridgman, Sheppard, Gene Franks, and one or two others. If you'd see the small amount of books I have, you'd probably be shocked to see that I have one by Banksy. His stuff is mainly stencils as far as I know, but whenever I look at his work, I'm usually impressed by it. (Not that I'm for graffiti or anything, but still, good art is good art)
@ghast - It's painful for me to look at my art from a year ago, and to know that I will look back NEXT year on the art I do this year and think my stuff NOW sucks. I really should get some of the stuff I'm doing scanned (which isn't much actually), as well as finish off a few drawings and get them uploaded.
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Joseph Sheppard
Andrew Loomis
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Holy balls. Thanks for dragging that out of my repressed subconscious. The saddest part is checking out her Deviantart page and seeing she hasn't improved too much. :/
Right, I'm depressed now. I hate to say it, but I'm having flashbacks to this thread: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=204079 Here we were being reprimanded for bitching unnecessarily about amateur hobbyists - and it turns out the amateurs are publishing how-to books. To teach other amateurs how to draw amateurishly. In ten easy steps.
'kay, I don't feel guilty for bitching a bit back there.
And the thought recurs............ What was Scholastic thinking!?
Well, those seem to be from 2009 latest, so maybe maybe she actually has improv--no wait http://www.ktcoope.co.uk/2010/12/merry-christmas-2/
Yup, I'd say she hasn't improved much.
But wait! She doesn't have to improve, because she teaches animu!
http://www.ktcoope.co.uk/work/teaching/ and what better way stop improving than having hundreds of kids fawning over your awesome manga skillz.
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I like Civardi's books as well. Couldn't learn everything from them but they're useful reference tools. Most of the books mentioned are trash. You don't "learn to draw anime" you learn to draw a straight line, and how light falls, what anatomy should measure up to. Then you can draw anything. Angle, value, chroma, hue, composition. these are the essentials...
Well, everyone in the world knows something, but someone publishing her crappy book in a desperate money-mongering haze doesn't mean she'd know something different or exceptional. I'm also guessing that she got most of these teaching jobs solely because of that book.
But it's very possible that she's a nice teacher.
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Pulled my Civardi books off the shelf for a fresh look, and I admit I was a bit too unfair in my last post. I still think Drawing the Clothed Figure could use a bit more instruction, though.
Erm... nope. No idea. Do I look at the official site, the TVtropes page, or the ED entry first?
You are probably too young, but back in the day it was DA SHIZZ! Imagine you were your whole life exposed to Curt Swans 'Superman' and along comes *this*.
It was a totally new way of drawing comic books. It was new, full of 'details' (we thought that were details, in the end we were hooked on "lots of unnecessary and superficial lines") and all of it was very exciting.
Later on we came back to Curt Swan and really appreciated his work, but back then? Ouuuuweeehhyesssss, we had a hard-on for the new style from Liefeld, McFarlane and so on.
I can remember anxiously awaiting Crypt #1, drawn by Rob Liefeld. I was 16 at that time. People do strange things when they are younger.
They were thinking that there was, and still is a very large market for people who want to draw anime/manga (and want to learn it quickly, because anyone who can't draw will perceive the cover art as amazing and think "hey, that's f-in' awesome! 10 steps? Shit I CAN DO THAT!!"). Book publisher 1, consumer 0.
The usual staples for anatomy:
George Bridgman
Joseph Sheppard
Andrew Loomis
I agree. I bought a ton of Hart's books when I was younger (I'm not proud). His work ranges from average to below average. If you already have his books I wouldn't bother throwing them out because at minimum you might get a laugh and at most you might find something to learn from it, but I currently wouldn't go out of my way to buy them anymore. I found guide books that had multiple contributors that taught me more. Most of his work is similar to things you can find free online. I don't hate him but I no longer have any interest in his work for anything other than an occasional laugh. If you like his work then keep on liking it. I just think there is better stuff out there.
It's better later than never!
Omg, back in 2010-2014 I've spent hours and days trying to prove my point on similar threads... It's interesting to see that many people who were protecting Hart's books and accusing me in trolling are now rejecting them. If this goes on, one day we might finally have only real quality art books on the market.
Yet... I'm respecting all people opinions. So if someone still wants to live in illusions, let him be.)
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When I was a kid ( probably 10-12 years old?) I had his How to draw Manga Books. Of course when I look at it today ( I'm 22) I see that it's not great, but back then I would have never understood the likes of Loomis or Bridgman and I loved to draw the stuff from Harts books. I think it's not bad for children but today there are better How to draw books available even here in Germany.
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