Cartooning For Kids ANNOTATION
A step-by-step guide for drawing animals and people, covering alligators, bears, skunks, smiling faces, angry faces, hairstyles, movement, and more.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
You don't have to be a great artist to be a good cartoonist. Because cartoons are based in humor, not art, the secret to their success is to think funny. And, this handy guide shows you in detail how to create comic cartoon people and animals. See how to capture different moods and expressions, experiment with perspective and position, give your characters the illusion of motion, and even use caption bubbles. With a little practice you'll be drawing adults and children, birds, reptiles, farm animals, jungle beasts, forest critters, sea creatures, and more. But, most importantly, you'll have fun!
SYNOPSIS
You don't have to be a great artist to be a good cartoonist. Because cartoons are based in humor, not art; the secret to their success is to think funny. In this handy guide, you'll find detailed instructions for creating cartoon people and animals. With a little practice you'll be drawing adults and children, birds, reptiles, farm and jungle animals, forest critters, sea creatures, and more.
FROM THE CRITICS
Parent Council Reviews
This is a great gift idea for your humorist or cartoonist. Most how-to-draw books go too far, too fast. This one is an exception. Artell gives step-by-step techniques and offers encouragement to help the reader create cartoons. He states that for cartooning you need humor more than the ability to draw well. 2001, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., $17.95. Ages 8 to 12. Reviewer: A. Braga SOURCE: Parent Council, September 2001 (Vol. 9, No. 1)
School Library Journal
Gr 4-6-A brief introduction sets the tone: anyone who remembers that "cartoonists have to THINK FUNNY" can learn to draw cartoons. The rest of the book is divided into two parts. The first gives instructions for drawing 29 animals, arranged alphabetically from alligator to walrus. Starting with an interesting fact or facts about the creature, the author then shows how to draw the head, etc., and develops one pose. Alongside each line drawing is commentary about how to replicate it and why it looks funny that way. The second section focuses on people, describing how to draw bodies of males, females, and babies; smiling and angry faces; hands, arms, and legs; people sitting and moving; and unusual positions. This book is not for beginners as knowledge of some of the basic shapes and positions seems to be assumed, but it exudes confidence.-Cathie Reed, The Montessori School, Lutherville, MD Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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