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"Not everyone can be Charles Schulz or Ivan Brunetti, but if you give your time and best efforts to the program laid out in "Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice", you might be more of yourself."--Bob Duggan, "Big Think"--Bob Duggan "Big Think "
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The best cartooning is efficient visual storytelling - it is as much a matter of writing as it is of drawing. In this book, noted cartoonist and illustrator Ivan Brunetti presents fifteen distinct lessons on the art of cartooning, guiding his readers through wittily written passages on cartooning terminology, techniques, tools, and theory. Supplemented by Brunetti's own drawings, prepared specially for this book, these lessons move the reader from spontaneous drawings to single-panel strips and complicated multipage stories. Through simple, creative exercises and assignments, Brunetti offers an unintimidating approach to a complex art form. He looks at the rhythms of storytelling, the challenges of character design, and the formal elements of comics while composing pages in his own iconic style and experimenting with a variety of tools, media, and approaches. By following the author's sophisticated and engaging perspective on the art of cartooning, aspiring cartoonists of all ages will hone their craft, create their personal style, and discover their own visual language.
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Not what you think - better
20 Mar 2011
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The obvious parts of graphic fiction come to mind first: long-legged manga babes in shortie skirts, muscled superheroes, snide political satires in the op-ed section, or dynamic page layouts and bursting word balloons. Beginning artists spend a lot of time developing their visual style or brand, too. And then there's the all-important mastery of computer skills needed to make art in today's world.
Phooey. All you need, at least to start, is a pencil, a notebook, and the ability to tell a story in pictures. Look at the artwork in some of the most popular comics ever: Dilbert, for example, or Charlie Brown. The imagery has been stripped to the bare minimum, but expression, character, and plot come through intensely even with minimalist drawing. That's what Brunetti presents, in this outline for a 15-week course in cartooning. Various exercises show how to make use of tiny distinctions in marks, or to explore the world of ideas and assemble its found objects into works of art.
When it comes to the cartoonist's tools, Brunetti emphasizes that only the very best will do - and the one tool that matter's is the creative mind. Musicians play scales, athletes exercise, and actors rehearse. How could anyone think that visual storytelling could demand any less of its practitioners? Get ready for some hard work, not in creating works of wit or beauty, but in building yourself up to be the person who can.
- wiredweird
Phooey. All you need, at least to start, is a pencil, a notebook, and the ability to tell a story in pictures. Look at the artwork in some of the most popular comics ever: Dilbert, for example, or Charlie Brown. The imagery has been stripped to the bare minimum, but expression, character, and plot come through intensely even with minimalist drawing. That's what Brunetti presents, in this outline for a 15-week course in cartooning. Various exercises show how to make use of tiny distinctions in marks, or to explore the world of ideas and assemble its found objects into works of art.
When it comes to the cartoonist's tools, Brunetti emphasizes that only the very best will do - and the one tool that matter's is the creative mind. Musicians play scales, athletes exercise, and actors rehearse. How could anyone think that visual storytelling could demand any less of its practitioners? Get ready for some hard work, not in creating works of wit or beauty, but in building yourself up to be the person who can.
- wiredweird
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Rocking Cheetah Wheelies
25 Jan 2012
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This book was so good and so helpful that when I sent it to LittleFallsMets as a little gift-ee he was so shocked that he never acknowledged it.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Great book.
12 May 2011
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Well written and to the point. A valuable book for cartoonists of all levesl. Fun and informative. A great book.
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