Starting from Scratch: a Complete Self-Study Tutorial on Comic Sketching Techniques

When you read comics, are you strongly attracted by the exaggerated shapes and vivid images of the characters in the comics? Have you ever thought you could draw your own story? In fact, there are rules to follow when drawing comics, and your "comic dream" is not far away. This book will lead you to quickly enter the world of comic drawing, learn from scratch step by step, and help you master comic drawing skills proficiently and comprehensively. The book has 10 chapters in total: Chapter 1 starts with basic comic drawing tools and explains the difference between traditional hand-drawing tools and modern digital painting tools; Chapter 2 focuses on how to practice drawing lines, puts forward the basic requirements for drawing lines in comics, and also shows several common line drawing methods; Chapters 3 to 5 explain in detail the drawing methods of human facial features, heads and hairstyles, supplemented by drawing techniques for various expressions; Chapters 6 to 7 It explains the movement rules of the human body and the drawing methods of limbs; Chapter 8 explains the content of drawing character clothing, expounds the three elements of drawing clothing, and is supplemented by case displays of various underwear, swimsuits, pajamas, T-shirts, shirts, jackets, skirts, trousers, hats and shoes; Chapters 9 to 10 are part of character creation, including analysis of drawing methods of comic characters with normal head-to-body ratios, as well as creation cases of Q-version characters that everyone loves. The content of this book is systematic and the illustrations are rich and exquisite. It is not only suitable as a self-study book for beginners and intermediate comic lovers, but also suitable as a training material or teaching reference book for animation-related majors.