How to draw comics the Marvel way
by Stan Lee, John Buscema · first published 1984
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It's been decades since I used it in a practical way, but "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" - https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530... is a surprisingly great tutorial for learning. You can ignore the bits on dynamic drawing that are more geared for comics, but it will…
on “Ask HN: How do I learn drawing?” ↗…shapes, and focuses on position, orientation, and proportion/scale. These seem like things that beginners can understand. For constructing energetic characters, I like the Marvel/stick figure approach of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way," by Stan Lee and John Buscema (also John Romita's book "Draw the Marvel Comics Super Heroes", which is sadly out of print but not hard to track down.) Note that these books concentrate mainly on line…
on “Ask HN: How do I learn drawing?” ↗…prefer books I think Andrew Loomis books might be public domain. Fun with a Pencil is a good one. If they aren't public domain you can get them for $10-15 on Amazon because they started reprinting them. How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way is also a really good introduction to drawing. Don't let the title fool you though because its one of the best beginner's drawing books regardless of the genre. Those are just examples though, there's…
on “The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air” ↗Someone once gave me a surprising recommendation for learning how to sketch: "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way." It moves fast and gives you some genuinely useful quick tips on how to get started. (Like looking for ways to envision real-life objects as cubes and cylinders, as a way of easily capturing the three-dimensionality…
on “Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?” ↗The famous spinning head from second reality is directly taken from the book "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way". Check it out on page 72
on “The curious case of retro demo scene graphics” ↗