Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork

Thomas Luth said One of the best texts on perspective. While the title says that this is a book on perspective for comic artists, it is actually a very good book on perspective for ANY artist. The book is designed in comic format, and is written and drawn by comic artist David Chelsea, but the information is universal to any representational art form.The book is presented as a conversation between two artists, David and Mug, where the more proficient artist is helping explain the principles of perspective to his friend. I find this particularly useful, as it not only presents the rules to follow, bu. One of the Two Perspective Books You'd Need to Get It Jim Gray In my opinion, the only perspective book (of the many I've looked through) that covers practically EVERYTHING is Vanishing Point by Jason Cheeseman-Meyer; that one goes into just about every possible variety, and really digs deeply into technique, but he glosses over things too quickly and moves on, and can leave you puzzled, not explaining WHY something should work, just believe it or leave it; I like Chelsea's book because he takes more time to explain things in a clear and understandable manner (tho he does spend way too much time on some of . HowardTaftMD said On par with similar books like Understanding Comics. On par with similar books like Understanding Comics, really great for someone to learn more about art in general.

This clever book teaches artists the unique skill of drawing perspective for spectacular landscapes, fantastic interiors, and other wildly animated backgrounds to fit comic-strip panels.