Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters

Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters
by Christopher Hart

Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters
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Author: Christopher Hart
Brand: Random House
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-24
ISBN: 0823005879
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Watson-Guptill

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Book Review: Finally, I found my style!
Summary: 5 Stars

I have purchase a good number of Chris Hart books. I have been through regular style, happy-go-lucky cartooning to comic book style to manga. I just wasn't getting the hang of them. Then I saw this book. I figured since I was a Dexter's Lab fan, I would give it a try. It was so easy for me to do! It just clicked with me.

I had found Christopher Hart books to range from well-explained to poorly-explained. This one falls deeply into the well-explained category! It explains differences in representing genders, how different types of eyes and other features can change a school girl into a sexy seductress. There are just so many tips that take the regular lessons and sort of glue them together or reinforce them.

It goes without saying that everyone is going to have one style they can do better than any other. If you have tried the others like I had, give this one a shot and don't be suprised if it is the one for you.

Summary of Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters

Love that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling author Christopher Hart shows beginning cartoonists, retro fans, and all other hipsters how to get that almost-1950s look in their drawings. His trademark step-by-step drawings and crystal-clear text are sure to make Saturday mornings more creative!

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