Download Notes to Draw From Vol 1 Comic Book Illustration Mich Byrd 9781888429152 Books

Product details Paperback 104 pages Publisher Blue Line Pro; 3rd edition (May 2003) Language English ISBN-10 1888429151

Notes to Draw From Vol 1 Comic Book Illustration Mich Byrd 9781888429152 Books Reviews

• Mitch Byrd has always been one of my absolute favorite illustrator/artists. His characters have a visual depth that few other artists can achieve, even when they're unrendered line drawings. This book is full of tips on how he gets that look, but it's worth buying just to flip through and marvel at his sketches.
• I only recently happened upon Mitch Byrd. Being a Schultz-Stevens-Ploog-Suydam fan, I recognized good art, especially the pencils.
  
  This book covers the basics, plus some very cool tricks, in a way that made me say, "Wow ... I never saw it that way." The text is instructional and humorous, and I think it stops at the point of letting you discover your own style, which is where I am. I look at these sketches and realize just what liberties can be taken with organic forms. Mind blowing. There are some typos. Ignore them. Focus on the magic that roils beneath your eyes.
• This is a great reference book for any artist. Mitch Byrd goes over a wide array of characters, shapes, sizes and more. Definitely a must have to improve your own style of drawing or even to find your own.
• An actual comic artist suggested that I read this book to help with my current struggle of discovering my own style and becoming an overall better artist. Mitch's drawings are quite unique and he uses just the amount of words to get his message across about the importance of using certain technique's. There's nothing OVERLY detailed, but if you really want to learn, you'll see the point he's trying to get across and learn from it.
  
  Very good illustrations on every page of this book.
• Mitch Byrd is a modern day master.
• This one is a keeper. For those of you who love comic book illustration this one shows you forced perspective and how to draw the human form for comics. It's a medium that gets no respect. Yet it requires it's illustrators to be very dynamic and inventive to keep a readers attention. This one shows you how dramatically light your characters and backgrounds. The amount of technical skill that is needed to draw a comic is more than good looking pinups. I hope there are more books from these authors. It's a step in the right direction with the flood of how to draw books. This one tells you something about making good comics.
• Bought for someone who is a huge Mitch Byrd fan. (They don't know it yet) Great instruction, and a MUST HAVE for any fan of art, or wanna be artist. Mitch Byrd is truly a one of a kind artist, who has what it takes to last in the world of art. Hoping to get this autographed by him at Gulf Coast Fan Fest in October. Which will make it a even better Christmas gift!