Drawing Superheroes in Action Book II - (A Guide to Drawing Body Movements) For the Absolute Beginner

Drawing Superheroes in Action Book II

(A Guide to Drawing Body Movements)

For the Absolute Beginner

Jonalyn Crisologo

And

John Davidson

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Learn to Draw Book Series

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Drawing Tools

Moving Around in the Comic Cosmos

Common Comic Superhero Movements

--Flying

--Combat Stances

The Human Body

--Flexibility

--Weight

--The Torso and the Bean

--Proportion, Perspective, and Foreshortening

Tips for Penciling

The Drawing Process

The Action

Line of Action

Drawing in Layers

--Lines, Shapes and Gesture Drawing

--Form Construction

--Contour Drawing

The Comic Strip

Visual and Narrative Analysis

--Exposition begins

--Exposition continues and conflict begins

--Conflict is established and rises

--Conflict enters the climax

--Climax is achieved

--The resolution

--Denouement

A Review

Glossary

The Author

Introduction

Down through the ages, mankind has revered superheroes. It leads one to wonder: What makes them so captivating? Is it our fascination over their superhuman powers and embodiment of incorruptible virtue? Or how they gloriously fight and emerge from gruesome battles? Or is it simply the prowess of the storyteller to enchant readers?

The superhero saga revolves around an inevitable clash between good and evil. Though we ultimately look forward to and aspire for the triumph of good, it is really about the journey they tread and the battles they conquer that lure us.

In a nutshell, the success of the story relies mainly on the exploits, the skirmish¾the action. One word that says it all. Precisely the word that