Create Your Own Comic Book - by Tuttle Studio (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Create your own original comic book story!

Tuttle Studio provides the perfect tool for manga and comic book enthusiasts of all ages--a fun-filled activity book and sketchbook that is the perfect way for aspiring artists and animators to realize their dreams and bring their stories to life...while sharing them with others!

This complete 2-in-1 drawing how-to guide and sketchbook provides a basic instructional course on comic book drawing. It also includes 25 different page templates, text boxes and speech balloon options followed by 124 practice drawing pages--more than any other book!

The variety and flexibility of templates in this book allow you to sketch your own story and design your own covers with ease. The introductory tutorials offer:

• Professional tips on story development, panel progression and the use of speech balloons and sound effects
• Lessons on character-creation and drawing faces, with an easy four-step progression from the rough, blocking-in stage to finishing details of hairstyles, clothing and accessories
• A wide range of different manga and comic book templates for interior pages and covers
• Speech balloons are included in some templates, while others are left blank so you can draw in your own

Flesh out ideas, work on practice drafts and create your own story. Tuttle Studio provides the tools, the guidance and the templates. Let your imagination and creativity fill in the rest!

About the Author

Tuttle Studio draws inspiration from the modern and traditional cultures of Asia to create its language workbooks and resources, journals, stationery, gift wrapping products and origami paper. It is a division of Tuttle Publishing, a leading publisher of books on the languages, history, art and cultures of Asia. The company was founded in 1832 in Rutland, Vermont (USA) and opened a branch in Tokyo, Japan in 1948.