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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.51
EAN: 9780823024063
ISBN: 0823024067
Label: Watson-Guptill
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Sales Rank: 20650
Studio: Watson-Guptill
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Product Description:
How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling is an instructional book based on the cinematic, high contrast noir style of acclaimed comic book and graphic novel illustrator, Shawn Martinbrough.
Martinbrough’s work has been published by DC Comics, Vertigo and Marvel Comics, illustrating stories ranging from Batman to the X-Men. This is his first book, released through Watson-Guptill Publications and The Nielsen Company.
In How to Draw Noir Comics, Martinbrough shows how the expert use of the color black is critical for drawing noir comics. He demonstrates how to set a mood, design characters and locations, stage action and enhance drama, and discusses important topics like page layout, panel design, and cover design.
How to Draw Noir Comics includes The Truce, an original graphic novel written and illustrated by Martinbrough which incorporates the many lessons addressed throughout the book, and has an introduction by critically-acclaimed novelist Greg Rucka, author of the graphic novel Whiteout, currently in production as a major motion picture.
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This is one of the better how to books I've bought. The art is very good, only thing is, is doesn't really get into a step by step on how to draw. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of graphic novels and would like to learn how the process is done.
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If you have been drawing comics for a while, this is a great tutorial, to take your work to the next level. Light and shadow work in the noir style, how to create a storyboard and most important how understand what you are doing and to objectivise your results. Its not a book to teach drawing but its concept in a specific style. The Noir comic Novel.
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This book is a great instructional. The prose is clear and the author elegantly "illustrates" the points with perfectly chosen imagery. But it is also just a great book in a straightforward visual sense. By that I mean, it works as a coffee table book. And the story at the end is an added bonus for anyone who loves comics.
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I'm a comics writer, not an artist, so I almost started this review by saying that I bought the book just to look at the pictures. And who could blame me? Shawn Martinbrough is one of the most original and distinctive stylists in modern mainstream comics. In a sea of imitators and variations on a house style, his artwork is instantly recognizable. His run on DETECTIVE COMICS with writer Greg Rucka (who writes the introduction to this book) is a landmark to me, in that it was one of the things ... Read More
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This book is not just another how-to book written by another comic book guy.
Martinbrough is clearly an illustrator who knows his craft well, takes pride in it, and has used a vast library of tools, ideas, and creative resources to create a book that is a must-have for any artist aspiring to make their work more dramatic.
His insight into the creative process and the relationship between artist and writer makes this book a must-have for any comic book (or even screenplay) ... Read More
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