Download PDF The Cartoonist Workbook Drawing Writing Gags Selling Robin Hall 9780806996738 Books

Product details Paperback 112 pages Publisher Sterling (June 30, 1997) Language English ISBN-10 0806996730

The Cartoonist Workbook Drawing Writing Gags Selling Robin Hall 9780806996738 Books Reviews

• Great book, but someone (I assume a child) scribbled on many of the pages with black permanent marker. I can still see what was originally printed but I was very disappointed to see a good number of the pages had been defaced. The content of the book is very usefully though, it teaches much like we were taught to write in cursive or how to write in general. It teaches by repetition so drawing characters becomes second nature. I honestly use the Key Hole Ken technique explained in this book (I used it before but this book explained that I was using it and teaches how to use it more effectively) Overall I definitely recommend this book if you're interested in Cartooning.
• I think I"m funny, I just needed a handbook to tell me how to express it! This workbook is great. It has step-by-step sketching instructions, but Hall doesn't teach you to draw just like him. He shows you the basics and expects you to develop your own style!
• I've owned half a dozen copies of this book, I keep giving them away. Anyone can learn to cartoon with this book and lots of practice. Lots and lots of practice, that's the hard part. After reading this book the first time, I started my own webcomic and had a whale of a good time.
• Lots of good tips and new info in this business that I would not have found anywhere else.
• Great book! Love it!
• One of THE best books on cartooning that I've read. Mr Hill breaks things down to where even a child can understand them. Drawing simplified.
• Before I finished my third book I decided it needed cartoons to visually explain some ideas (a picture is worth 1000 words) and provide humor to a tough subject. I started checking with hiring a professional artist (or student artist) to do the work. It quickly became clear the task would be time consuming, expensive and I may not get what I wanted in the end.
  
  First, it would be difficult to find someone who would be able to take what was in my mind and transfer it to a cartoon
  
  Second, it became painfully clear it would be expensive (even with a student artist). I wanted around twenty five cartoons drawn.
  
  Third, some individuals wanted to discuss contracts and usage.
  
  My best option was to learn how to draw cartoons myself. I figured it would be less expensive (only the cost of books and art supplies), and frustrating and I would get exactly what was in my brain. It would take some time to become proficient, but it sounded like a fun project. I was fortunately right.
  
  The Cartoonist's Workbook by and a couple other books helped me learn how to draw cartoons good enough to put in my latest book.
  
  Robin Hall's common sense approach to teaching drawing made the challenge fun. There were also a tremendous number of different sketches in the book that helped jump start ideas for potential cartoons.
  
  Robin Hall provides many excellent sections that helps teach drawing techniques. Some the sections that I found especially helpful were The Expressions section, The Useful Outdoor References and The Gag Situations.
  
  After finishing my sketches, I used Adobe Elements software to polish up the work. I was very pleased with the final cartoons that went into my book...and there have been many positive comments about the cartoons from people who have the book.
  
  Overall, this is a great resource for learning to draw cartoons!
  
  The Re-Discovery of Common Sense A Guide to The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
  
  Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain How to Come Up With Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips
  
  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cartooning but Were Afraid to Draw (Christopher Hart Titles)
• This book is very helpful. I've had some experience before with attempting cartooning and I've been drawing seriously for years. However, this book teaches a different method for cartooning and drawing that is different than what I've been using before and reading it inspires me again to do more cartooning.
  
  The way he writes is just encouraging, friendly and it is quick to get to the point. He accompanies his writing with illustrations that look comfortable and accomplished. The author is obviously a capable cartoonist and it allows you to feel like you are being taught well. He assumes you know nothing and I'm certain that his methods would seem comfortable to even the most inexperienced artists.
  
  The gag writing section of the book is interesting too but it isn't as good as the rest of his book. This is understandable given the nature of writing humor. Even though it doesn't do as well as the drawing sections, it still is the best guide to writing humor I've ever seen. Like the rest of the book, it inspires me to write humor of my own. It's shortcoming though is that unlike the cartooning section, the examples don't seem accomplished. Though the methods he teaches seem promising with practice, his own stuff is not very funny.
  
  Regardless of the flaws in the humor-writing sections, the whole of the book is just so inviting that it makes the book a great purchase. It's a useful and fun book and I'd have gladly paid twice what I did for it.