Learning to draw comics

gijohn13

I've been wanting to learn to be able to draw comics. Being able to draw figures, backgrounds, objects, etc.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good books or sites that can help you learn to draw.
It would be appreciated thanks.

blakfeld

Old old old stuff, but I learned a lot of tricks from this dude: http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/index.htm

Zombiemambo

I'm going to give you the advice any decent artist would:

Learn to draw first. Forget about comics, anime or any of that shit. Learn to actually draw. Without a good foundation you're cutting yourself short.

NotYou

Your best bet would be to start taking a figure drawing class in your area. Your local community college undoubtedly has them, but they'll be in other places too.

Take a decade of classes.

Rankenphile

this book

available through amazon or any number of other bookstores

cooljammer00

I also heard that Scott McCloud book is good.

ApexMirage

I'm actually taking a class about graphic novels as literature, and one of our assigned readings is Scott Mccloud's "Making Comics", as was mentioned above. It's emphasis is on making comics themselves though, not the art.

rts

Learning to draw well is something you really have to dedicate yourself to. But if you think it is something you are seriously interested in you should head over to the artist's corner and pop a question in the questions thread about where you should start.

I have been pursuing art for about 5 or 6 years now, to do well with it requires as much or more time and dedication as just about any other profession.

If you are just wanting to draw for fun, it's definitely something you can mess around with without getting too serious about it. But wanting to dive into making comics is a pretty ambitious goal to start with.

Djeet

I had a lot of fun with that Marvel book, though I'll pass on what was commented when I had suggested using that book (and I agree with the criticism). That book will only help you draw comics a certain way (70's/80's Marvel superhero style), there's a lot of exaggerated posing and musculature. If that's your bag, great. There's a few lessons on 1, 2, and 3 point perspective, but nothing special, and there's probably as good or better primers on perspective available on the web.