Cartooning Basics: Creating the Characters and More

By Duane Barnhart and Angie Barnhart

Successful cartoonist Duane Barnhart presents his instructions in a cartoon strip format that teaches the same techniques professional cartoonists use to create cartoon people, costumes, animals and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965713644
• ISBN13: 9780965713641
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cartoon Connections Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.3" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

No stress learning

Cartooning Basics is a great teaching book with clear and easy to understand text and examples. It is very much like having a talented, charming teacher right by your side showing you how fun and easy it is to learn to draw basic cartoons. The examples are attractive so you are happy with your progress right away. This book would be good for kids and adults; it's professional without being fussy and over complicated. Useful and fun addition to your drawing library.

Cartooning Basics

'Cartooning Basics' is a wonderful tool for young aspiring cartoonists. No. 2 illustrates how to create friendly, familiar characters from simple shapes, which every child can relate to (ie circles, ovals, squares, triangles, etc.). Art teachers can gain lesson ideas that are effective and easy to implement. This is a great buy and a must read for any aspiring cartoonist, art teacher and student alike. Duane and Angie have created a fun, creative, well-illustrated tool in 'Cartooning Basics'.

This book is NOT just for kids...

Great how-to book, lots of practice exercises. The most helpful, how-to book I've read so far, and I've got a ton of them. Wish I'd found this one sooner!

Increadibly AWESOME!!!

This book has helped me learn to cartoon, and now, I teach it to my 2nd grade class!

One of the most comprehensive cartooning books available.

Duane Barnharts Cartooning Basics is not your run of the mill guide to cartooning. His years of teaching cartooning shine in this fun, informative guide. Cartooning Basics is especially designed with the young reader in mind. Although it is equally fun for all ages, it's easy format and fun characters give the young cartoonist a sense of participation, drawing them easily into it's text. If you have a young one who is interested in the art of cartooning, this is the one to buy!

This book is great for all ages and in the classroom!

Duane's book is the best one I have found on the toppic of cartooning. Duane split the book up into easy to usderstand and to follow lesson. These lessons make it easy for a student of cartooning, such as myself, to learn without being overwhelmed by the intake of information. This book is great for kids and it is fun to follow No. 2 around with an un-named bird as they teach the lessons with detail. The depth of the teachings is easy to draw and will make a cartoonist out of anyone. Every classroom should get this book because it is a great tool and answers some of the most basic questions that every teacher faces about drawing.