Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-style CharactersLove that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling author Christopher Hart shows beginning cartoonists, retro fans, and all other hipsters how to get that almost-1950s look in their drawings. His trademark step-by-step drawings and crystal-clear text are sure to make Saturday mornings more creative! |
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... POSTURE 87 76 BASIC TEENAGE STANDING POSTURE 88 POSE . AND EMOTION 89 Pretty Retro Women 90 THE FACE 90 THE VOLUPTUOUS FEMALE FIGURE 92 MIDRIFFS AND LOW - CUT PANTS 93 COOL CHICK 94 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE 95 NOTES ON DRAWING ATTRACTIVE POSES ...
... POSTURE 87 76 BASIC TEENAGE STANDING POSTURE 88 POSE . AND EMOTION 89 Pretty Retro Women 90 THE FACE 90 THE VOLUPTUOUS FEMALE FIGURE 92 MIDRIFFS AND LOW - CUT PANTS 93 COOL CHICK 94 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE 95 NOTES ON DRAWING ATTRACTIVE POSES ...
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Contents
Lets Go Retro | 5 |
DRAWING FLAT CHARACTERS | 11 |
RETRO BODIES | 18 |
TRADITIONAL VS RETRO | 24 |
THE ATTRACTIVE FEMALE FIGURE STEP BY STEP | 30 |
THE BARBECUE | 36 |
MOM HEAD PROPORTIONS | 42 |
YOU ARE SO DEAD | 48 |
The Retro Family Pet | 64 |
CATS AS PETS | 70 |
Cool Retro Teenagers | 76 |
LOOSEYGOOSEY TEEN | 82 |
BASIC TEENAGE STANDING POSTURE | 88 |
COOL CHICK | 94 |
SECRET AGENT CHICK | 100 |
JEWEL THIEF | 106 |
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Cartoon Cool: How to Draw the New Retro Characters of Today's Cartoons Christopher Hart No preview available - 2014 |
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