Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-style Characters

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Watson-Guptill, 2005 - Art - 111 pages
Love 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!
 

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

MORE BOYS
54

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CHRISTOPHER HART is the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. His books have sold more than 7.4 million copies and have been translated into 20 languages. Renowned for up-to-the-minute content and easy-to-follow steps, all of Hart's books have become staples for a new generation of aspiring artists and professionals, and they have been selected by the American Library Association for special notice.

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