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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!
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How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters Christopher hart Watson-Guptill Publications / New York
Published in 2005 by Watson-Guptill Publications a division of VNU Business Media, Inc. 770 Broadway New York, NY 10003 www.wgpub.com Executive Editor: Candace Raney Senior Development Editor: Alisa Palazzo Designer: Bob Fillie, Graphiti Design. Inc Senior Production Manager: Ellen Greene Inks over pencil: Rich Faber (pages 99. 103, 105, 106, 107. 109, and 110) Copyright © 2005 Art Studio, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hart, Christopher. Cartoon cool; how to draw the new retro characters of today’s cartoons / Christopher Hart. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8230-0587-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Cartooning--Technique, I. Title. NC1764.H34 2005 741.5--dc22 2004024844 All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--graphic, electronic, or mechanical. including photocopying, recording, or information storage-and-retrieval systems--without the written permission of the publisher. Printed In USA 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 / 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
Cool Retro Action Poses 56 TRADITIONAL VS. RETRO ACTION POSES 57 INTROVERTED POSES 58 THE MEGAPUNCH 59 FLYING 60 THE RETRO “TAKE” 61 MORE ACTION POSES 62