Comic Artist's Photo Reference Women And Girls (Paperback)

by Buddy Scalera (Author), Amy Jeynes (Editor), Jamal Igle (Illustrator), Terry Moore (Illustrator), Josh Howard (Illustrator), JG Jones (Painter), Sarah T. Thomas (Collaborator), Pamela Paige (Collaborator), Chanel Wiggins (Collaborator), Vanessa Carroll (Collaborator)

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Product Description
Drawing heroines and femme fatales has never been more fun. The second installment of the Comic Artist's Photo Reference gives comic artists the same high-quality reference photos they found in Comic Artist's Photo Reference: People and Poses, this time focusing on women and girls of varying ages, ethnicities and body types. Readers will find 1000+ photos of attractive models to draw from along with 4 step-by-step lessons from professional comic artists using photos from the book. In addition to photos, the companion CD-ROM includes short videos and other bonus material.

About the Author
Buddy Scalera is the author of IMPACT’s top-selling Comic Artist’s Photo Reference: People and Poses. He is a comic-book writer and publisher whose credits include issues in Marvel Comics’ Agent X, Deadpool, Marvel Knights and X-Men series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Impact; 1st edition (May 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160061003X
• ISBN-13: 978-1600610035
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #175,577 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clean references for an aspiring artists, May 19, 2008

By	J. Moulton "jcmoulton2000" (Lakewood, Co United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've always found it difficult to find decent pictures of women doing poses similar to those found in comics and action movies, most reference books contain soft poses, nudity, small pictures, and no real writing on how the photos are applicable to rendering in illustration. This book contains some very unique poses and features poses from being in pain, flying, jumping, running, sword fighting, punching, kicking, dressing, and lighting a smoke. The book features at least four to six different models with different body builds (though none are really out of shape like the Fantasy Reference) and ages.
The only thing that could be improved to make the book better is to have a spiral back like the Fantasy Reference to keep damage on the spine to a minimal. The pros of this book are that all the photos are in color, the cd is amazing and features over a thousand photos contained in the book (which can be printed from a computer to take up a whole sheet of paper), and the shadows and poses in the book are exceptional. I found it worth its price and would recommend it to any aspiring artist that needs help with drawing women and girls.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Buy, June 5, 2008

By	L. Cruz "Reference Maven" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One of the best photo reference books I've come across. I have it all stickied with post-its already. The CD-Rom is also packed with some good refs. I would've liked to see some more "group" shots but I'm not disappointed in the least with this book. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes to have a nice collection of female references handy on their shelf.

I can't wait for the "Men and Boys" version coming out!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent reference, December 11, 2008

A Kid's Review

a breath of fresh air to those of us who are tired of stagnant anatomy reference books. so few references have as many dynamic poses, in addition to costume and props. a great addition to any reference collection.