11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Horrible amateurish drawings, May 5, 2004
This review is from: How to Draw Those Bodacious Bad Babes of Comics (Paperback)
I can't believe how bad the drawings are in this book. Awkward bodies and faces that look like they came from a high school kids figure drawing class. These guys worked in comics? Incredible.
Don't expect much instruction and you DO NOT want to practice your skills by looking at the junk in this book. The bodies are oddly distorted and faces unattractive and unbalanced. Just bad bad stuff.
Avoid this book like the plague.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book, terrible title, September 24, 2000
This review is from: How to Draw Those Bodacious Bad Babes of Comics (Paperback)
If you're like me and a bit serious about comics (and older than 15), the title of this book probably puts you off. Don't let it, as it's a good guide to drawing the female form in the modern comics style. Better than the modern style, often, as they pay attention to anatomy and proper structure rather than focussing too heavily on certain, um, assets.
The book also discusses Manga and pin-up girls, but too briefly for my tastes. It would have rounded out the book more to provide a stronger background in these alternative styles. And while they cover hands and hairstyles, they ignore that other bugbear, feet. Personally, I have trouble with feet and was disappointed to find the subject wasn't discussed.
On the plus side, the parts on weapons, coloring and computers are great, and useful for comics beyond drawing good-looking superhero babes. If you want to draw comics, or improve your technique, this does belong on your bookshelf.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
.........ugh!!!, June 19, 2006
This review is from: How to Draw Those Bodacious Bad Babes of Comics (Paperback)
you will most definitely, never ever EVER know how to draw those bodacious babes of comics after studying this book! the drawings are god-awful and the "lesson plan" has more holes in it than Robert Davi's face (haha!!) all of the advice is weird and really useless, like telling you draw beautiful women for like four hours a day and fill "sketchbooks full of drawings of hands". so does being a comic book artist mean you have to keep a bodybuilder's schedule? The worst feature is the chapter on computers. Why would somebody who is still trying to learn drawing skills need to even begin to worry about cheesy computer effects? seriously, wasted paper guys. It says on the back the artist has "been in the feild for years", but you would think that after looking at his illustrations for this book that this is his sole commision. The only pleasure I got from reading this book is from seeing that so many other people agree that this book is garbage. Don't buy it.
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