Superhero Explosion [Paperback]

Neal Yamamoto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2005

Pencil, paper, action. With just a few basic supplies, comic book and superhero fans can recreate the kind of thrilling adventure scenes that make their favorite superheroes so fascinating. Superhero Explosion makes it easier than ever for readers to: Re-create heart-stopping superhero action, step by step, with 60 quick-and-easy lessons Get inspired by hundreds of action-packed illustrations, featuring everything from weaponry, powers and action poses to lightning, fire and explosions Learn about all the basics for creating their own comics, including story lines, panels, layout, lettering and composition Discover the keys to drawing heads and figures, as well as re-creating superpowers such as super speed, heat vision and energy bolts

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About the Author

Neal Yamamoto has done freelance comic and cartoon illustration for the past 19 years. He's illustrated more than 30 activity books for the youth market.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Impact (November 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581806523
• ISBN-13: 978-1581806526
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,328,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE BUY ANOTHER BOOK!, December 6, 2007

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tarpalsfan "book fiend" (E.Springs,A.R) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Superhero Explosion (Paperback)

I hate to be harsh-but I am so glad that I didn't pay $14.95 for this! This is a big book, it has 126 pages in it and it is very colorful. But there are alot of things that I just don't like about this book.I do not agree with the way the artist draws the profile and 3/4th angle head.Many of the finished figures look poorly drawn and guant, even ugly. I am sure that if someone really studied this thing-they might learn something from it.(hopefully something useful!) but why bother when there are so many other great how to draw comic art books out there? If your looking for a place to start-try How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, it will start you down the right track.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So-so, December 5, 2007

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This review is from: Superhero Explosion (Paperback)

This book isn't bad, but almost right out of the gate there are exercises in which the original artist has made mistakes. Like, a nose isn't at the same angle as the rest of the face. Eyes are too heavily stylized and don't look natural. The shape of the head isn't quite right. This makes it more likely that the student will make the same mistakes (I sure did) and then feel stuck. That nose...the author fixes it, to a degree, by using shading in the final version of the drawing in the book. But it's *colored* shading...in the very first exercise! (In the early pencil drawings it just looks flat-out wrong.) It seems to me that the first several exercises should be basic pencil drawings only. And even with the colored shading, the nose still doesn't look quite right.

However, there are other very well-drawn graphics in other exercises. Plenty of ideas on drawing superheroes. And the author shows several examples of coloring drawings with colored pencils, and gives some tips (that I know from experience are good ones) on how to use colored pencils effectively. I haven't seen anyone else talk about colored pencils in comic drawing. Considering that most budding artists can afford and use colored pencils more easily and cheaply than paint, this is a nice touch.

I bought the book used for a very low price so I feel like I got a bargain in spite of the problems.