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Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork Paperback – October 1, 1997

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This clever book teaches artists the unique skill of drawing perspective for spectacular landscapes, fantastic interiors, and other wildly animated backgrounds to fit comic-strip panels.

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October 1, 1997
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7.05 x 0.48 x 9.98 inches
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David Chelsea has been a commercial artist for more than 30 years, and his work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, New York Press, Seattle Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest, Boston Phoenix, and Portland Monthly. He is the author of the graphic novels David Chelsea in Love, Welcome to the Zone, and Snow Angel; two volumes of his collected "24 Hour Comics"; and the how-to books Perspective! for Comic Book Artists and Extreme Perspective! for Artists.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Watson-Guptill; NO-VALUE edition (October 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0823005674
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0823005673
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.05 x 0.48 x 9.98 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #450,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #85 in How to Create Comics
- #382 in Comics & Manga Coloring Books for Grown-Ups
- #389 in Art Encyclopedias

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David Chelsea was born in Portland Oregon. A published commercial artist since the age of twelve, David has drawn comics and illustrations for numerous publications and is the author of the graphic novels David Chelsea In Love, Welcome To The Zone, Snow Angel, and the how-to books Perspective! For Comic Book Artists, Extreme Perspective! For Artists, and Perspective In Action. In recent years David has taken up the challenge devised by Scott McCloud, to draw an entire 24 page comic within 24 hours, a record seventeen times, and the first 12 of these stories have been collected in two volumes by Dark Horse, Everybody Gets It Wrong! and Sleepless. David's 16th 24 Hour Comic session is the subject of the documentary 24 Hour Comic, directed by Milan Erceg.
David's work on perspective stems from a lifelong interest. He has lectured on the subject at numerous institutions including The University Of Oregon, Pacific Northwest College of Art and Seattles's Gage Academy Of Art. Years ago, David devised his own six point perspective method for painting on spherical objects such as globes and bowling balls, and his spherical paintings are in many private collections.
David lives in Portland's historic Irvington's district with his wife Eve and daughter Rebecca.
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J.E.C.

BEST BOOK ON PERSPECTIVE EVER SEEN, GENIUS YET EVEN A KID CAN UNDERSTAND IT!!! TEACHERS SHOULD TEACH MATH, ALL COURSES THIS WAY!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 27, 2006

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THIS IS THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE MAN TEACHES COMPLICATED PROCEDURE LIKE A GENIUS WOULD, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES ARE SUPER SOPHISTICATED, EVEN A CHILD CAN UNDERSTAND IT (OR ATLEAST A TEENAGER) AND CAN BE USED IMMEDIATELY, YOU DONT HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK TO PUT IT TO USE IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSTANT, PROFFESSIONAL RESULTS GUARANTEED! I CANNOT WAIT FOR HIM TO MAKE BOOK TWO, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED A 10+ THIS MAN REALLY KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF AND TO THINK THERE'S MORE TO THIS, NOT JUST FOR ARTIST BUT ALSO TO LEARN ABOUT LIFE, AS YOU KNOW ART TEACHES YOU ABOUT LIFE AND IT'S HIDDEN MYSTERIES ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE QUIET, LOOK WITH A BEGINNER'S MIND IN ALL THINGS, WITH THE EYES OF SOMEONE WHOSE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND YOU WILL LEARN AND THIS MAN USING THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY LEGENDARY MASTERS AND GENUISES PRESENTS IT TO YOU IN A VERY EXCELLENT FORMAT AND IN ADDITION THERE ARE PARTS IN IT THAT ARE EVEN FUNNY!!! VERY TASTEFULLY DONE, IF ONLY MATH TEACHERS AND HISTORY TEACHERS AND ALL TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND PRESCHOOL WOULD TAKE THE SAME INTEREST AND IF ONLY THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WOULD REALIZE THAT TEACHING, EVEN SERIOUS HEAVY DUTY LEARNING CAN BE SOO MUCH FUN, SO INTERESTING AND FANTASTIC. THUMBS WAY UP ON THIS ONE, SHOULD BE ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL ARTIST!!!

TO THE AUTHOR PLEASE WRITE BOOK TWO AND IF POSSIBLE BOOK THREE THE WORLD DESERVES THIS KIND OF EXCELLENT THOUROUGHNESS!

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Michael Robin Cooke

The best book for the subject!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 10, 2014

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This is a book about perspective for comic book artists and it is itself, a comic!

But understand 'for comic book artists' means that you are already attempting to draw comics, you are NOT completely new to drawing or attempting perspective!

This is a book for people that want to ADVANCE their knowledge of perspective! And for those people this book progresses from basic concepts to advanced concepts, with a cartoon author teaching a carton cartoonist that needs help with perspective.

Now I have had other books on perspective, and this book is better at explaining clearly and also helping an artist understand how to APPLY perspectives to drawings in the real world.

Now myself, I had to get David Chelsea's 'EXTREME PERSPECTIVE' for comic book artists to answer a question I hoped this book would answer (now that the desk is in perspective, how do I draw the three pieces of paper scattered at different angles on the desk - in perspective?).

But now I have both books I'm happy as a clam and whenever I forget something I can return to these books for the answer!

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mario

Perspective Rosetta stone.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 23, 2021

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Finally a book that teaches perspective at a simplest and interesting way. Infinite stars.....

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Jim Gray

One of the Two Perspective Books You'd Need to Get It

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2009

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In my opinion, the only perspective book (of the many I've looked through) that covers practically EVERYTHING is Vanishing Point by Jason Cheeseman-Meyer; that one goes into just about every possible variety, and really digs deeply into technique, but he glosses over things too quickly and moves on, and can leave you puzzled, not explaining WHY something should work, just believe it or leave it; I like Chelsea's book because he takes more time to explain things in a clear and understandable manner (tho he does spend way too much time on some of the very basic and obvious concepts; how hard is it to understand that objects get smaller in the distance?) but he doesn't go as far as Cheeseman-Meyer into such things as curvilinear.
I think the two books together could just about cover it for anyone really trying to learn and understand perspective. When you can't figure out what an author says, it helps to read another author's explanation of the same subject, and these two complement each other well.

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Luisa Felix

Perspective Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2008

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This is the DEFINITIVE book on Perspective.
With Vertical and Horizontal lines drawn in,
it really illustrates what Perspective is.
But attempting to draw perspective in art
is difficult to begin with, and this book is
NOT for Amateur Nights. The art lines drawn
here can really make you dizzy. It is a struggle
to keep up with it, unless one does tons of
practice. I am a cartoonist and I tried it, and
I had to back off and give my eyes a rest. This
book is complete, and interesting to study, but
some pages may go over your head to attempt to
grasp. This book is for serious people, not
Amateur Nights. You really have to put your head
into it, to get it right. But this book illustrates
the Blueprint of perspective better than other books
I've seen. If this book does not melt your brain, then
try book "MAKING COMICS" by Scott Mc Cloud. It is the
better drawing book.----- Luisa Felix

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Modarius

Makes you think...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2016

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This book was recommended by a top comicbook artist, and I ordered it blindly because I respected him. Of course I was a bit startled to see that it wasn't exactly a "how-to" book. But I decided to read it anyway. At first I was a little bored because it wasn't telling me anything that I didn't already know. Until it started to put things in a way that made me think. Some concepts down right confused me until I realized that I had never even thought about perspective in anyway that mattered before. From that point on, I was hooked, and would recommend this book to any artist of any skill. Its a must have!

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Rebecca Cooke

I'd recommend it to every artist!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 4, 2016

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This product was bought for, and reviewed by, Soul Cooke.

This is a fantastic book on perspective. It was recommended to me by an artist friend, and I in turn recommended it to a college art teacher I to help her with students who were having a hard time with the subject matter.

It goes over everything you could ever want to know about perspective in wonderful, glorious, humorously illustrated detail. The material is approachable, it doesn't seem daunting, academic, overly precise or mathematic. I'd recommend it to every artist, and I think every artist can learning something from it, not just those drawing comic books.

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Beth Duffus

Some good tips but pretty complicated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 11, 2015

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As you would expect, this is a beautifully drawn comic instruction book. Using this format seems to promise a tutorial in perspective that is more accessible than that offered by traditional art books, but I don't think this is fulfilled. Many people think visual perspective is a simple subject - just know the difference between one-point, two-point and three-point perspective and you're good to go. Except you're really not, for the subject is a great deal more complex than that, which is why it is so easy to make mistakes. The author has made a valiant effort to keep it simple but I found his explanations and diagrams confusing. There are definitely some good tips to pick up but, on the whole, I'd say stick to Andrew Loomis. His work looks a little dated now, but the principles are easy to follow.

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Great Perspective Book for Beginners

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 19, 2016

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As a tutor of art I am always looking for ways to explain complicated artistic practices to students. I have two books I always recommend to new artists- How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way (for it's accessibility) and Figure Drawing for All it's Worth (as a next step on from the Marvel one). I now however have three books to recommend as Perspective for Comic Book Artists is an excellent introduction to perspective.

Perspective is arguably the most reviled of the things I teach as it is a complicated process to new artists that takes a while to wrap your head around. Previously I have looked into Scott Robertson's How to Draw which, although it is an excellent book, can be pretty impenetrable to a newbie artist before being recommended this one.
Fittingly it is written as a comic and for me explains more complicated aspects of perspective such as the picture plane, cone of vision and measuring distances within your art in very simple terms. The book covers the three primary perspectives and the fact that each statement comes with a supporting illustration really helps to hammer home the points made.

If you are having trouble getting your head around perspective or having trouble communicating perspective ideas to other people I cannot recommend this book enough.

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gogo yoyo

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 18, 2015

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everything i hoped for

Carlos Jacob

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 29, 2014

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Philip

Confusing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 5, 2014

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I don't really like this book. The author has written / drawn it in the same comic book style as the book Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud. To be fair he does credit McCloud right at the very beginning but I still find the wholesale copying of McClouds style a little difficult to swallow. The book has two characters, one is the author, the other is a character called "Mug". The mug character is clearly supposed to be a representation of the reader. The author gets the material across by having these didactic dialogues with this mug character. The author treats mug like an idiot, which I think is the author's attempt at being funny but it just comes across as patronizing.

The book does have some nice, informative info. However, I think the clarity is a little hit and miss in places. Sometimes I found it quite difficult to understand what the author was talking about. It is worth a buy because it does teach some good stuff, but be prepared to be irritated

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