Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators

David H. Ross is an illustrator who has worked with all of the major North American comic book publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics. He has produced storyboards for feature films, and prepared artwork and advised on special projects for television. He holds workshops on drawing for comic books (such as the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop) and, for the past five years, has acted as co-coordinator and instructor of a three-year Sequential Arts diploma program at Max the Mutt College of Animation, Art, and Design in Toronto, Canada.

Dave Ross has created an invaluable tool for both students and professionals. While photos and models are useful, artists shouldn’t be limited by the reference available to them. Dave gives the artist the means to build a figure from the imagination based on gesture, construction, and anatomy.--June Brigman, comics artist, co-creator of Power Pack from Marvel Comics, and professor of sequential art at the Savannah College of Art and Design

• Foreword by Roy Thomas  Introduction  1 A Perspective Primer  2 Introducing the Glass Mannequin  3 The Standing Figure  4 The Walking and Running Figure  5 The Crouching, Sitting, and Reclining Figure  6 Drawing the Head  7 Drawing Hands and Feet  8 The Skeleton  9 the muscles  10 Dynamic Action  Conclusion  index