Writing Graphic Novels For Dummies

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Turn your ideas into graphic novels with this step-by-step guide—including drawing exercises Writing Graphic Novels For Dummies walks you through the process of graphic novel creation step-by-step, guiding you through the process of developing ideas, concepts, and visuals to bring your unique stories to life. Learn how to develop plots, characters, and storylines, create storyboards to organize your work, and how to creative effective visuals to support the narrative. You'll progress from basic drawing skills to more advanced techniques specific to graphic storytelling. Get recommendations for using digital tools, and work through exercises to help jumpstart your creativity and develop your style as a graphic novelist. Plus, an 8-page color insert offers a mini-graphic novel within the book, so you can see all the stages of writing, illustrating, and development of a graphic novel in any genre, from initial concept to completion. Learn how to choose materials and drawing supplies to suit your needsUnderstand proportion and scale, and convey different emotions and facial expressionsPractice your skills with helpful drawing exercisesGet tips for sharing your creations with the world and promoting your workThis accessible guide is great for aspiring writers, artists, and graphic novel enthusiasts who want to learn how to create their own graphic novels as a hobby or potential career.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-11-20
Mått:191 x 64 x 25 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9781394353736

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Kensuke Okabayashi is a freelance illustrator and comic book graphic novel artist who has worked for Magic: The Gathering, Amazon, Lego, Airbnb, Takara Tomy, and other companies. He is the author of Manga For Dummies and Figure Drawing For Dummies.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1Part 1: Graphic Novels 101 7Chapter 1: Foundations of Drawing 9Chapter 2: Boot Camp 25Chapter 3: Inking — Adding Value to your Artwork 39Part 2: To the Drawing Board 53Chapter 4: Get Your Head into the Game 55Chapter 5: Face-Off! 75Chapter 6: Figuring Things Out: Graphic Novel Body Basics 97Chapter 7: Customize and Accessorize Your Characters 131Part 3: The Assembly of the Greats 151Chapter 8: The Main Protagonists 153Chapter 9: The Dreaded Villains 165Chapter 10: Loveable Sidekicks 179Part 4: Making a Scene 193Chapter 11: Gaining the Right Perspective 195Chapter 12: Shape and Light Up Your Composition 215Chapter 13: Backgrounds ’n Stuff 227Part 5: The Write Stuff – Coming Up with Your Story and Narrative 239Chapter 14: Story Development 241Chapter 15: From Scripts to Thumbnails 249Chapter 16: Finding Your Voice and Audience 257Chapter 17: 3-2-1, Write Off! 269Part 6: One More Thing (Well, Maybe Three) 277Chapter 18: Dialogue Art — Everyone’s Talk’n about It! 279Chapter 19: Special Effects 293Part 7: The Part of Tens 301Chapter 20: Ten (Plus Two) Notable Graphic Novel Artists/Creators 303Chapter 21: (Roughly) Ten Places to Strut Your Stuff 309Index 319