Doodletopia Cartoons: Draw, Design, and Color Your Own Super-Fun Cartoon Creations - Softcover

Hart, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607746913 ISBN 13: 9781607746911

Publisher: Watson-Guptill, 2015

Synopsis

An interactive doodle book from a best-selling art instruction author and cartoon master that pairs illustrating insights with drawing, designing, and coloring activities for aspiring artists.

Welcome to Doodletopia! Your first stop in this paradise of creativity? The world of cartoons. Your tour guide Christopher Hart is ready to introduce you to the interactive, artistic possibilities of creating your own exciting, hilarious, off-the-wall cartoon characters, gags, and more.

Unlike other doodle books that leave you stranded, with no help at all, Doodletopia: Cartoons pairs fun doodle-based activities with the sort of insightful (and laugh-out-loud funny) advice and tips that countless readers have come to expect from cartooning master Christopher Hart. For the first time ever, you can pick up your pencils, pens, markers, or crayons, and draw, doodle, or color right on the same page as the author.

From finishing cartoon faces to selecting costumes to completing wacky cartoon scenes,
the opportunities for creative expression are endless. So what are you waiting for? Open up
and start doodling!

About this title

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER HART is the world’s bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. His books have sold more than 7.4 million copies and have been translated into 20 languages. Renowned for up-to-the-minute content and easy-to-follow steps, Hart’s books have become staples for a new generation of aspiring artists and professionals, and they have been selected by the American Library Association for special notice. Visit his website at www.chrishartbooks.com.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

If you’re a doodler, you used to need to draw in the margins of notebooks, “to do” lists, and even on the back of receipts. But now you have an entire book to fill with your doodles.

This book is about doodling cartoons. Everyone knows what a cartoon is. But what, pray tell, is a doodle exactly? A doodle is often thought of as a whimsical fragment of art. Doodles are fun to draw. They get your creative juices flowing. They keep you awake during team meetings.

What if you could enjoy the spontaneity of doodling, but end up with a real cartoon? This idea appealed to me. And it prompted me to think up this book. With each doodle, you’ll draw a cartoon, which will entertain you, your friends, your family, and if they’re exceptionally intelligent, your pets.
Aspiring artists often write to me and say that they find it hard to come up with ideas. This book will inspire you and help kick-start your imagination. I’ll start each page with a drawing/doodling prompt, and you’ll take it from there. Each chapter contains many projects for you to draw, design, and color.
Enough said. Get out your pencils. Let’s get creative.

Follow the Guidelines 
Before you begin to doodle, take a look at the two guidelines below—the center line and the eye line. You’ll see these guidelines used throughout the book. They help artists find the correct placement for the features on the head. Using the guidelines will make the characters easier to draw and more consistent too.

Edition details

• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607746913
• ISBN 13: 9781607746911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160