Ask Loston (Dr. Stupid Jr)...

[Eric Henson]

Quick question: You recommended the book "The Art of Comic Book Inking" (which is excellent by the way), but do you have any great references for learning perspective/vanishing points/etc? I've have some formal art training but its all a blur to me now since the years have passed and I don't find correct perspective as easy as I used to.

Any suggestions?

[Bruce Lee]

Quick question: You recommended the book "The Art of Comic Book Inking" (which is excellent by the way), but do you have any great references for learning perspective/vanishing points/etc? I've have some formal art training but its all a blur to me now since the years have passed and I don't find correct perspective as easy as I used to.

Any suggestions?

The best book I've ever seen on the subject of perspective if Andrew Loomis' THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING book (1961). It is a revised edition of the SUCCESSFUL DRAWING book (1951), with 16 or so extra pages in it. Suffice to say that like all the other great Loomis books, it's out of print, but you can still find PDFs and scans of this book online. Occasionally they show up on EBay too, but usually for a hefty price. A book like THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING is worth its weight in gold though. It really is the best book on the subject of perspective that I have seen. It covers things like placing figures in perspective, multiple horizons, vanishing points, etc.

One of the most clearly written books on perspective is Ernest R. Norlings PERSPECTIVE MADE EASY. It is a basic fundamental sort of book on perspective, but it walks the reader through perspective extremely well. You can pick this book up on Amazon for around $9:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048...pf_rd_i=507846

David Chelsea's PERSPECTIVE! FOR COMIC BOOK ARTISTS is pretty good too. It has a bit of that Scott McCloud formula to it, but there's a lot of valuable info in it:
http://www.amazon.com/Perspective-Co.../dp/0823005674

Hope that helps, Eric!

Loston

[paladis]

The best book I've ever seen on the subject of perspective if Andrew Loomis' THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING book (1961). It is a revised edition of the SUCCESSFUL DRAWING book (1951), with 16 or so extra pages in it. Suffice to say that like all the other great Loomis books, it's out of print, but you can still find PDFs and scans of this book online. Occasionally they show up on EBay too, but usually for a hefty price. A book like THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING is worth its weight in gold though. It really is the best book on the subject of perspective that I have seen. It covers things like placing figures in perspective, multiple horizons, vanishing points, etc.

One of the most clearly written books on perspective is Ernest R. Norlings PERSPECTIVE MADE EASY. It is a basic fundamental sort of book on perspective, but it walks the reader through perspective extremely well. You can pick this book up on Amazon for around $9:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048...pf_rd_i=507846

David Chelsea's PERSPECTIVE! FOR COMIC BOOK ARTISTS is pretty good too. It has a bit of that Scott McCloud formula to it, but there's a lot of valuable info in it:
http://www.amazon.com/Perspective-Co.../dp/0823005674

Hope that helps, Eric!

Loston

That last one actually looks pretty good, think I might order it.

[Bruce Lee]

That last one actually looks pretty good, think I might order it.

Groovy. I wouldn't pass over the PERSPECTIVE MADE EASY book though. It's very inexpensive, and it's really comprehensive.

[Eric Henson]

The best book I've ever seen on the subject of perspective if Andrew Loomis' THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING book (1961). It is a revised edition of the SUCCESSFUL DRAWING book (1951), with 16 or so extra pages in it. Suffice to say that like all the other great Loomis books, it's out of print, but you can still find PDFs and scans of this book online. Occasionally they show up on EBay too, but usually for a hefty price. A book like THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING is worth its weight in gold though. It really is the best book on the subject of perspective that I have seen. It covers things like placing figures in perspective, multiple horizons, vanishing points, etc.

One of the most clearly written books on perspective is Ernest R. Norlings PERSPECTIVE MADE EASY. It is a basic fundamental sort of book on perspective, but it walks the reader through perspective extremely well. You can pick this book up on Amazon for around $9:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048...pf_rd_i=507846

David Chelsea's PERSPECTIVE! FOR COMIC BOOK ARTISTS is pretty good too. It has a bit of that Scott McCloud formula to it, but there's a lot of valuable info in it:
http://www.amazon.com/Perspective-Co.../dp/0823005674

Hope that helps, Eric!

Loston

Amazing help, my friend. Thank you!

[Bruce Lee]

Amazing help, my friend. Thank you!

No problem, Eric. Glad to help, man!





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[ntat]

I was hoping if you do another how-to tutorial, you might consider showing how to draw hair?

[The P.R. Man]

yeah, I suck at drawing hair. could'ja help a guy out Loston?

[Bruce Lee]

I was hoping if you do another how-to tutorial, you might consider showing how to draw hair?

yeah, I suck at drawing hair. could'ja help a guy out Loston?

I reckon I could rustle up a quick step-by-step or two featuring a few commonplace hairstyles. I'll see what I can do, guys.

Loston

[Bruce Lee]

Jack Hamm's book, DRAWING THE HEAD & FIGURE has some great pages on drawing hair. I doubt I could do a tutorial on hair that would be more informative than these six pages in Hamm's book. If you don't have Jack Hamm's DRAWING THE HEAD & FIGURE book, you're truly missing out!! I recommend that you pick it up immediately! I have HUNDREDS of artbooks in my studio, and the Hamm book is right up there with the Loomis volumes, and it's inexpensive! Only $10!! Buy it!! 'Nuff said!

For ntat, P.R. Man or anyone else struggling with hair, these links from Hamm's books are for you! They should help you out!















If this isn't enough, I'll be happy to put together a couple of step-by-steps for you guys also.

Loston