

desertcart.com: Draw With Jazza - Creating Characters: Fun and Easy Guide to Drawing Cartoons and Comics: 9781440344947: Brooks, Josiah: Books Review: This gave me a lot of new insight and helped organize my process - The book is broken up into five stages of the design process. This is a design book more than a how to draw the book. However, there a lot of tutorials in Stage 2, so you will learn how to draw as well. Through the design process, you learn how to focus on portions of your entire project through these stages, so you do not get overwhelmed, and it's how the process works in a studio setting if you're interested in that kind of work. I don't want to give too much away, but here's what you learn in each stage: Stage 1 - you learn to research and develop your character before you start designing him/her. The book poses a lot of great questions that will bring more life to the character(s) you're designing. You also get a few pages on the different styles used in comics and animation. I didn't know what these styles were called before, so that was nice. Stage 2 - This is the stage where you design your character and there are some tutorials to help with character anatomy. Mostly human anatomy. There is no animal anatomy in this book. You'll also get a blurp on character personalities and archetypes. Stage 3 - You learn to polish the character design. Stage 4 - You learn to properly present your characters for yourself or a client, such as turnarounds and poses. Stage 5 - There are various characters that Jazza takes you through the design process and we see how each process works with actual characters. Overall, I like the simplicity of the book. The pages were easy to read through. I got through it in a day. I'm studying through it again, but the simplicity allows for anyone to jump right in and get started. Even during the discovery stage, I used a few of the questions to shape out a character I'm working on and I was able to design and create him in a day. That time frame will vary of course, but the questions helped spark a lot of ideas. This book is appropriate for all ages. I'm in my 30s, and I plan to buy one for my 13-year-old nephew and my 17-year-old godson. It's easy for anyone to understand and a great addition to your library. Update: I showed my older brother the book and I will be getting it for him on his birthday. I wanted to leave this to the end so you wouldn't think my review was skewed. I've been a fan of Jazza's content online for almost four years, and that does not sway my opinion of this book. One thing I hate is when people do videos to get you to pay for their content, but you end up getting the same old stuff. So I looked at this book with a critical and skeptical eye because of that reason. I am happy to say that I've gained new knowledge here; very helpful knowledge. Very few books are written about character design. There's only one other good one that I know of. This book is the culmination of a lot of growth from this artist, and he knocked it out of the park. Review: Excellent guide to character design - I discovered Jazza's fantastic YouTube channel about 5 months ago, and as a character design professor I find he's an excellent resource for my students to practice at home and improve their work. This book is really a culmination of years of online tutorials for the production art community, and you can tell that love and care has been poured into each page. The methods used here align with the professional methods of character design that I was taught in grad school, and he does a great job covering each stage of the character design process. In addition, I like how it's not confined to one drawing style, because once you understand the simplified shapes of the body you can apply those techniques to generate all sorts of characters and art styles, from flat cartoons to 3D characters. Huge thanks to Jazza, keep up the great work, I'll keep sending viewers and readers your way!
| Best Sellers Rank | #252,090 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #42 in How to Create Comics #80 in How to Create Anime & Cartoons #292 in Figure Drawing Guides |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,608) |
| Dimensions | 8.32 x 0.43 x 10.85 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1440344949 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1440344947 |
| Item Weight | 1.26 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 144 pages |
| Publication date | November 8, 2016 |
| Publisher | IMPACT Books |
C**S
This gave me a lot of new insight and helped organize my process
The book is broken up into five stages of the design process. This is a design book more than a how to draw the book. However, there a lot of tutorials in Stage 2, so you will learn how to draw as well. Through the design process, you learn how to focus on portions of your entire project through these stages, so you do not get overwhelmed, and it's how the process works in a studio setting if you're interested in that kind of work. I don't want to give too much away, but here's what you learn in each stage: Stage 1 - you learn to research and develop your character before you start designing him/her. The book poses a lot of great questions that will bring more life to the character(s) you're designing. You also get a few pages on the different styles used in comics and animation. I didn't know what these styles were called before, so that was nice. Stage 2 - This is the stage where you design your character and there are some tutorials to help with character anatomy. Mostly human anatomy. There is no animal anatomy in this book. You'll also get a blurp on character personalities and archetypes. Stage 3 - You learn to polish the character design. Stage 4 - You learn to properly present your characters for yourself or a client, such as turnarounds and poses. Stage 5 - There are various characters that Jazza takes you through the design process and we see how each process works with actual characters. Overall, I like the simplicity of the book. The pages were easy to read through. I got through it in a day. I'm studying through it again, but the simplicity allows for anyone to jump right in and get started. Even during the discovery stage, I used a few of the questions to shape out a character I'm working on and I was able to design and create him in a day. That time frame will vary of course, but the questions helped spark a lot of ideas. This book is appropriate for all ages. I'm in my 30s, and I plan to buy one for my 13-year-old nephew and my 17-year-old godson. It's easy for anyone to understand and a great addition to your library. Update: I showed my older brother the book and I will be getting it for him on his birthday. I wanted to leave this to the end so you wouldn't think my review was skewed. I've been a fan of Jazza's content online for almost four years, and that does not sway my opinion of this book. One thing I hate is when people do videos to get you to pay for their content, but you end up getting the same old stuff. So I looked at this book with a critical and skeptical eye because of that reason. I am happy to say that I've gained new knowledge here; very helpful knowledge. Very few books are written about character design. There's only one other good one that I know of. This book is the culmination of a lot of growth from this artist, and he knocked it out of the park.
F**B
Excellent guide to character design
I discovered Jazza's fantastic YouTube channel about 5 months ago, and as a character design professor I find he's an excellent resource for my students to practice at home and improve their work. This book is really a culmination of years of online tutorials for the production art community, and you can tell that love and care has been poured into each page. The methods used here align with the professional methods of character design that I was taught in grad school, and he does a great job covering each stage of the character design process. In addition, I like how it's not confined to one drawing style, because once you understand the simplified shapes of the body you can apply those techniques to generate all sorts of characters and art styles, from flat cartoons to 3D characters. Huge thanks to Jazza, keep up the great work, I'll keep sending viewers and readers your way!
R**N
This book will be in a prominent spot by my drawing table
I just got this newly published book last week and have been studying it. It is not so much a how to draw book as how to create characters for your stories/comics/illustrations in cartoon/manga styles. Jazza does cover basics of drawing quite well, but this book really does an excellent job of covering styles of characters and the development of a character into the image you are wanting to portray and to draw it from any side or angle. He has you draw typical male and female figures and modify them into body types: skinny, thin, fat, child, teen, adult, old, cute, sexy, repulsive, and muscular. Then he goes on to show how to develop your characters into action poses and expressions. You learn about creating pose sheets and expression sheets for your character so you can be consistent when drawing them over and over again. The there is clothing and period costuming. He covers archetypes: Heroes, sidekicks, villains antiheroes, henchmen, mentors and and caretakers. Sex appeal of your leading figures is also discussed. There is truly a lot packed into this book and I think it will be a great reference for artists just starting out as well as those that have been drawing for a long time but may need inspiration to get past a stuck place in their work. I know this book will be in a prominent spot by my drawing table. I have followed Jazza's "Draw With Jazza" on his You Tube channel for over a year now. He has the heart of a teacher and gladly shows his talents as well as his struggles and encourages everyone to keep drawing and learning. His demonstrations of the uses of digital drawing and the technology is a whole other aspect of his work worth tuning in for. .
A**I
جازا فنان مبدع ومجنون
J**D
Kul och inspirerande för kreativiteten.
F**O
Regalato ad un amico, ne è stato molto soddisfatto. Il libro descrive la tecnica di disegno principalmente per fumetti ma può essere integrato dei video su youtube dell'autore. Il libro è in inglese.
C**R
Dem ein oder anderen ist Jazza wohl bekannt von Youtube und Twitch und meiner Meinung nach einer der begabtesten im Bereich des Erstellens von Comic Charakteren. Nun nach unzähligen Videos und Tutorials hat er sein Wissen auch in einem (weiteren) Buch niedergeschrieben. Während sein erstes rein digitales recht enttäuschend war, gebe ich hier 5 Sterne, ich würde es sofort wieder kaufen. Das Buch selbst ist in 5 etwa gleichgroße Teile geteilt, wobei hier der Prozess der Charaktererstellung im Vordergrund steht. Eines dieser Kapitel widmet sich zwar dem Basiswissen übers zeichnen von Figuren und Gesicht, aber das restliche Buch setzt voraus, dass der Leser weiß, wie man Basisfiguren zeichnet. Dementsprechend richtet sich dieses Buch nicht an absolute Anfänger, sondern ist eher eine Stufe höher anzusiedeln. Wie kann ich meine Basisfigur verändern, um ihr Charakter zu geben. Wie zeichne ich verschiedene Basisemotionen, verschiedene Stufen von Gewicht, von absolut unterernährt bis stark übergewichtig, von schwächlich bis übertrieben muskulös, von Kind bis alt. Zusätzlich gibt es Einblicke in den Prozess des Gedankenspiels des Designs einer spezifischen Idee anhand mehrerer Beispiele sowie Settings. Obwohl das Buch in englisch gehalten ist, ist die das Geschriebene äußerst leicht vertändlich, zumal das Buch überwiegend aus Bildern besteht. Fazit: Ein gutes Buch für diejenigen die von Stufe 1, dem Basiswissen, hin zu Stufe 2, der Charakterentwicklung wollen. Da ich aktuell genau an dieser Stelle bin, passt es hervorragend. Was es jedoch definitiv NICHT ist, ist ein Buch, um von 0 auf die Stufe eines Profi Zeichners zu kommen. Dafür sind die 144 Seiten dann doch nicht ausreichend. Ich glaube jedoch nicht, dass es ein solches Buch gibt. Ein kleines Manko gibt es dann doch noch: Leider hat Jazza in seinem Buch kein Wort über das Zeichnen von Kleidung verloren. Ein schwieriges Thema, jedoch gehört die Kleidung zum Charakter dazu. Zumal er bereits gute Videos über dieses Thema hat. Trotzdem 5 Sterne.
N**S
Cuando adquirí el libro lo hice pensando mas que nada en apoyar al artista autor de este libro, Jazza, ya que sigo su canal y me parece que su trabajo es muy bueno y es realmente un profesional de la industria de la animación y la ilustración. Sabia de antemano cuando lanzo el libro que este gozaba de calidad en todo aspecto y que valía la pena, ya cuando lo tuve en mis manos pude confirmarlo. No tardo mucho en llegar el paquete donde venia el libro, en 3 días ya estaba en la puerta de mi casa. Bien protegido y llego en excelentes condiciones, nada de lo que pueda quejarme. En cuanto al envio no tengo nada malo que decir, y no es que pueda decir algo malo de este pedido, todo esta bien. Pasando mas centrados en el libro, aquí es donde empieza lo bueno: El material con el que esta elaborado es de buena calidad, las paginas se sienten bien y la portada también, el papel hasta tiene brillo y no se siente como algo que se fuera a romper al tocarlo, también la calidad de la impresión se ve que es algo que se cuido bastante y es posible apreciar cada detalle aparecido en este libro con claridad. Respecto al libro y de donde proviene este hay que aclarar que el Idioma Ingles no es pretexto para decir que este libro es malo, si estas aquí es porque sabes que haces y de donde saliste, no hay excusa para decir que es malo por que no le entiendes como si se tratara de una app o un juego de móvil. Si lo vas a comprar seguramente es porque vienes del canal de Jazza y ya sabes de antemano que el idioma de origen de el es el ingles, así que esto no es un punto negativo. Si con esto ya aclarado sigues teniendo inconveniente, el ingles manejado en el libro no es que sea muy difícil de entender, basta con que tengas un conocimiento medio del ingles y con que seas muy observador para que sepas lo que dice ahí, yo personalmente le entiendo y no veo muy complicado el ingles manejado en este libro, aunque claro que esto va de mas, si compras este libro seguramente es porque tu también tienes nivel usando el ingles. Ya como ultimo punto quisiera hablar del contenido del libro. Ya se menciono que es fácil entender el idioma, y no solo eso, también es sencillo entender lo que explica el autor en este, la información viene explicita, bien explicada y cada cosa que veas la veras generalmente acompañada de un texto que te explique lo que ves. Ademas, no solo eso, también vienen tantos consejos y puntos que se mencionan aparte que realmente Jazza no se dejo nada en el tintero, hay demasiado que aprender en este libro. A mi me encanto eso porque te hace sentir que realmente aqui hay esfuerzo y alma de un profesional para que los demás puedan aprender y convertirse también en profesionales. Estos detalles es lo que diferencian a un libro de un artista profesional como lo es Jazza, de los libros baratos e inservibles de muchos Youtubers, en resumen, este no es un libro escrito por un Youtuber, fue escrito por un Ilustrador y animador profesional para todo aquel que desea aprender acerca de la creación de personajes. Así que te invito a que lo compres si es que lo estas pensando, y que lo compruebes por ti mismo, te lo recomiendo. No te arrepentirás de nada, el precio que tiene no es caro, el conocimiento y calidad que te llevas esta muy bien. El libro se siente cálido y personal, no es el típico libro comercial, en verdad tiene la esencia del canal, de Jazza, es como aprenderlo de el, solo que escrito en un libro. A mi me encanto y creo que es adecuado para todo aquel que busque darle vida a sus ideas y personajes por el buen camino tal como lo haría un profesional. Es una inversión que vale lo que cuesta. Aqui el enlace de Amazon EU: Draw With Jazza: Creating Characters: Fun and Easy Guide to Drawing Cartoons and Comics
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