The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros (Simpsons (Harper))

The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros (Simpsons (Harper))

The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros (Simpsons (Harper))
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Actor: Doris Grau, Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

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Book Review: One of My Favorite Books Bar None
Summary: 5 Stars

Love the Simpsons? Love to draw? Take these two interests and you've got heavenly bliss. If you like only the Simpsons and only drawing, you'd still love this book.

As a how-to-draw book, this books is amazing. The authors provide their thought processes when they draw. For example, Homer's body is like a big light bulb and his feet are in the shape of an iron. These insights are a huge benefit. Even the sections about props and sets are amazing. The book features transparent pages, which aids how layers are used in the drawing process.

I own Jack Hamm, how-to-draw manga and Byrne Hogarth books. And this books is a vital component to any book collection. The reason is that the Simpson characters are based on simple shapes: sausages, cylinders, balls, etc. Once you are able to draw Simpson characters, you can draw other objects with a better grasp of how basic shapes make up a lot of real world objects.

If you are a Simpsons fan and not a drawer, this book is still amazing. You will appreciate the myriad of dynamic poses included in the book. And maybe, just maybe, you'll be motivated to trying drawing--and this book is a good one to start with.

Summary of The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros (Simpsons (Harper))

Here is a rare homage to the art of classic 2?D animation and the time?honored method of hand?drawing characters that come alive on the silver screen. The creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," reveals the art of brilliant character design, backgrounds, and prop art in this lavishly detailed handbook that unveils the complex secrets behind the deceptively simple and universally loved Simpsons characters. With creative insights, artists' sketches, helpful insider hints, and step?by?step instructions, enter the imagination of "master doodler" Matt Groening and receive some professional "how?to" advice from many of the animators and directors who have made "The Simpsons" the longest?running animated show and situation comedy in television history. In our technological era when animation has become increasingly digitalized, this unique handbook records the genesis of some of the most extraordinary examples of the art of hand?drawn animated characters.

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