Perspective in Action

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Using a fun and accessible graphic novel format, Perspective in Action features 33easy-to-follow demonstrations to teach artists the major discoveries in perspective. Perspective is a fundamental element in the development of art and for understanding spatial relationships, but it is an underserved topic in the world of art instruction. Author and artist David Chelsea takes readers through the major perspective-related developments in history, teaching them how to re-create these same experiments by leading artists in all fields (including drawing, painting, and sculpture). Covering a wide-range of mediums (pen and ink, paint, chalk, digital art, woodwork, and more), Perspective in Action gives readers a more hands-on approach to perspective, as opposed to the usual theoretical presentations found in other books.

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"Cleverly packaged in a graphic novel format, artist Chelsea's (Perspective! For Comic Book Artists) book covers all aspects of simple perspective drawing and depicts its more complex applications. Step-by-step sketching exercises, craft projects, and experiments re-creating historical breakthroughs in the form. This guide shows how to draw in one-, two-, three-, six-, and multiple-point perspective and how to build a camera obscura, an Ames room, and a cabinet of wonder. A chapter on motion perspective demystifies the science behind realistic animation. Chapters on distorted perspective and stereo vision are also included. VERDICT This fun-to-read guide is best suited to readers of intermediate artistic skill level."
Library Journal

"This is a welcome, exhaustive introduction to the underlying structure of any drawing. It's like a lesson in perspective from Winsor McCay. It's about time we had a very human guide like this. Even old pros will use it."
Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit and author of Comics and Sequential Art

"Perspective is the power to create worlds. Now, thanks to David Chelsea's Perspective! for Comic Book Artists, you can make that power your own. Don't miss this chance to master in a day what others have taken years to learn. You will never find a better book on this subject."
Scott McCloud, creator of Zot! and author of Understanding Comics

"Perspective in Action is the most wide-ranging and authoritative book on perspective I've ever seen. David Chelsea examines every aspect of the subject imaginable, presenting it all in a graphic novel format that is both engrossing and easy to understand. For those who are serious about mastering perspective, this book is essential."
Mark Crilley, author of The Realism Challenge, The Drawing Lesson, Manga Art, and Mastering Manga and creator of Akiko

Author Bio

DAVID CHELSEA has been a commercial artist for more than 30 years, and his work has appeared in hundreds of publications including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Press, Seattle Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest, Boston Phoenix, and Portland Monthly. He is the author of the graphic novels David Chelsea in Love, Welcome to the Zone, and Snow Angel; two volumes of his collected "24 Hour Comics;" and the how-to books Perspective! for Comic Book Artists and Extreme Perspective! for Artists.