Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square: Draw unique cartoon characters using simple geometric shapes
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square: Draw unique cartoon characters using simple geometric shapes
By (Author) Margherita Cole
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Walter Foster Publishing
5th October 2022
4th October 2022
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Drawing and drawings
The Arts: techniques and principles
741.5
Physical Properties
Paperback
128
Width 216mm, Height 241mm
408g
Description
Learn to illustrate cartoon-inspired people, places, things, and more using simple geometric shapes!
In Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square, professional artist and My Modern Met contributor Margherita Cole offers easy-to-follow instruction for using basic shapes to draw cute cartoon characters and portraits. Her approach is simple: All you need are basic drawing tools and shapes to cartoon! The book features dozens of drawing projects and step-by-step instruction perfect for beginning and aspiring artists, cartoonists, illustrators, pen and graphite artists, and many others.
Each project combines simple geometric shapes-including circles and triangles and squares but also ovals, rectangles, and more-to draw adorable, cartoon-inspired artwork, including cartoon:
- Heads
- Faces
- Bodies
- Unique characters
- Animals such as dogs and cats
- Settings
- And more!
Cartooning can be easy-with the right instruction! Learn to draw cartoon characters and more using geometric shapes with Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square.
Reviews
A great guide to cartooning that would be an excellent addition to a collection and also useful for creative library programs. * Library Journal *
Author Bio
Margherita Cole is an artist born and raised in Southern California. She started her cartooning career with a 10-page comic about her dog, who moonlights as a superhero, and she has been smitten with the medium ever since. During college, she made comics about famous artists, and when she traveled across the pond for a Master's degree, Margherita continued to find the whimsical side of things with an illustrated story about life on the moon. She works as a writer and an artist for My Modern Met by day, and continues to practice drawing whenever (and wherever) she can. Visit her online at margheritacole.com and on Instagram @margherita cole.
