Draw the Looney Tunes: The Warner Brosthers Character Design Manual

This book will teach you much more than 'how to draw Looney Tunes' - including understanding simple shapes for character construction, staging and composition, and line of action. These principles serve as the cornerstone for conceptual artists, character designers, and animators - and the book does a very good job uncovering the material. The book is generously illustrated with plenty of Looney Tunes art, which serves to illustrate how each of the above principles are applied (no pun intended). The Warner Bros. style of art in this book is biased more towards the modern-era of Looney Tunes art (80's and 90's) vs. that of the Chuck Jones / Clampett era. Some purists may object to that. Overlooking that aspect, there's still plenty of worthwhile information to glean from reading this book. Highly recommended.

This has been one of the greatest books I've ever bought, changed my way to draw, I guess in terms of drawing techniques does not contribute THAT much, however, the quotes of all important artists about drawing conception throughout history redefine how a "how to" book should be. I've always been a big fan of the Looney Tunes, the way they move, the way they tell a story, it is as though they were alive, and precisely, this is what this book is all about, bringing life to the characters you create. If you're interested on this book is because you like the Looney, and you'd like to give some of the loosenes and joy they've got to your own drawings. This books describes that some of the famous artists who were involved with the process of bringing life to the looney Tunes, in fact, they believed what they were creating was indeed alive... and I guess that's the best advice I got from that book...Everything you're creating is alive an you should always treat it with that in mind. If you want to buy a book were you can learn how to draw the Looney Tunes, this is possible one of the best options you can get, but If you want to have a great reminder of how do you must feel when you draw something this is the best option I've you can come across ever.

As a novice product designer I was recently looking for a good book on how to draw. With hundreds of options, there were few books that actually taught me the stuff I really wanted to know. So I went through my personal library and found my copy of Draw the Looney Tunes. BAM. Jackpot. Why would someone interested in product design care about a book on cartoon characters? Because this is what I learned: How to start with the dynamics of the drawing and build detail from there. How to add mass to simple lines. How one moving part impacts the structure. How major geometric structures work together to define the dynamics of the whole. How perspective works. Finally! A book that teaches this in a way I both understand and care about. And much more. There are a lot of surprising ways in which learning to draw Bugs Bunny translates into designing pretty much anything else you can imagine. I had a lot of fun working my way through this book and, unlike product design books and videos, didn't feel pressured to go buy $400 in Copic markers before I even started. All I needed was this book, a pencil, and a sketch pad. Too bad this book is out of print. On the bright side, I suppose that gives those of us who have it an unfair advantage...

I absolutely love this book! My only complaint was I wish it had more pages and more poses with different characters besides Bugs. It really gets a cartoonist who wants to further their study of the Looney tunes away from just copying and into constructing poses, situations, backgrounds, etc. Good foundational stuff here. Still needs more expressions though.

I think this book is a must have for anyone who enjoys creating characters and drawing cartoons. Even if you have no desire to animate this book is essential. It is laid out nice and simple. The reason I like this book so much is it is perfect to pick up every once in awhile and refresh your memory and become inspired. I got this book used for really cheap and I would have paid full price. The chapters use bugs bunny as the main character for teaching the lessons but you can easily take what you have learned and apply it to any character. Good explanation of character construction too.

With all the cartooning books out there (and believe me I own most of them!) this has to be the best. I learned more from this book than from any other. This is the book Warner Brothers gave to their new graphic artists/cartoonists to teach them how to capture just the right look for new and existing character designs. I put the techniques into practice at work and found the results to be outstandingly awesome! I really like how the instructions (ie text) are minimal and the image examples are plentiful. Creative people like me don't really enjoy reading pages of text. Just tell me what I need to know so I can get on with it. This book had the perfect balance between instructions and visual examples. My copy was, in my opinion, rather expensive but after seeing the results I got out of the techniques I learned, I don't feel like I paid that much after all. It was cheaper than taking a college class! A truly AWESOME instructional book.

The book itself is intact inside, the pages are intact and clean, but the cover is torn and taped shut. The book was packaged in a cardboard box that was larger than the book itself, and it was dangling around inside. It's not very pleasant, but there are no complaints, as the pages are intact.

Practically perfect, thank you for accurate condition description. It is a fantastic book about drawing and cartooning.

Adoré la edición de este libro! Es excitante ver estos dibujos y diseños (más o menos en el estilo del buen Chuck Jones). Qué bonito todo aquí!

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