The Best Art Books - Asking Pros

The final episode to Asking Pros 2019 is here! Pro artists give their recommendations for instructional art books that they find useful and talk about the reasons you should consider adding their favorites to your library. You might already be familiar with some of these titles if you’ve been listening to the Draftsmen podcast, but there’s a lot of new material you should also check out.

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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.


CREDITS:

Artist | Instructor | Producer
3D Animation - Jijo Sujathan, Sean Ramsey
3D Modeling - Marc Felico Camacho
3D Rigging - Ibai Fernandez
Voice Actors - Stan Prokopenko
Models - Anthony Narsis, DeAngelo Townsell, Laura Dasi, Mallory Ownbey, Ryan Moore
Music Used with Permission
Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra

[ProkoTV]

What other questions should I ask artists for next year's Comic Con?

[PMI]

1. How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
2. Figure Drawing for All it's Worth (Also Other Loomis Books)
3. Creative Illustration
4. George Bridgman
5. The Human Figure
6. The Silver Way
7. Drawing Cutting Edge Comics
8. Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist
9. Drawing Dynamic Comics
10. The Art of Comic Book Inking
11. Color and Light
12. Oil Painting Techniques and Materials
13. Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
14. The Animators Survival Kit
15. STORY
16. Framed Ink
17. Framed Perspective
18. Understanding Comics
19. Designing Characters and Creatures
20. Imagine FX Magazine
21. The Dynamic Bible
22. How to Draw - Scott Robertson
23. Step By Step Graphics Magazine

[ithinklikeawesome]

The amount of people recommending proko for artist is a testament to how influencial and SOLID these tutorials are. Thank you proko for existing for artist plebs like myself.

[blackdragoncomics]

13:42 I love how he angles the lines on the tigers fur. it seems to make you focus on his face and seem more intimidating

[renreef]

I am SO GLAD someone referenced James gurney's colour and light, I was waiting for it lmao. Best art book out there for any and every painter. Period.

[reybalderstone]

When he said ‘infinite endurance’ I felt that

[Germania]

Additional recommendation:
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention by Michael Hampton
Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Delavier
Anatomy by Joseph Sheppard.

[phoenixtv]

Understanding Comics is one the greatest books I've every read. Anyone who wants to get into comics, and how to have a great story, that is the first book you should read.

[vikrant]

1:25
absolutely agree with this ! I bought that book and art feels like there's no bone in figures just bunch of muscle put on one another. Dynamic figures which have balance of Bones and muscles are more pleasing to watch and draw...

[josephtermeer]

Yes!!! Go to the coffee shop and watch people... draw from life! But, education is very important. Thanks for this video as it guides us who have not attended college all the way through😉

[jackiehonda]

Ahh don't forget Richard Schmid's Alla Prima!! That's a real treasure too.

[mosheytidal]

@5:17 Karl Kopinski is my drawing hero!

[mrsenor]

I've been self taught my whole life but I really wanna take my skill to the next level

[kwisatzhaderach]

This was a fantastic group of interviews. Loved it

[EyeLean]

"Understanding Comics" is a fabulous book! It's the book I recommend that high school students to read before going off to college, whether they're art students or not. It prepares you for the higher-level thinking you'll encounter in higher education.

[HawaiiKnut]

When I started drawing again, I asked pros at conventions which books they could recommend. Now I feel I'm at the stage I can work on my own.

My top 3 are:
1: Making Comics - Scott McCloud
2: Drawing Comics, The Marvel Way - Stan the Man and John Buscema
3: Comics and Sequential Art - Will Eisner

[gandjusks]

Unrelated to art tutorials, 13:52 at the right, I think that's Amy Mebberson (pocket princesses).

[hurdygurdyguy]

Interesting to note, except for the classics, i.e. Loomis, Bridgeman etc. Most of the "how to draw <insert character/genre/style/etc here>" books that exploded into bookstores in the last 5 to 10 years I see quite often in thrift stores now. I feel most of those were only a platform for B and C list artists to get an art book published, lots of form but little content.... (for pre-digital how to Step by Step Graphics magazine was a goldmine!!!)

[astrolb]

Summary: Loomis, Bridgeman and... Proko 😀

[ashpearson]

I have come out of this video with no more of a clue than when I went in! What a selection to choose from 😁