Art:

Drawing Manga Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures

Written by J.C. Amberlyn

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $21.99

Learn the Tricks of the Trade for Drawing Irresistibly Cute Manga-Style Animals and Chibis!
 
The world of manga is filled with strange creatures and adorable sidekicks. Just about every manga hero and heroine has an animal mascot, and all the most popular ones have a cute "chibi" form. This book teaches aspiring... Read more >

Colored Pencil Painting Bible
Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color and Ultrarealistic Effects
Written by Alyona Nickelsen

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $25.95

Groundbreaking new techniques for a favorite medium



• Dazzling colors, incredible realism—with simple you-can-do-it processes!

• Author is a top colored-pencil artist

Radiant color . . . painterly finishes . . . incredible realism. With colored pencils! Artists everywhere will be dazzled by the amazing new techniques created by Alyona Nickelsen and presented in... Read more >

Fantastical Creatures Field Guide
How to Hunt Them Down and Draw Them Where They Live
Written by Aaron Lopresti
Foreword by William Stout

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $19.95

Track them . . . hunt them down . . . and then–draw them!



• Engrossing and edgy–a field guide to animals never before seen by living humans


• A mysterious journey for artists and anyone who loves fantasy


• Step-by-step instructions for capturing fantasy creatures with paper and pencil



Come. Enter the world of... Read more >

Astonishing Fantasy Worlds
The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Adventure Fantasy Art
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $21.95

Another sure-fire hit about one of today’s hottest genres—from best-selling author Christopher Hart!



• Drawing fantasy doesn’t have to be just a fantasy anymore


• Journey through fantasy worlds, meet strange and fascinating characters—then draw them, the Chris Hart way


• Brimming with fantastic art from top names!



Everyone loves fantasy, whether they’re young or... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner
Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $21.95

Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic... Read more >

Dinosaurs: How to Draw Thunder Lizards and Other Prehistoric Beasts

Written by Steve Miller

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $19.95

Think dinosaurs are kid stuff? Not with this artists’ guide!


Everybody knows one of those nerdy little kids who is a walking encyclopedia of all things dinosaur-related. And all of us adults are afraid of looking like that kid. But secretly, in our innermost souls . . . we love dinosaurs, too... Read more >

The Doodle Diary
With a Dictionary for Deciphering the Meaning of Your Doodles
Written by Nancy Nelson

Format: Non-traditional book, 160 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $12.95

Doodles are as unique to each person as handwriting. Try an untraditional - and extremely revealing - approach to journaling with The Doodle Diary. In addition to graph paper pages and doodle-inspiring designs, the journal contains a dictionary for decipering hundreds of doodles. Fill up a page every day and learn... Read more >

Manga Mania Occult & Horror
How to Draw the Elegant and Seductive Characters of the Dark
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $19.95

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Spirit of Drawing
A Sensory Meditation Guide to Creative Expression
Written by Connie Smith Siegel

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $24.95

Artistic expression,
spirituality, and meditation
combine to capture the
Spirit of Drawing


Spirit of Drawing engages readers in an intriguing
series of illustrated visual experiments that combine
meditation, expressive therapy, and hands-on
exploration with drawing media. Author Connie Smith Siegel's ideas, developed over many years of
research and learning, build on the meditation practice
of sensory awareness, a blending of... Read more >

Swords & Sorcery
How to Draw Fantastic Fantasy Adventure Comics
Written by Bryan Baugh

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $19.95

Picture violent, amoral swordsmen and their bloody confrontations with agents of evil in imaginary
lands. Think of role-playing games, fantasy, and some of the most popular movies and novels
ever created. Think of The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian, Dragonslayer, Dungeons and Dragons. In Swords & Sorcery, author Bryan Baugh shows... Read more >

Drawing Dragons and Those Who Hunt Them

Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $21.95

From Smaug to Puff, from wyverns to Hungarian Horntails, dragons are everyone’s favorite mythological beasts. In Christopher Hart's new book Drawing Dragons and Those Who Hunt Them, he brings more power, drama, and depth to dragons than has ever been seen before. Towering, fierce, and merciless, yet devoted to their young... Read more >

Kids Draw Manga Monsters

Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $11.95

Kids Draw Manga has sold more than 25,000 copies! Now here’s some monstrous manga fun.


Where do all the kids hang out in the bookstore? By the manga titles! And if they're not by the manga...they're over in the section with the animal books, right? Now they can combine those interests to... Read more >

Classical Drawing Atelier
A Complete Course in Traditional Studio Practice
Written by Juliette Aristides

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $29.95

Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time—and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks... Read more >

Drawing Crime Noir
For Comics and Graphic Novels
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2006
Price: $19.95

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Drawing Faeries: Keys to the Kingdom

Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2006
Price: $16.95

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Portrait Drawing
A Step-By-Step Art Instruction Book
Written by Wendon Blake
Photographed by John Lawn

Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2006
Price: $9.95

A classic of simplicity! Portrait Drawing has guided and inspired a generation of artists to create beautiful, realistic portraits. In just eighty pages, author Wendon Blake covers all the basics, from papers and pencils to drawing eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and head from every angle. Drawings by artist John Lawn illustrate... Read more >

Gung Ho!
How to Draw Fantastic Military Comics
Written by Steve Miller

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $21.95

War offers compelling subject matter for artists: life-or-death battles, conflict, bravery. For sixty years, war comics have attracted the biggest names in the industry, including Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood. Gung Ho! How to Draw Fantastic Military Comics offers an introduction to war comics, then goes on... Read more >

Draw Fight Scenes Like a Pro

Written by Jeff Johnson

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2006
Price: $19.99

• Based on actual martial-arts techniques


• Great for comic-book and storyboard
artists at any level


The all-important fight scene is key to most comic books and graphic novels, whether the fight involves a superhero smashing his archenemy or some poor sap getting mugged on the street. But many artists are…well, let’s... Read more >

The Making of a Graphic Novel
The Resonator, Vol. 3
Written by Prentis Rollins

Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2006
Price: $19.95

• Author is an established industry insider
and a master graphic storyteller


• Unique, dynamic format allows readers
to "look over the artist’s shoulder"


• Sales of graphic novels are booming


Graphic novels are changing the face of media. Now The Making of a Graphic Novel is here to explain the creation of a... Read more >

Manga Mania Chibi and Furry Characters
How to Draw the Adorable Mini-Characters and Cool Cat-Girls of Manga
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2006
Price: $19.95

Everyone loves chibi, the newest, hottest manga style out of Asia. Chibis—characters that range from hypercute miniature people to bizarrely sexy furry characters—come in all varieties, all roles, including chibi teenagers, faeries, schoolgirls, nurses, mermaids, devils, angels, and everything in between. Now Christopher Hart, the world's best-selling author of cartoon and... Read more >

Undressed Art
Why We Draw
Written by Peter Steinhart

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $14.95

To draw is to understand what we see. In The Undressed Art, writer-naturalist Peter Steinhart investigates the rituals, struggles, and joys of drawing. Reflecting on what is known about the brain’s role in the drawing process, Steinhart explores the visual learning curve: how children begin to draw, how most of them... Read more >

Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil
Basic Techniques for Mastering Traditional and Watersoluble Colored Pencils
Written by Kristy Kutch

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2005
Price: $24.95

Colored pencils are convenient, neat, portable, economical, forgiving. Now they're even more ideal for beginning artists because they're available in amazing new water—soluble versions. Start with a drawing in colored pencil, then add water to create a painting. It's amazing—and amazingly easy. Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil covers traditional colored... Read more >

The Draw 50 Way
How to Draw Cats, Puppies, Horses, Buildings, Birds, Aliens, Boats, Trains and Everything Else Under the Sun
Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $9.95

For more than thirty years, the bestselling Draw 50 series has shown children how to create everything from puppies to ships, horses to skyscrapers, and aliens to racing cars. In this new addition to the beloved series, Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw sixty of his popular sketches step-by-step... Read more >

Muscles in Motion
Figure Drawing for the Comic Book Artist
Written by Glenn Fabry

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2005
Price: $19.95

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Drawing Wildlife

Written by J.C. Amberlyn

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2005
Price: $24.95

Artists and naturalists will master their ability to render lifelike depictions of a wide range of wildlife in a variety of still and action poses in this unique instructional. Amberlyn begins by offering a discourse on animal anatomy, basic animal structure and characteristics, and the animals' natural environment. Such details are... Read more >