Must Have Books for Comic Book Artists

About This Video:
Rich Kunz of Diligent Visual reviews some of the books that helped him learn to draw. Beginning artists should always be looking to books to help them learn to develop drawing skills and to be inspired. This video reviews several books that helped me explore my interest in comic book art, cartooning and animation!
Here are links to the books covered in this video on Amazon!
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics
amzn.to/2N0GL6Q
Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels
amzn.to/2L9cAIG
Icons: Jim Lee
amzn.to/2nQqlTq
The Marvel Art of Joe Quesada
amzn.to/2Plijyx
Mythology: Alex Ross
amzn.to/2PnauIA
Danger Girl Sketchbook
amzn.to/2L8mbiX
Notes to Draw From: Comic Book Illustration
amzn.to/2MCPgYI
The Best of Wizard How to Draw
amzn.to/2MCPmzy
Joker
amzn.to/2ORRgtN
Battle Chasers
amzn.to/2OT4Zk7
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  • @Makr0ss
    @Makr0ss4 жыл бұрын

    Understanding comics, and Making comics, by Scott McCloud are a must imo

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Makr0ss agreed. great comment. Thank you!

  • @johnnonamegibbon3580
    @johnnonamegibbon35805 жыл бұрын

    Cool shit. Underrated content.

  • @DarkGloComics
    @DarkGloComics10 күн бұрын

    Steve Rude Sketchbooks Bart Sears' Protege/Friend Andy Smith: Drawing Dynamic Comics Will Eisner: Comics & Sequential Art | Graphic Storytelling & Visual Narrative David H. Ross: Freehand Figure Drawing For Illustrators

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    9 күн бұрын

    Definitely picking up copies of the first two you listed here. Thank you!

  • @filipedias768
    @filipedias7685 жыл бұрын

    just love your channel, I’m at a stage where i’m trying to absorb everything i can regarding creating comics and I stumbled across your channel and found such valuable information. I’m just super excited with all of this. I’m going through the self taught path btw. Keep it up bringing excellent content.

  • @Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems

    @Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too man. Picked up a ton of supplies and just a few really good books and its just me, you tube, and copying and studying over and over all day. Good luck to you.

  • @robertradau1574

    @robertradau1574

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems If you want to learn from the original masters, as opposed to the current Style- heavy work in this video, pick up anatomy books by Burne Hogarth and George Bridgeman. Study the layouts of Joe Kubert and the simple yet effective line work of Alex Toth.

  • @lucky_luck5411
    @lucky_luck54112 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this man!!

  • @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645
    @rodeanalfanteforcadela76454 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered your channel and this video is very informative.

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words!

  • @leonardofernandez6488
    @leonardofernandez64884 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thank you.

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @MarkGoldfine
    @MarkGoldfine4 жыл бұрын

    Subscriber #666... Not scary at all 😂 Glad to have found your channel, and these are some great recommendations 👍

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mark Goldfine Thank you 666 😂 I literally just looked at that and thought... I wonder if this will keep people from subscribing! Welcome 🙏

  • @Spikey100000
    @Spikey1000003 жыл бұрын

    It’s hard to find a straight answer on the internet: do you know if the Best of Wizard How To Draw book includes a mix of the other collected editions that exist (Anatomy, Storytelling, Advanced Techniques etc) or if they are something separate/ compiled a different way. There’s also different looks and names for those books like Anatomy vs Heroic Anatomy...? It’s all very confusing haha.

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the comment. Yes. The Best of Wizard How to Draw book is a mix of topics. The other collected editions do a deeper dive into the specific articles that covered the individual topics. I do not have the books in front of me right now but i am fairly confident that my response is correct.

  • @Spikey100000

    @Spikey100000

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@diligentvisual2086 that’s a great answer thank you! So they are just compiled a different way and released as different editions then, and I guess there must just be different versions that exist? Really thanks, that helps a lot :)

  • @BaBboonking
    @BaBboonking3 жыл бұрын

    My copy of Mythology is kinda rough 😆 Joe Mad is one of if not my favorite artist

  • @BaBboonking

    @BaBboonking

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea they had a collection for How to draw

  • @brianhervey8923

    @brianhervey8923

    Күн бұрын

    Joe Mad is up there with Frazzetta for sure.

  • @SonnyBurnett2012
    @SonnyBurnett20129 ай бұрын

    joe mah-doo-rey-rah.

  • @atenakehnaton3965
    @atenakehnaton39654 жыл бұрын

    I was pretty pumped to go get the Mitch Byrd "Notes to Draw From." until I saw the price :(

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aten Akehnaton I hear you. These books get quite expensive when they go out of print. Especially, when they were printed in low quantities to begin with. Keep an eye out for a second run.

  • @Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems
    @Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems4 жыл бұрын

    All the book marks lol

  • @KAWAYUSU
    @KAWAYUSU11 күн бұрын

    今気づいた。遊戯王てアメコミ意識してないか

  • @taraishot100
    @taraishot100 Жыл бұрын

    Is there a art of Greg Capullo book? He’s besides Jim Lee and Tony Daniels is my favourite artist because he has such dark looking art like it always looks like a horror and I like that gory style

  • @diligentvisual2086

    @diligentvisual2086

    Жыл бұрын

    There is a Greg Capullo book. I don’t own it but I will link it here for you! Let me know how it looks if you pick it up. amzn.to/3CXE166