Extreme Perspective! For Artists

Learn the Secrets of Curvilinear, Cylindrical, Fisheye, Isometric, and Other Amazing Drawing Systems that Will Make Your Drawings Pop Off the Page

In this sequel to the classic bestseller Perspective! For the Comic Book Artist, David Chelsea takes perspective to a whole other level—by exploring the most dramatic viewpoints employed by today’s artists. Many of these techniques have been carefully guarded secrets for centuries. But David, and his hollow-headed friend, Mugg, make them accessible to a new generation of artists, cartoonists, illustrators, and animators. In Extreme Perspective! For Artists, you’ll learn how to
 
•         Render complicated multi-sided objects in perfect perspective
•         Create accurate shadows and reflections from your own imagination
•         Master the most difficult kinds of curvilinear perspective systems
•         Draw eye-popping images in fisheye perspective
•         Use your computer to create elaborate scenes quicker and more easily
•         … And much, much more!
David Chelsea has been a commercial artist for more than 30 years, and his work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street JournalNew York PressSeattle WeeklyChicago TribuneReader's DigestBoston Phoenix, and Portland Monthly. He is the author of the graphic novels David Chelsea in LoveWelcome to the Zone, and Snow Angel; two volumes of his collected "24 Hour Comics"; and the how-to books Perspective! for Comic Book Artists and Extreme Perspective! for Artists. View titles by David Chelsea

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In this sequel to the classic bestseller Perspective! For the Comic Book Artist, David Chelsea takes perspective to a whole other level—by exploring the most dramatic viewpoints employed by today’s artists. Many of these techniques have been carefully guarded secrets for centuries. But David, and his hollow-headed friend, Mugg, make them accessible to a new generation of artists, cartoonists, illustrators, and animators. In Extreme Perspective! For Artists, you’ll learn how to
 
•         Render complicated multi-sided objects in perfect perspective
•         Create accurate shadows and reflections from your own imagination
•         Master the most difficult kinds of curvilinear perspective systems
•         Draw eye-popping images in fisheye perspective
•         Use your computer to create elaborate scenes quicker and more easily
•         … And much, much more!

Author

David Chelsea has been a commercial artist for more than 30 years, and his work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street JournalNew York PressSeattle WeeklyChicago TribuneReader's DigestBoston Phoenix, and Portland Monthly. He is the author of the graphic novels David Chelsea in LoveWelcome to the Zone, and Snow Angel; two volumes of his collected "24 Hour Comics"; and the how-to books Perspective! for Comic Book Artists and Extreme Perspective! for Artists. View titles by David Chelsea

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