Incredible Comics with Tom Nguyen: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Kick-Ass Comic Art

In a genre of books, that is all too often inundated with people who have never even drawn a comic; enter Tom Nguyen. Finally a pro who gives you a comprehensive look at what it takes to actually draw a comic book, not just guys in tights floating on an empty page. The book takes you through male and female anatomy, perspective, inking, storytelling, and drawing a comic from a script. My favorite part is the "do's and don't", where Tom breaks down other comic professionals anatomical inaccuracies and shows you the right way to do it. If your just starting out, buy this book. If you've been drawing for a while, but it. There's a ton here to get a newbie started in the right direction and a ton to help all you experienced guys to notice the things you've been doing wrong for so long. If only I had this book when I was a kid I would be a much better artist today.

Seriously the best "how to" drawing book I've seen thus far. I've seen ones that are simply: "How to draw a vampire girl, how to draw a bad pirate guy" and are below the level of technique the buyer is looking for. Then there are the really complicated ones that are not easy to understand without basics. This book is just perfect in so many ways because it teaches you the basics of anatomy in a way that's understandable and comprehensive.

The "Ultimate Guide to Creating Kick Ass Comic Art" delivers! Incredible Comics with Tom Nguyen is fantastic for tons of reasons! First, it gets you excited and pumped to draw. As a bodybuilder himself, Tom clearly understands how bodybuilders' minds work and utilizes that psychology when he readies his readers for getting going on lessons of how to draw comics. I was excited (Pumped!) by reading his book before I even tried to draw anything -- It gives you the sense that YOU can do it, and it helps you understand what is important in an easygoing, humorous, yet, I repeat, charged-up manner. Be your own Superman, or Superwoman! Draw it yourself, with Tom's help! How does Tom do this? As an author myself, I am not sure I know, but he does it really well. What I particularly like is that, because he is a bodybuilder, he can deliver through his drawings accurate renditions of anatomy. Before you learn to play the piano, you have to learn your scales. Before you learn to draw comics, you have to study the human form. As a bodybuilder, Tom knows every muscle, every part of the body. He delivers his information in a fun and interesting way so that the beginning artist (who is also told what tools he or she will need) can have that crash course in drawing which begins this book. An essential. As you progress along, you begin to enjoy his sense of humor (I would read this book just for that alone!) as well as the lessons you are learning. A big part of his teaching style involves as many "don'ts" as "do's", which, because he is so fun, is an easy way to understand how to correct common mistakes you might make while drawing. For example, in a small section which is a part of "Drawing Stud Muffins and Real Bad Dudes", entitled "Dial M", he has explained that one way to view the trap muscles is to see them as forming the shape of an M. On the other hand he has a "Don't" with that, and illustrates it, with an alarmed looking dude sporting a little bitty M on his back, not at all correctly proportioned. On the next page, we see the "Do" -- the guy's back muscles are "aesthecially pleasing", as Tom says! There is a lot of action on all the pages: suited to comics. For example, above what I just described is a full-on view of a back where the author has explained the "Christmas tree" shape manner of drawing the erector mucles in the lower back of a guy wearing little pink lacy briefs with hearts on them. haha. I wanted to draw that immediately. I don't care, I'm saying it! Same page: a hot babe saying "Hey, nice sssssspine!" to a half turned he-man, accompanied by an explanation of how to draw a more dynamic picture by rotating your character into a half turn.The "s" for spine is the way to remember this. Tom is not wasting our time with his drawings or information. This is just part of the first section: I gave you an in depth on a tiny bit. We learn to draw "studs", and then how to draw "babes" : their hair (even "what hair says"!--I would hate to thi

This book was a change in pace for me. There are plenty of focused fine art books covering anatomical approaches to drawing and then there's the glut of "I want to draw comics" titles. Tom has found the balance here, humor with a focused approach to the development of whatever natural abilities you have. A great book... highly recommended to anyone who wants to learn how to be the best from the best.

i'm an aspiring artist and have lots of drawing books. This ones so different and the drawings are so good and funny. i know this guys work from the comics too, he is good! This teaches you lots of diffrent things you dont see in alot of the other books like each muscle parts and different types of people. and the pics of tom nguyen and the girls are funny too!