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Inspiration for Drawing Comic Superheros

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Summary: When looking for inspiration for superhero comic figures, read other comics, art books on the human form and books with instructions on drawing comics. Find out where to get inspiration for drawing superhero figures in this free video on comic illustration from an experienced graphic illustrator.

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By Matt Cail
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Matt Cail is a painter, makeup artist and cartoonist who grew up drawing Dracula. While in college, he acted in, directed and designed the University of Washington's campus haunted...read more

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"In addition to listening to us artists, gab about how to draw. One of the best ways to educate yourself, is first of obviously, draw yourself. Draw everyday. Even if you're just squiggling on the bus to work. Draw everyday. but another source of information is also reading about comics. There are a lot of comic books, out there. Books that actually don't entail comics. But tell you how to draw them. A bunch of different things. In terms of like, how to draw forms, style, different artist tools that you can use. You can find a lot these at your local book store. That are really good and very, very useful for you. As an aspiring artist. In addition, get other books on form. These don't necessarily have to be books on exactly how to draw comics. But they also could include, you know, books on other comic poses. You can try tracing these to kind of, get formed out. Or at least looking at them. Basically and kind of, going back and forth on the page. A lot of artists learn by initially imitating others. And don't think that you're exceptional or strange in a bad way. By doing just that. So consider you know, rage your local library. Look for books on how to draw. Look for books on the history of comics or on certain comic book hero. It will give you different ideas on poses, structure and style. And you can see here, with our completed Spiderman Ghost rider and Superman drawings. That there are variety of styles out there. And definitely get out there and expose yourself to them."

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