Making Faces: Drawing Expressions For Comics And Cartoons

After reading several critical reviews here, I was a little hesitant to buy this book. I'm glad I ordered it anyway. Despite the fact that the art in this book is excellent, it's not a coffee table book, nor is it an art showcase for the authors. This book is designed for the beginner to intermediate level artist who wants to get a good understanding of what happens when a human face goes about the business of describing emotions and feelings. The book consists of 2 main parts. The first part is an illustrated breakdown and explanation of individual facial features. In other words, a step-by-step approach to drawing expressive eyes, noses, chins, etc. All the essentials are presented and thoroughly covered with the underlying anatomy taken into consideration. The second part shows how all these parts of the face work together to convey a believable character expression. My favorite part of the book is where the authors created a character for each set of emotions and dedicated a page spread to each expression. Each spread is a step-by-step drawing tutorial with a short paragraph of useful instructions for every step. I wanted to improve my confidence and skill in sketching and drawing cartoon expressions and this book did the job perfectly. Big thanks to the authors and the publisher for putting it together.

I am somewhat of a beginner who is heading into the range of intermediate drawing talent. I have not specifically studied facial expressions until I bought this book and started utilizing it. I am already drawing faces better in space without a reference after a month of practice. I recommend the book.

Really appreciated the few simple tips to add great expression to eyes and lips. The eyes are the most important feature of the character, and this book enabled me to get just the right expression I was looking for.

Very well written and easy to comprehend. I really like that it is trying to teach you to draw your own characters using the knowledge of expressions they teach your rather than learn to draw 100 characters that are their own....this book teaches you to create expressiona while coloring outside the lines....other books demonstrate expression and ask you to not only color in the lines, but copy their lines first.

I was looking for a begginer book about how to draw expressions, and this book is great in that! You can see ans follow step by step how to get that feeling in your faces, also the authors provides several tricks and tips about muscles, bones, structures, etc. Hope enjoy this book! I do! Let's go drawing!

I bought this book off of here a little while ago and i can say it gave me some interesting insight on drawing but it doesn't go in dept with the material its very playful and not a serious earning tool but how ever redoing the drawings are fun and my girlfriend seems to enjoy it.

I use this book in my art class to show how facial features change with expressions. The book has wonderful series of characters who are put through various situations, and it shows how to re-draw their face through each expression change. The art is superb, especially compared to other books in its price-range. The only issue is that I have had to censor the book because some of them images are not school appropriate. There are several (heavily exaggerated) scantily clad women and a man who goes through the stages of being drunk and hungover.

This is an excellent illustration tool for demonstrating anxiety, sadness, doom and comedy. Since I love looking at peoples' faces in real life, this book will assist me in capturing emotions in my daily sketches. Many thanks!

海外のアニメやイラストが大好きで、 自分でもイラストを描いて見たいと 思い、購入して見ました。 主に、海外のアニメや漫画に出て来る様な キャラクターの"顔だけ"の描き方本です。 顔の描き方だけなので、顔重視で説明 してる訳ですが、英語が分からない自分でも 鉛筆での"あたり"から下描き、仕上げまで 丁寧にイラストで載ってます。 イラストも多く、序盤の顔の輪郭、骨格、 目、鼻、口の描き方、喜怒哀楽の表情等、 資料として使ってます。 鉛筆描き〜ペン入れまでなので、ＣＧが 目的の方は購入を控えた方が良いです。 この本は、ペンでの仕上げまでです。 終盤の方で、勉強して来た表情を使っての、 コマ割り漫画や１枚イラスト等の カットもチラッと載ってます。 そうそう！アメリカのアニメや漫画の キャラクターって、こんな表情する！ って言う感じの物が多いので、アメリカの アニメや漫画が好きな方には満足行くと 思います。 本の作りも丁寧で、とても見易いです。 文句無し、満足の５点満点です。

Gave this to my grandson and has given him great ways to draw faces in an easy way. Highly recommend

Excellent manual, fun didactic dynamics in it, definitely worth the wait and the purchase. If you're looking for new ways to draw your characters or want to perfect your style, this is a "must have".

Muy bueno para aquellos que están aprendiendo a dibujar. Tiene consejos prácticos e información útil que ayudan a mejorar. Las imágenes lindas y de buena calidad

Sowohl für Anfänger als auch für Fortgeschrittene geeignet. Dieses Buch beinhaltet und zeigt genau was ich gesucht habe. Die Gesichter auf dem Cover werden auf mehreren Seiten jeweils mit verschiedenen Mimiken gezeigt. Es wird also pro Charakter nicht nur ein Gesicht + Ausdruckt gezeigt wie ein Vorredner behauptet. Es wird vom Grundriß bis zum fertigen Gesicht in wenigen Schritten gezeigt wie man die gewünschte Mimik erreicht. Am unteren Bildrand werden auch noch andere Zeichenstile für die gleiche Mimik gezeigt. Für mich, der anfangen möchte mehr als nur 2,3 Gesichtsausdrücke zu zeichnen, ist dieses Buch ideal. Die Beschreibungen im Buch sind auch hilfreich und gut geschrieben. Klare kaufempfehlung.