Books on Digital Drawing Techniques

I just received Freddie Williams II‘s book “The DC Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics”. I haven’t had a chance to really sit down and read it as yet, but my initial skimming of the book indicates that it will be a great resource to have around. I hope to have a chance to really get “under the hood” with this book in the next few weeks, at which time I will draft a review.

In the meantime, I’d like to take this opportunity to recommend two books that address digital drawing / painting that you may enjoy:

The first is Digital Manga Workshop by Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos. Don’t let the title throw you – even if you are not a fan of manga, you will find plenty of good information here. I’d recommend this books for the beginner to intermediate level artist. This book features a solid primer on preparing your work for a digital flow and features excellent guides on digital inking, airbrushing and coloring your digital comic creations. There are several step-by-step techniques you can follow, along with great examples of the variety of inking and coloring techniques used by most Manga artists who work digitally. Side note: I met Jared and Lindsay at Megacon a few years back – they were really cool and even autographed my book! :)

The second book I’d like to recommend is The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book, by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis. This book is geared heavily towards exploring fine arts techniques using both Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop. It was one of the first books on using a tablet that I purchased. There are step-by-step projects you can follow along with to gain confidence with the medium. I would recommend this book for beginners and intermediate digital artists as well.

Both books are excellent so check ’em out!

-Krishna

Krishna April 16, 2010 Comics, digital drawing techniques book recommendations, how to, tablet