How to Draw Monsters for Comics takes you step by step through the creation of flying monsters, vampires, grotesque ghouls, human/chrome hybrids, and even cute little monsters. Its hows you how to reveal motives through eyes, mouths, and gestures. It clues you in on light and backgrounds, and even recommends materials you'll need, from graphite pencils to computer programs. With How to Draw Monsters you can manifest your darkest fantasies in comic form!

From movies to comics to graphic novels, monsters and their ilk tap into the terror that lurks in the darkest regions of the human collective unconscious. Enduringly popular characters, from vampires to zombies, provide an exciting challenge and appeal to comics and animation artists. How to Draw Chiller Monsters, Werewolves, Vampires and Zombies features the artwork of comic-book artist and Hollywood monster designer Kerry Gammill, Gene Colan as well as Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Jack Davis, David Hartman, Frank Frazetta, Basil Gogos, and Wally Wood.

Got a craving for the creepy? Satisfy it with this Halloween-tailored special You Can Draw volume, focusing exclusively on monsters and the macabre. Featuring fan favorites like Ben "Diabolical" Dunn, David "Horror" Hutchison, Rod "Eerie" Espinosa, Craig "Boo!" Babiar, Shriekin' Sherard Jackson, and Brian "Devilish" Denham, this book will teach you all you need to know about drawing ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties, and boogums!

After a noteworthy career with "Superman", "Indiana Jones" and "Deadly Foes of Spiderman", the work of well-known, veteran, comic-book artist Kerry Gammill mysteriously disappeared from the pages of "Superman" and "X-Men". This volume reveals the reason for Gammill's exodus - to fulfil a life-long desire to work on monster films. He has been working as a conceptual artist on film and television projects which include "Stephen King's Storm of the Century" TV mini-series, "Virus" (1999), "Species II" (1998), "Can of Worms" (TV 1999), Dean Koontz's "Phantoms" (1998), "Stargate SG-1" TV series, and "The Outer Limits" TV series. In this volume Gammill takes us behind the scenes on the very important but little-known world of film conceptual art with a focus on designing creatures for action films. This is not just a "how to" book, but also Gammill's autobiographic career retrospective, filled with art and anecdotes about his years at Marvel, DC and Hollywood.

The popularity of manga continues to row, inspiring interest in learning how to draw in this exciting style of comics. Estudio Joso creates the ultimate guide to illustration—384 pages of manga instruction. The Monster Book of Manga is divided into sections focusing on the most figures and themes—Girls, Boys, Samurais, Monsters, and more. Each illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step instructions, taking the artist from initial back-and-white sketches to the final color piece. They are all accompanied by practical suggestions, hints, and tips.

More than just learning to sketch, paint and illustrate, the book also explains the process of casting monsters in three dimensions.

Learn how to draw a gruesome selection of monsters. Even absolute beginners will be able to create truly grotesque characters.

SCARED! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Charactersis a response to the rise in interest in the horror genre in film, comics, and graphic novels. Readers are given a brief history of horror comics-like EC, Vertigo, and DC Comics-and the influence of legendary horror genre artist Bernie Wrightson, before all manner of horror creatures are unleashed. In-depth step-by-step instructions are provided for drawing such horror subgenres asBring on the Monsters(werewolves, wolfman, and teenage werewolf);Love at First Bite(vampires, vampire bats, and vampire slayers);Up From the Depths(killer sharks, piranhas, and the swamp and its inhabitants); andSome Things Are Best Left Buried(the crypt, the mummy, and the ancient curse). Contributing artists include: • Legendary Master of the horror genre Bernie Wrightson Highlights of Wrightson's work include: Films (Ghostbusters, Batman, The Faculty, Spiderman) • Book Illustration (Stephen King'sThe Stand, Cycle of the Werewolf, Creepshow, the Dark Towerseries; Bernie Wrightson'sFrankenstein) • Comic Book Series (Swamp Thing, The Punisher, House of Mystery) • Mitch Byrd (White Wolf) • Arthur Adams (Creature from the Black Lagoongraphic novel) • Vince Locke (Sandman, Dead World)