This inspiring book provides a detailed guide to drawing,

painting and manipulating your own digital cartoons. It is

packed full with professional advice, fantastic examples

and practical step-by-step techniques showing how to

create amazing characters and worlds. The book begins

by introducing the essential equipment and types of

computer software needed. A useful guide to digital

techniques follows, which explains how to develop a

scanned image, how to combine different media, add

speech bubbles and much more. The main section

features a range of projects for practising the techniques,

and producing a variety of cartoon styles.

• A teach-yourself practical guide to drawing cartoons on

your computer, suitable for beginners as well as more

experienced artists.

• Introduces all the essential computer software and

equipment, such as Adobe Illustrator and Corel Painter

and the animation programs Flash and ImageReady.