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Withrow,
Steven. Toon
Art: The Graphic Art of Digital
Cartooning. New York:
Watson-Guptill, 2003. 192pp. ISBN 0823053784 (paper).
Publisher's
on-line info
Introduction ... 6
Part 1: A Brief History of Cartooning ... 8
- Definitions and divisions ... 10
- Toon Timeline ... 12
Part 2: The Creative Process ... 18
2.1 Creating Digitally ... 20
- Getting started ... 22
- Choosing form, format and formula ... 23
- Creating characters ... 24
- Writing a storyline ... 26
- Sketches ... 28
- Pencils ... 30
- Inks ... 32
- Colors, letters and effects ... 34
- Editing and posting ... 36
2.2 Behind the Scenes with the Experts ... 38
- Toon typography ... 40
- Vector-based drawing ... 42
- Pixel-based drawing ... 44
- [Jim Zubkavich on] Using layers in Photoshop ... 46
- [Jim Zubkavich on] Using highlights for depth [and drama...] ... 48
- [... and] Making word balloons ... 49
- [Jim Zubkavich on] Digital painting ... 50
- Flash animation ... 52
- Creating Broken Saints [by Brooke Burgess] ... 53
- 3D graphics and animation ... 54
- [Gil Agudín on] 3D design ... 55
- [Mike Brown on] Creating walk cycles ... 56
- Good-old 2D or 3D CG? ... 57
- Locks on the digital door ... 58
Part 3: A Showcase of the best in the business ... 60
- Toon hilarities ... 62
- Roberto Corona ... 64
- Shannon Wheeler ... 66
- Jonathan Rosenberg ... 68
- Roger Langridge ... 70
- Boxjam ... 72
- Andrew Willmore ... 74
- Chuck Whelon ... 76
- Michael Loeck & Jason Tyler ... 78
- Craig Conlan ... 80
- Toon thrills ... 82
- Gary Chaloner ... 84
- Jason Little ... 86
- Joe Zabel ... 88
- Tim Broderick ... 90
- Dirk Tiedle ... 92
- Shannon Denton ... 94
- Toon reveries ... 96
- Jim Zubkavish ... 98
- Anthony Furtado ... 100
- Indigo Kelleigh ... 102
- Jenni & Barry Gregory ... 104
- Jeff Crowther ... 106
- Brian Taylor ... 108
- Chris Bailey ... 110
- Broken Saints ... 112
- Toon travels ... 114
- Steve Conley ... 116
- Charley Parker ... 118
- Jenn Manley Lee ... 120
- Christian Gossett ... 122
- Gareth Hinds ... 124
- Toon personas ... 126
- John Allison ... 128
- Gene Yang ... 130
- Justine Shaw ... 132
- James Kochalka ... 134
- Derek Kirk (Ji-Hoon Gim) ... 136
- Tracy A. White ... 138
- Ethan Persoff ... 140
- Toon symphonies ... 142
- David Gaddis ... 144
- Woodrow Phoenix ... 146
- cayetano "Cat" Garza Jr. ... 148
- Scott Christian Sava ... 150
- Jason Turner ... 152
- John Barber ... 154
- Rick Smith & Tania Menesse ... 156
- Gil Agudín ... 158
- Anzovin Studio ... 160
- Croation Tales of Long Ago ... 162
- Toon test tubes ... 164
- Scott McCloud ... 166
- XDude ... 168
- Patrick Farley ... 170
- Vicki Wong ... 172
- Demian.5 ... 174
- Jason Lex ... 176
- Daniel Merlin Goodbrey ... 178
- Tristan Farnon ... 180
Part 4: What does the future hold? ... 182
- New routes, new risks ... 184
- Adapting comics from the Web to TV [by Tracy A. White] ... 186
- A leap into the future ... 187
Toon Reference Guide ... 188
- Web sites ... 188
- Books ... 188
Acknowledgments ... 189
Picture acknowledgments ... 189
Index ... 190
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