Learn to Draw Hooky: Learn to draw your favorite characters from the popular webcomic series with behind-the-scenes and insider tips exclusively revealed inside! (WEBTOON)

by Miriam Bonastre Tur

Learn to draw your favorite characters and scenes from Hooky, the hit WEBTOON Originals webcomic, through step-by-step tutorials, exclusive content, and artistic advice from its creator.
 
Twin witches Dani and Dorian Wytte have missed the bus to magic school, so they find a mentor who can teach them everything they need to know—Master Pendragon. Amid a series of mishaps, the pair discover a plot that spells trouble for the King. In this fantastical world where witches and humans are avowed archenemies, will Dani and Dorian be able to learn magic and bring the kingdom together before someone gets hurt? 
 
With nonstop fun and adventure, Hooky boasts the whimsical illustration style of artist and series creator, Míriam Bonastre Tur. Now, with Learn to Draw Hooky, you will learn magical skills while learning to draw Dani, Dorian, Nico, Monica, and other favorite characters from the popular series.
 
If you are an aspiring comic illustrator or fan of the series, Learn to Draw Hooky is the perfect drawing book for learning a variety of basic drawing techniques and discovering how to draw characters and scenes. In addition to professional tricks of the trade and easy-to-follow step-by-step lessons, Learn to Draw Hooky includes:
 

• Tutorials for drawing heads, faces, expressions, and bodies
• Techniques for capturing movement and action
• Instructions for rendering poses
• Professional art tips for drawing scenes from the series 
• Tips for adding color to your artwork for a professional finish

 
In addition, you’ll learn what it takes to develop a successful webcomic thanks to a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process. Learn to Draw Hooky contains all this and more, making this magical book perfect for any illustrator-in-training.

• ISBN10: 0760389799
• ISBN13: 9780760389799
• Publish Date: 24 September 2024
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Walter Foster Jr.
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 96
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Learn to Draw Hooky is a tutorial technique guide for drawing the characters from the very popular webcomic in their familiar style. Due out 10th Sept 2024 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint, it's 96 pages and is available in paperback format.

The layout has a fresh and unusual (for Walter Foster) format. It's set up very much like a webcomic, with breakaway panels and a comics layout and flow. A beginning chapter introducing the characters in colored panels is followed by a surprisingly thorough step-by-step tutorial section. There's also a QR code which links to online content/the latest episode of the webtoon.

The author/publisher have included colored full page panels with the hexadecimal values for the shades used in the pictures to help with color selection. The tutorials are moderately advanced, but do-able for a determined beginner, and will give artists enough accomplishment to keep going, which is the most important part.

This is a beginner to advanced booklet but full of good technique for anime style art/cartooning and will provide some useful takeaways for the majority of readers/artists who are interested in the style. The pages (and there are many) dealing with positioning, emotional expressions, and facial features are especially detailed and useful (not just for drawing these particular characters). 

Five stars. This would be an excellent choice for public or school library acquisition, home use, activity/makers' groups libraries, home studio, or gift giving, maybe with a sketch pad and markers/pens.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.