Comments on: Christmas Gift-a-palooza: How To Draw Batman

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:31:57 +0000

How do you draw batman with his cape? on step by step instructions

By: Multivac

Multivac — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:02:00 +0000

I think the batmobile is 3D computer graphic work, just like the way it is in “The Batman” show. The writer of the book doesn’t have a step-by-step of DRAWING (and no CG modeling, only rendered result), so he just throw in the basic shape. That’s plain lazy.

Worse thing is, the CGIs are way too hard to follow for kids (too much details). If they really want kids learn how to draw the batmobile from the show, why can’t they just use the animation-ralated comic style?

By: Jon H

Jon H — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:41:25 +0000

“The illustration does break down the car into its basic shape which is what a beginner at drawing should learn to do. ”

Kids don’t exactly need help breaking a car down to the “square with circles” level.

It’s the details they need help with. But a step-by-step approach takes up space.

Perhaps the publisher dictated a cut in pages during the editing process, and the middle
stages were circular-filed.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:31:29 +0000

As an adult I understand that, but I suspect that most children (who the book was written for) would do better with more of a step by step approach.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:19:02 +0000

You do have to use your eyes when you draw. The illustration does break down the car into its basic shape which is what a beginner at drawing should learn to do. You’re allowed to play while drawing something, you’re allowed to make mistakes and correct them. Drawing is a field in which a mistake doesn’t result in patient death. Look at what you’re drawing, measure the angles as if you were looking at the hands of a clock, and, please, relax. This was probably meant to be a FUN gift–you don’t have to conquer this field right off the bat(man).