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How To Draw Spider-man
Spider-Man is sure to be this summer's movie event. The glorious, full-color How To Draw Spider-Man, his allies, and his archenemies, including Mary Jane, Black Cat, Daredevil, Venom, Dr. Octopus, Lizard, Mysterio, Vulture, and more.
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32 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1997
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January 28, 2021
When I was in elementary school, we would have art class once or twice a week. In said art class, a stack of art books would be made available to us, and it was always a frenzied free-for-all when selecting which books each of us would take. For me, it was always a race to beat my classmates to take this How to Draw Spider-Man book before anyone else. Needless to say, this was my favorite of the art books.
The art style of this book takes direct inspiration from the '90s Spider-Man Animated Series, which is a show I grew up with and still hold in high regards today. In my opinion, no Spider-Man show has ever had a more authentic and comic book-accurate looking design for Spider-Man and all the villains, so it was cool that this art book took its inspiration straight from the best Spider-Man adaptation at the time.
The contents of the book are pretty minimal, but considering the fact that these books were made for kids, that is excusable. Of course, the book shows you how to draw Spider-Man in various poses, but it also has sections for select villains and allies. The Black Cat, Venom, Doc Ock, Mysterio, the Vulture, the Lizard, Daredevil, Peter Parker, and Mary Jane are included in this book, as well as some sections on how to draw city landscapes. While I was never able to replicate the drawings in this book too well, I always had fun browsing through it and attempting to draw these cool characters as best I could.
How to Draw Spider-Man has massive nostalgic value to me, so much so that I purchased a new copy of it recently to have in my book collection, though I never really intend to use it. Spider-Man was and still remains my all-time favorite superhero, and I credit this book, in part, for strengthening my love of the character at such a young age. If you have children interested in learning to draw Spider-Man, or you yourself are interested as an adult but are artistically amateur, then this is a great starting point. I'm sure newer editions exist with updated designs and perhaps more characters, but this 1996 edition will always be the best in my eyes for representing the Spider-Man that I have always known and loved.
The art style of this book takes direct inspiration from the '90s Spider-Man Animated Series, which is a show I grew up with and still hold in high regards today. In my opinion, no Spider-Man show has ever had a more authentic and comic book-accurate looking design for Spider-Man and all the villains, so it was cool that this art book took its inspiration straight from the best Spider-Man adaptation at the time.
The contents of the book are pretty minimal, but considering the fact that these books were made for kids, that is excusable. Of course, the book shows you how to draw Spider-Man in various poses, but it also has sections for select villains and allies. The Black Cat, Venom, Doc Ock, Mysterio, the Vulture, the Lizard, Daredevil, Peter Parker, and Mary Jane are included in this book, as well as some sections on how to draw city landscapes. While I was never able to replicate the drawings in this book too well, I always had fun browsing through it and attempting to draw these cool characters as best I could.
How to Draw Spider-Man has massive nostalgic value to me, so much so that I purchased a new copy of it recently to have in my book collection, though I never really intend to use it. Spider-Man was and still remains my all-time favorite superhero, and I credit this book, in part, for strengthening my love of the character at such a young age. If you have children interested in learning to draw Spider-Man, or you yourself are interested as an adult but are artistically amateur, then this is a great starting point. I'm sure newer editions exist with updated designs and perhaps more characters, but this 1996 edition will always be the best in my eyes for representing the Spider-Man that I have always known and loved.
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