So you want to be a Cartoonist? Is another book by Peter Maddocks, Newspaper Cartoonist and childrens film and book maker. In this book he shows you how to draw cartoons, from beginning to finished product... from faces, to hands, to morphing from human to animal! All of this and more is in this great book for the budding cartoonist, and artist! Also How to be a Cartoonist, and Cartooning for beginners!
Fleet Street Cartoonist and children's film maker Peter Maddocks, comes back to story writing in this great book filled with ten of his best short stories for adults! The Croydon Crocodiles The Doorway Freefall to Hell The Grey Ghost Gerhard Greenfingers The Housesitters The Lakes The Magician The Stalker Voices In 'Voices', who can be sure of those voices in your head, are they yours or someone else's? And in Housesitters, one should be very careful who you invite into your home, and of their intentions! Grey Ghost tells a story from the crossing of the Queen Mary to New York and the lives of some of the passengers within... and another seven wonderful stories to keep you guessing until...The End!
Full color Title drawings make this a very beautiful book! From London's Croydon, to the lakes of Ardales in Andalucia; Americans, Italians and the most unexpected of charecteurs come together in this great book of ten short stories by the Fleet Street cartoonist Peter Maddocks! This book brings together these top ten books by Peter Maddocks: The Croydon Crocodiles The Doorway Freefall to Hell The Grey Ghost Gerhard Greenfingers The Housesitters The Lakes The Magician The Stalker Voices
Albert has an allotment where he grows vegetables and flowers; it's his pride and joy; he looks after his vegetables as he would his children, with great care. His forgetfulness leads to disaster ... find out what happens when the allotment cat gets involved! Suitable for boys and girls 3-10 years. Great bedtime read. Full coloured illustrations.
A wonderful book for young children; a story of a farm in Wales and the ups and downs of the Downtrotter family in times of hardship, and how things can turn around in the most unexpected of ways! A book filled to the brim with colourful drawings by Peter Maddocks, they bring this book to life!
This book is designed for anyone and everyone who has ever thought that they could have been a cartoonist if only they knew how. Handwritten and hand drawn, it answers questions about cartooning in simple, visual terms. What materials do you use? What size do you draw? How do you caricature, or keep a likeness in a strip cartoon character? These are just a few of the technical problems facing the beginner which Peter Maddocks tackles, but he also considers the inspirational side of cartoons - what comes first, the idea or the artwork; once you've had a bright idea, how do you transfer it on to paper? And he supplies captions and examples of cartoons to help you draw that very first masterpiece. Peter Maddocks was a full time professional Cartoonist, both in National Newspapers, films and TV animation.
Maddocks is a deeply unhappy boy who resents his stepfather and stepbrother, and longs for the father he barely remembers. His plans to escape become suddenly real as he flees from his home to the West of Ireland.
A collection of cartoons which show how the art of self-delusion always manages to defeat the art of self-control when it comes to dieting. Anyone who has ever been on a diet should sympathize with the lengths that Peter Maddock's characters go to.
This title is about living life to the full and not denying yourself the things you enjoy. Dr Cutting sorts out scientific fact from unfounded theories and shows you just how simple it is to take charge of your own health.
This is a very basic introduction to cartooning skills and is both suitable for children as well as adults. It takes a step-by-step approach, taking the reader from the simplest drawings to more complicated ones by the close of the book.
Tibs the family cat by day, and by night a blue cartoon cat! He has marvellous adventures, the cat-flap takes him to visit places and times we can only imagine... In this full color story Tibs journey takes him to the Arabian Desert, where he helps out Nomadic Arab Cats...
Bruce is the happiest, friendliest bear in the whole world, he has famous bionic boots that can make him run faster and jump higher than any other bear... These bionic boots take him on many adventures... This one being The Pushover Pirate of cornflake falls.... He share his many adventures with his best pal Sydney, a witchetti grub from Australia, as well as being Bruce's best friend he guards the bionic boots!
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