Book Review: Melange
It appears that there was an earlier edition of Melange before this. There's a "+32 pages" sticker pasted on the cover for this edition published by Akileos. The book's a 160-page hardcover.
Dean Yeagle is a cartoonist and character designer with background in animation. This book collects his diverse character designs, nude female figure drawings, pin-ups and his Playboy cartoons with some unused roughs.
The art and characters are beautiful. About half the book is on the character Mandy, a playful busty blonde - she's on the cover with her dog. Even the Playboy cartoons are amusing, and I can't say the same for other artists.
It's a great book for those into character designs and pin-up art.
You can check out more work at the Website of Dean Yeagle.
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Comments
god dammit i just took the
god dammit
i just took the pictures and wrote a review, was about to upload them to flicker and post it on the forum today
well never mind
your reviews are awesome
this book is also awesome
This looks so awesome! Great
This looks so awesome! Great review Parka.
Damn it another book added to
Damn it another book added to my wish list... that list on Book Depository is getting very long! ;-)
Thanks for the heads-up and review!
This book showcases a bit
This book showcases a bit more of Dean Yeagle's art than his other books, which are mostly focus on his pinup girls (specially Mandy). For what I understand, if you buy books directly from his site (cagedbeagle), he'll personally autograph them, although it looks like he's not selling Melange over there.
Amazing graphics ... that
Amazing graphics ... that exactly the style I want to learn.
Parka would you be so kind and answer 3 questions?
1, What other artists draw in the same style?
2. What would be a great resources database for young (as in inexperienced) cartoonists?
3. How long do you think it would take someone to learn to draw like them? (from zero to artist)
Keep up the great work and great reviews :)
You can check out these books
In reply to Amazing graphics ... that by Cris (not verified)
You can check out these books and their artists.
characterdesign.blogspot.com has lots of interview on character designs. You might want to check that out.
Also visit blogs like Paperwalker, The Daily Zoo, Mattias Inks, etc.
Also check out other art blogs on the Art Blogs of Note list
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