Creatures and Characters: Drawing Amazing Monsters, Aliens, and Other Weird Things!

by Timothy Young

Overview

A professional artist and animator shows kids how to unleash their imagination on the page. Using pencil or ink, learn how to draw all kinds of strange creatures, from classic monsters to mythical beasts and abominable aliens. With dozens of process drawings as examples, this children's book illustrator demonstrates creative techniques such as doodles, sketches, and scribbles, and shows children not just how to draw, but how to be creative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507300992
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	36 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 Months to 11 Years

About the Author

Timothy Young has had a long career doing all kinds of interesting and fun stuff. He's been an animator, puppet maker, toy designer, sculptor, art director and graphic designer. His career highlights include being a head model-maker for Pee-Wee's Playhouse, designing and building Muppets for Jim Henson Productions and sculpting the first Simpsons toys. Tim is the author/illustrator of 8 picture books including Do Not Open The Box, The Angry Little Puffin and the highly acclaimed I Hate Picture Books!. His latest books are I'm Going To Outer Space!, and the how-to-draw book, Creatures and Characters: Drawing Amazing Monsters, Aliens and Other Weird Things. He has also illustrated for other authors. His favorite part of being an author is traveling to schools and talking to kids about his books. If you'd like to find out how to have him visit your school, his website is easy to find by searching his name.