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Mark Crilley

    Mark Crilley is an American comic book creator and author/illustrator of children's books. He is known for his distinctive visual style and engaging narratives. Crilley also shares his expertise through instructional manga-style drawing videos, offering guidance to aspiring artists. His work is appreciated for its accessibility and ability to inspire creativity.

    Mark Crilley
    Chibi! The Official Mark Crilley How-to-Draw Guide
    The Two-Pencil Method
    Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley
    Comic Book Lesson, The A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics
    Mastering Manga 2: Level Up With Mark Crilley
    Mastering Manga 3
    • 2023

      Lost in Taiwan (A Graphic Novel)

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      4.0(550)Add rating

      THIS WASN'T PAUL'S IDEA. The last thing he's interested in is exploring new countries or experiencing anything that might be described as "cultural enrichment." But like it or not, he's stuck with his brother, Theo, for two weeks in Taiwan, a place that--while fascinating to Theo--holds no interest to Paul at all. While on a short trip to a local electronics store, Paul becomes hopelessly lost in Taiwan's twisting, narrow streets, and he has no choice but to explore this new environment in his quest to find his way back to Theo's apartment. In an unfamiliar place with no friends--and no GPS!--there's no telling what adventures he could happen upon. And who knows? Maybe it turns out he has friends in Taiwan, after all.

      Lost in Taiwan (A Graphic Novel)
    • 2022

      "Read this comic and start creating your own comic book! This charming illustrated tale will teach you the fundamentals of visual storytelling and making comics. Acclaimed illustrator and graphic novelist Mark Crilley returns with a new approach to learning the essential elements of making comics. Using the same comics-style art instruction as in The Drawing Lesson, The Comic Book Lesson follows the story of Emily, an enthusiastic young comics fan and aspiring creator who has a story she needs to tell. On her quest to turn her story into a comic book, Emily visits her comic book shop and local comics convention, where she meets three mentors: Trudy, a high school student working on comics of her own, teaches Emily how to create expressive characters and how art can convey action and suspense. Madeline, a newly-published manga artist, teaches Emily how to use panel composition and layout to tell a story visually and the process of developing a comic from script to sketch to finished pages. Sophie, a professional graphic novelist, guides Emily through fine-tuning the details of dialogue, sequence, and pacing to lead readers through the story. The Comic Book Lesson blends these teaching moments into a sweet, funny, and poignant story that reveals why Emily is so driven to create her comic book. Each lesson builds off the previous information and skills presented, and the sequential art format provides the perfect vehicle for step-by-step instruction. Crilley also includes practice exercises to help readers develop their own comic book skills"-- Provided by publisher

      Comic Book Lesson, The A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics
    • 2021

      My Last Summer with Cass

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.8(1444)Add rating

      THIS ONE SUMMER meets THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN in this poignant coming-of-age YA graphic novel about two childhood friends at a crossroads in their lives and in their art from the author of Mastering Manga.

      My Last Summer with Cass
    • 2021

      Discover the simple secrets to drawing amazing hands, from popular YouTube instructor Mark CrilleyWhether you’re drawing superheroes, manga and anime characters, robots, highly detailed photorealistic figures or anything in between, hands can be the most challenging aspect of creating compelling characters that gesture, communicate, and truly come to life. In simple step-by-step lessons along with plenty of full-color examples, popular instructor and author Mark Crilley takes you from the basics to the finer points. All you need is paper, pencil, and eraser.

      Mark Crilley's Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands
    • 2018
    • 2018

      The Two-Pencil Method

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      4.4(34)Add rating

      From the best-selling artist and YouTube art instructor, this book features step-by-step lessons that show you how to draw professional-quality portraits, landscapes, travel sketches, and animals using only two ordinary pencils. Great art doesn't have to be expensive. For the cost of a regular graphite writing pencil and an equally ordinary black colored pencil, you can create drawings worthy of framing and displaying. In this straightforward, aspiring artist's guide to rendering a variety of popular subjects with only two pencils, artist and art instructor Mark Crilley presents a direct, approachable, and achievable method for drawing just about anything. The Two-Pencil Method breaks down Crilley's techniques across six chapters of five lessons each. In each lesson, you'll learn how the two-pencil method can add depth and shading, allowing you to create bold and distinctive drawings that go beyond mere sketchbook doodles. The book moves from a primer on drawing basics to step-by-step examples of still lifes, landscapes, animals, travel sketches, and portraits. With each chapter, Crilley's confident and encouraging voice and expert insights demonstrate how to achieve stunning artistic results from the simplest of art materials.

      The Two-Pencil Method
    • 2017

      Manga Art

      • 167 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Manga Art provides readers the chance to hear from one of the leading artists in the field of manga instruction, as he reveals the creative secrets behind over 100 pieces of original, never-before-seen artwork.

      Manga Art
    • 2016

      Mastering Manga 3

      • 127 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.6(31)Add rating

      Expert manga artist Mark Crilley guides you to another level with this powered-up drawing book

      Mastering Manga 3
    • 2016

      The Drawing Lesson

      • 137 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.3(190)Add rating

      Read This Comic and Start Drawing Today! Nominated for a 2017 Eisner AwardFor the first time ever, drawing instructor and graphic novelist Mark Crilley brings his easy-to-follow artistic instruction to aspiring artists in the form of a comic book, providing you with a one-of-a-kind how-to experience. In The Drawing Lesson , you’ll meet David—a young boy who wants nothing more than to learn how to draw. Luckily for David, he’s just met Becky—his helpful drawing mentor. Page by page, Becky teaches David (and you!) about the essential fundamentals that artists need in order to master drawing, all in a unique visual format. In panel after panel, Crilley provides lessons on shading, negative space, creating compositions, and more, with accompanying exercises that you can try for yourself. Are you ready to start your drawing lesson today?

      The Drawing Lesson
    • 2015

      Brody´s Ghost: Volume 6

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Broken Promise is the first book in the epic Promise Falls Trilogy from master of the thriller, Linwood Barclay. When David Harwood is asked to look in on his cousin Marla, who is still traumatised after losing her baby, he thinks it will be some temporary relief from his dead-end life. But when he arrives, he's disturbed to find blood on Marla's front door. He's even more disturbed to find Marla looking after a baby, a baby she claims was delivered to her 'by an angel'. Soon after, a woman's body is discovered, stabbed to death, with her own baby missing. It looks as if Marla has done something truly terrible. But while the evidence seems overwhelming, David just can't believe that his cousin is a murderer. In which case, who did kill Rosemary Gaynor? Why did they then take her baby and give it to Marla? It's up to David to find out what really happened, but he soon discovers that the truth could be worse than he ever imagined ...

      Brody´s Ghost: Volume 6