Happy birthday Mr. Bill

My buddy Bill Presing's wife (Hi Ikumi!) wrangled up a bunch of artists to do drawings for Bill's 40th birthday. We all did characters from his top secret as yet unfinished graphic novel (which is ahhhh-mazing!). It was fun to do and really made me want to do some more cartoony style drawings.

Frank Cho draws some nekkid girls

I am a big fan of 'how to draw' books. Most are not too helpful, but there are a hand full that are great..you know, all the Andrew Loomis ones! But I can't resist flipping through any instructional art book, I am always hoping for some secret knowledge to be revealed I guess.
Comic artist Frank Cho just released his aptly titled; "Drawing Beautiful Women: The Frank Cho Method".
He was smart to stick to the topic (women)  that his fans want to see from him rather than broadening the focus to include more hands on how to draw information. 
I will bet that there will be a heck of a lot more fans of his art than aspiring artists that pick this one up. It is full of nice art for sure and has some interesting how to stuff for the actual artists. The book is kind of light hearted which is really a nice change from the seriousness of most art instruction books.
He covers anatomy, storytelling, painting, and even ball point pen rendering which is the first time I have ever seen that in a book.
There is some practical instructional info and there certainly are tons of scantily clad women, and some not clad at all
If you are a fan of his work or if by chance you might be an artist yourself, I think that you will like this book. I thought that the price was really decent too, for what you get.