This 80 page book covers the usual 'Goth' aspects but a lot more besides. Learn how to draw the folds in fabric, thunderstorms, roses, jewellery and script. The basic drawing skills are covered such as perspective and drawing people and facial features. Discover how to use tone. See how you can use ordinary photographs and turn them into Gothic images.KarenPlatt.co.uk Gothic has never been more fashionable, with paranormal romances proliferating on the bookshelves and on our screens. If you are a fan of this type of thing and enjoy art you are going to like this a lot more than all those books on landscapes and flowers - This book gets you into the mood for drawing gothic as well as giving you plenty of tips on how and what; a touch I liked. Working with black - both with your chosen way of making a mark and what you are putting it on - is practically the first topic, and comes with a reminder of why black is the color for this type of thing. Also touched on are the usual themes of perspective, shading, what you need to buy etc and all these are of course slanted towards making everything look as gothic as possible. Getting the look right with eye makeup, symbols, facial expressions, poses and of course drawing bones are some of the topics and there are some staged projects to work through. These are not in as many stages as many other Search Press books but I don't see this as being a book for the total beginner, and nowhere does this word appear. I particularly liked the sections on using photographs and grids, showing that there is more to art these days than putting pen or brush to paper. Also available and companion to this title is Draw Sci Fi. Put them together and you have everything you need to depict steampunk!-Myshelf.com

Gecko Keck was born in 1967 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1989, he set up an agency for caricatures and illustrations and then worked for a short time as a graphic designer. In 1993 he went freelance again and since then has made over 5000 drawing designs and over 300 models for closely guarded collectors' items, as well as working on products for 'Lord of the Rings', 'Asterix', 'The Incredibles', 'Harry Potter', 'Sponge Bob Square Pants', 'Bob the Builder' and 'Winnie the Pooh', amongst others. In 1998, he opened his own art gallery in Stuttgart and published his first book. Since 2003, he has been predominantly working on children's books and running courses on the subjects of painting and drawing on the island of Elba.

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