Download or read book The Magnificent Book of Fantasy Creatures written by Tom Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet fire-breathing dragons, magical fairies, ancient monsters, and shapeshifting spirits as you take a journey through the fantastic realm of legend, myth, and folklore. From the blood-sucking vampire and the three-headed dog Cerberus to the beautiful unicorn and the powerful centaur, a myriad of fantasy creatures from across the globe and many different cultures are brought to life in this large-format volume bursting with detailed full-color images. Fascinating facts accompany each illustration, so you can find out why looking at a basilisk means certain death, where to find a Yeti, and why you should never disturb an ogre. DOZENS OF FANTASY CREATURES: Learn about 36 giants, spirits, demons, and monsters. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED: Vibrant, detailed images bring these creatures of myth, folklore, and legend to life. FASCINATING FACTS: Includes hundreds of fascinating facts in an easy-to-read format that will enthral mythology lovers of all ages. CLASSROOM TO COFFEE TABLE: This beautiful volume is equally at home on a school bookshelf to support student learning as in a living room to be enjoyed by the whole family. COLLECT THE SERIES: More fascinating compendiums for all ages include The Magnificent Book of Monsters, The Magnificent Book of Dragons, The Magnificent Book of Extinct Animals, and The Magnificent Book of Sharks, and more!
Download or read book Draw Like an Artist 100 Fantasy Creatures and Characters written by Brynn Metheney and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of fantastic beasts and beings, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Fantasy Creatures and Characters is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring artists, illustrators, and animators for fantasy, gaming, and augmented or virtual reality—anyone who’s seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills and create compelling mythological marvels. This contemporary step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of amazing life forms—including unicorns, mermaids, dragons, vampires, and zombies—all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Brynn Metheney’s classic drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come. Learn how to: Establish basic shapes and symmetry Articulate lines for body shapes, forms, and shading Add defining details Draw Like an Artist: 100 Fantasy Creatures and Characters is a library essential for any artist who’s interested in learning how to draw these richly imagined and visually and culturally influential legendary beings. The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.
Download or read book The Explorer s Guide to Drawing Fantasy Creatures written by Emily Fiegenschuh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're looking for an escape from ordinary life, the adventure starts here. The Explorer's Guide to Drawing Fantasy Creatures brings to light a fantastic realm of creatures so elusive and remote, they can be found only in myths, nightmares, and the work of artists like you. With years of perilous creature-drawing adventures behind her, Emily Fiegenschuh leads you step by step through the entire process, from expressive gesture drawings to beautifully detailed artwork, right down to all the gruesome details--like how to draw the leathery wings of dragons, the Minotaur's impressive physique, and the brilliant plumage of the Hook-Legged Bodeo. • 25 step-by-step demonstrations for creating a bevy of beasts that roam air, land and sea • Important basics of drawing, proportion and perspective to help you bring believability to your creatures • Instruction for adding living, breathing color to finished sketches • Expert tips on finding inspiration, developing personalities, designing costumes, and more. Grab your sketchbook, and venture forth, if you dare. Bring to life the creatures within these pages, as well as those lurking in the shadows of your own imagination.
Download or read book Discover Orcs Boggarts and Other Nasty Fantasy Creatures written by Aaron Sautter and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do boggarts have such a nasty reputation? How quickly do orcs grow into adults? What happens to the land around a hag's lair? Want to learn all about these fantastic creatures and how they live? Look no further! With this easy-to-use reference guide, fantasy fans will become experts on nasty fantasy creatures in no time!
Download or read book Dragons Witches and Other Fantasy Creatures in Origami written by Mario Adrados Netto and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagrams and folding instructions for 24 devilishly delightful creatures -- everything from a troll (23 steps) to a high-flying witch on a broomstick (141 steps).
Download or read book Fantasy Creatures in Clay written by Neal Deschain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sculpt fascinating creatures! Explore the world of clay and learn to create the dramatically beautiful forms of some of the most fearsome and awe-inspiring creatures your imagination can conjure. Ranging from ferocious dragons to regal griffins to magnificent underwater beasts--they're all here! Inside you will learn simple techniques for creating realistic individual parts of fantasy creatures. Wings, horns and bodies--everything is covered here. Then you will discover innovative ways for assembling those parts to form characters straight from your imagination! From start to finish, you'll learn everything from brainstorming creature ideas to making the armature and building the body with clay to baking and mounting the creature onto a base. Everything you need to know to build your very own mythological menagerie! So immerse yourself in these easy-to-learn demonstrations and practice the skills necessary to create realistic wings, paws, scales, fur, facial expressions, poses and so much more! • 65 step-by-step demonstrations • Create a sculpture from start to finish • Stunning galleries of finished sculptures, including dragons, a steampunk bird, a fiery dog and more
Download or read book Mythical Animals in Indian Art written by K. Krishna Murthy and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Imaginary Animals written by Boria Sax and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts featuring hundreds of illustrations, from griffins to dog-men, mermaids, dragons, unicorns, and yetis. Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful mermaids, majestic unicorns, terrifying three-headed dogs—these fantastic creatures have long excited our imagination. Medieval authors placed them in the borders of manuscripts as markers of the boundaries of our understanding. Tales from around the world place these beasts in deserts, deep woods, remote islands, ocean depths, and alternate universes—just out of our reach. And in the sections on the apocalypse in the Bible, they proliferate as the end of time approaches, with horses with heads like lions, dragons, and serpents signaling the destruction of the world. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before everything in the world had names, categories, and conceptual frameworks. In this book, Boria Sax digs into the stories of these fabulous beasts. He shows how, despite their liminal role, imaginary animals like griffins, dog-men, yetis, and more are socially constructed creatures, created through the same complex play of sensuality and imagination as real ones. Tracing the history of imaginary animals from Paleolithic art to their roles in stories such as Harry Potter and even the advent of robotic pets, he reveals that these extraordinary figures help us psychologically—as monsters, they give form to our amorphous fears, while as creatures of wonder, they embody our hopes. Their greatest service, Sax concludes, is to continually challenge our imaginations, directing us beyond the limitations of conventional beliefs and expectations. Featuring over 230 illustrations of a veritable menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts, Imaginary Animals is a feast for the eyes and the imagination.
Download or read book Drawing Fantasy Creatures written by A. J. Sautter and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little grabs peopleÍs imaginations more than fire-breathing dragons, magical elves, and other fantastic creatures. Now with this ebook, fantasy fans can learn to draw their favorite creatures and learn more about them at the same time. Simple, step-by-step instructions team up with lively creature descriptions to teach young artists how to draw dragons, orcs, dwarves, and many other fantastical creatures.
Download or read book The Art of Drawing Dragons Mythological Beasts and Fantasy Creatures written by Michael Dobrzycki and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with 50+ step-by-step projects, The Art of Drawing Dragons, Mythological Beasts, and Fantasy Creatures explores how to draw dragons, fairies, goblins, and more in graphite pencil.
Download or read book Discover Harpies Minotaurs and Other Mythical Fantasy Beasts written by Aaron Sautter and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of food do harpies like to eat? How fast can a Pegasus fly? Where do minotaurs and gorgons usually live? Want to learn all about these fantastic creatures and how they live? Look no further! With this easy-to-use reference guide, fantasy fans will become experts on mythical fantasy beasts in no time!
Download or read book How to Draw Griffins Unicorns and Other Mythical Beasts written by A. J Sautter and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creatures in fantastic tales have captured people?s imaginations for hundreds of years. Now fantasy fans can bring their imaginations to life and discover their inner artist by learning to draw their favorite fantastic creatures. Simple, step-by-step instructions teach readers to draw griffins, unicorns, minotaurs, and several other mythical beasts.
Download or read book Cute Fantasy Creatures Stickers written by Jemaica Murphy and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2024-12-17 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport yourself to another realm with these cute fantasy creature stickers. Any fantasy lover is sure to find their favorite mythological beast--from dragons to griffins--in these 20 adorable stickers.
Download or read book The Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures written by Sam Bowring and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative and hilarious fantasy from an exciting new voice in children's literature. Twelve-year-old Zackary is the seventh son of the King and Queen of Solaris, and a most reluctant knight. He would rather put anchovies in the knights helmets or use his sword to cut sandwiches than learn courtly ways. In despair, the King and Queen assign him to the castle administrator, Barnabas, who sends him on an errand to the Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures, established by Zackary's grandfather. Mistaken for a job applicant, Zackary starts working at the zoo with the resident sorcerer, Acacia. Powerful magic is needed to control some of the extraordinary creatures in the zoo: from the Stymphalian birds of Greek mythology and the nine-headed hydra, to manticores from India and the squonks – Drufflefuster, Gobblesnocks, Snivelsnork and Grimelgrout. These are the ugliest, most endearing, little creatures that will be encountered in a children's book in 2009. But just as Zackary is settling in to his double life, a shadow is cast across the entire kingdom with the news that a strange creature is expected at the zoo – a creature which spreads evil and destruction in its path.
Download or read book Fantasy Creatures written by Mark Ian Norsbook and published by Mark Ian Norsbook. This book was released on 2024-04-14 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 🧞 Magic Awaits: Color Your Way Through a World of Fantasy Creatures! 🧜 Your child will color: Bigfoot, Cyclops, Devils, Dragons, Dwarfs, Elves, Fairies, Genie, Giants, Gnomes, Horse-Riding Amazon, Medusa, Mermaid, Neptune with Trident, Phoenix, Sphinx, Titans, Unicorns, Vampires, Valkyries, Werewolves, Wizards, Zombies, and much more. Check these key features: ✓ Jumbo coloring book for kids filled with 50 illustrations tailor-made for children aged 6 and above ✓ Generous dimensions (8.5 by 11 inches) for an enjoyable coloring experience ✓ High quality, pure white paper ✓ Coloring test page, where your child can create color samples ✓ Each coloring page is printed on a separate page to avoid bleed through and allowing for easy removal and hanging of your child's masterpieces (if using markers, please put a protective sheet behind the page you are coloring) ✓ A perfect gift!
Download or read book Discover Dragons Giants and Other Deadly Fantasy Monsters written by Aaron Sautter and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do red dragons like to make their lairs? How tall do mountain giants grow? What happens when a cave troll is exposed to sunlight? Want to learn all about these fantastic creatures and how they live? Look no further! With this easy-to-use reference guide, fantasy fans will become experts on deadly fantasy monsters in no time!
Download or read book Start with a Scribble written by Quentin Blake and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just start with a scribble! Start with a Scribble will banish your inner critic and kick-start your inner genius, as you learn to draw with a little how-to and a lot of just-do. An artist-quality pen and watercolor pencils (red and black) are included. Inside, you’ll find: Prompts to inspire you (e.g., “emotional rabbits”) Doodles to finish (“Mrs. Thudkins takes her floppaterasis for a walk”) Techniques to try (only when the mood strikes you), from shading to perspective And plenty of wide-open space to play around in. We’re much less interested in the appearance of something than in the something itself. So, when you’ve settled on your subject (a monster? a cockatoo?), first figure out what its essence should be (ferocious? bashful?) . . . and then, just toss that ball up (artistically speaking) and give it a good swat across the net. Voilà! You’re an artist. Throughout, beloved illustrator Sir Quentin Blake shares sage advice, from “it’s best to name your animal after you draw it” to “don’t worry too much yet about ankles.” The most important lesson? Let go and give in to your own creative spirit! Publisher's note: Start with a Scribble is an updated North American edition of Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered (Klutz, 1999).
