Download or read book Mastering Fantasy Art Drawing Dynamic Characters written by John Stanko and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring the power of realism to your fantasy drawings! Great fantasy art transports viewers to a realm where the impossible becomes less so, and all manner of strange beasts and beings dwell. It takes more than fierce imagination to create these worlds. Great reference photos make it easier to draw what you actually see, providing that all-important link to reality that allows fantasy art to take flight. Mastering Fantasy Art shows you how to use photo references of models and props to create more accurate, interesting and unique characters and drawings. Start by learning the dos and don'ts of working with a model, how to set up your lighting, and what makes a strong reference photos versus a bad one. Then follow along with 16 step-by-step demonstrations as master gaming artist John Stanko brings to life wizards, sorceresses, barbarians, elves, vampires, dragons and more. Starting with individual characters and working toward compositions with multiple figures and action poses, you'll learn how to go beyond the reference to create bold and original fantasy scenes of your own imagining! 16 action-packed demonstrations offer expert advice and strategies for: • Creating an imaginative cast of characters and creatures • Selecting the best poses, perspective and lighting • Developing authentic costumes and one-of-a-kind weaponry • Composing a battle scene • Seamlessly combining photo references with digital editing • Drawing fantastic landscapes

Download or read book Draw Paint Fantasy Art Warriors Heroes written by Alan Lathwell and published by IMPACT. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to bring to life the most exciting warriors and heroes. Armed with your pen and paper, let battle commence! Discover how to draw and paint male and female warrior archetypes, from the ancient legend of Thor to the valour of King Arthur. Explore anatomy, color and lighting techniques, and discover how to render combat, armor, weapons and clothing. Become a master fantasy artist with ten easy-to-follow step-by-step projects.

Download or read book How To Draw Fantasy Characters written by HowExpert and published by HowExpert. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to create your own fantasy world filled with your own character creations, try the “How to Draw Fantasy Characters” guide. This guide will help you learn how to create unique characters of all kinds, while also teaching you the basics of human anatomy. You’ll also get tips of how to get inspired and how to create characters of all shapes and sizes. This guide is for artists of all skills levels – and for those who don’t quite consider themselves artists yet! The guide includes detailed instructions for how to create your characters from start to finish, including written instructions as well as detailed illustrations. Some of the chapters in the guide are: • Choosing and drawing dynamic poses • Exploring different types of fantasy characters • Warriors, soldiers, and other armored characters • Mages, spirits, and other magical beings And others! The guide will start with the basic building blocks of drawing – building up the basic forms in pencil sketches – and help you works you way up to building fully colored character designs unique to you! If you’re ready to create your own magical world, then the “How to Draw Fantasy Characters” guide is for you! About the Expert Sierra Crook grew up with two painters as parents, so always has been influenced by creativity. Since she could read, Sierra has been fascinated by fantastic worlds filled with magic, warriors, and creatures; whether they were in books or video games. When she began to serious pursue drawing, she drew herself and her friends as fantasy characters as well as creating her own original characters. Sierra has eight years of experience drawing and creating fantasy characters, and pursues other fields of illustration and design as well. Sierra will complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in May of 2013. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Download or read book Fantasy Artist s Figure Drawing Bible written by Matt Dixon and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing fantasy, manga and comic book characters is very popular at the moment. These areas appeal to a wide range of budding artists from schoolboys wanting to make their own graphic novels to those wanting to develop fantasy games on their computers. This book is a good, sound text on how to develop characters - a bit of personality but mostly how to work up preliminary sketches to the final finished character. There are sample pages from various artists' sketchbooks and lots of drawings in different poses to show how to convey different features, postures and movement. There are also outline figures that can be traced and then coloured in or developed further. All in all, this is a useful sourcebook for anyone interested in drawing fantasy figures. It is in the handy wirobound format.

Download or read book Fantastic Realms written by V. Shane Colclough and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-12-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create Your Own Fantastic Realms! An arduous journey leads you to a hilltop. Before you stretches a land of castles filled with noble knights, elven warriors and fearsome goblins and gargoyles. At your feet lies a book... Within its pages you will discover the secrets to sketching, drawing and coloring wondrous worlds - realms filled with creatures friendly and foul, beautiful princesses and stealthy magic-users, ancient ruins and dragons' lairs. Begin your journey by following the steps within, which will guide you from simple sketches to fully colored works of art. Take heart, brave traveler, for you'll be aided in your quest by: • Texture and coloring keys that show you exactly how to create dozens of different effects • A brainstorming game that, with a roll of the dice, allows you to mix and match character, creature and scene characteristics But beware, friend: Along the way, you will be powerless to resist the temptation to explore the strange and twisted detours of your own utterly original imaginings. Wield your pencil bravely - so begins your adventure... 30+ step-by-step demonstrations make it easy to create your own fantastic worlds! • The Characters: Human or elf, fighter or princess ... learn to outfit your characters with specialized clothing, weaponry and magical items, and tell their tales with dynamic gesture and motion. • The Creatures: Evoke dragons, demons, griffins and other edgy beasts of your own twisted imaginings, with special attention to key details that make them look regal or demented. • The Settings: Construct convincing environments that set the tone and atmosphere of your story, be it a mysterious tower, ancient ruins or a peaceful village.

Download or read book Anatomy for Fantasy Artists written by Glenn Fabry and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an Eisner award winning artist, a guide to creating fantasy figures for comics, graphic novels, sci-fi book covers and illustrations, and computer games. Fantasy artists are unlikely to use models to draw from life but, to be successful, their creations must have a grounding in reality. This book teaches the artist the principles of anatomy, from musculature and skeletal structure through to movement. You can then develop your artistic style by breaking and bending the rules of anatomy through practical exercises and demonstrations, accompanied by incredible finished artworks. The step-by-step exercises help the artist to fully understand the subtle movements that combine to create expressions, and the flowing movements that constitute actions. This is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in improving and developing their fantasy art figures.

Download or read book Anatomy for Fantasy Artists written by Glenn Fabry and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides instructions on the basics of human anatomical drawing, perspective, and composition and provides methods for transforming the human figure into a fantasy figure.

Download or read book How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps written by Jared Blando and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create authentic fantasy maps step-by-step! Orcs prepare for battle against high Elves, Dwarves retreat to the mountains and men march to the sea to reclaim crumbling fortresses. Fortunes are decided. Kingdoms are lost. Entire worlds are created. This book will teach you to bring your fictional realm to life with simple step-by-step instructions on how to draw authentic fantasy maps. Set the stage for adventure by illustrating domains, castles and battle lines, mountains, forests and sea monsters! Learn to create completely unique and fully functional RPG maps time and time again on which your world can unfold. All the skills necessary to create awe-inspiring maps are covered! • Landscapes. Add depth, balance and plausibility with rocky coastlines, towering mountains, dark forests and rolling plains. • Iconography. Mark important places--towns and cities, fortresses and bridges--with symbolic iconography for easy-to-understand maps. • Typography. Learn how to place readable text and the basics of decorative script. Bonus instruction teaches you to create fonts for Orcs, Elves, Vikings and dragons. • Heraldry and shield design. Depict cultural and political boundaries with shields and colors. • Advanced cartography. Includes how to draw landmarks, country boundaries and political lines. Build roads to connect merchants and troops, troll cairns and dragon lairs. And complete your maps with creative backgrounds, elaborate compasses and thematic legends. 30+ step-by-step demonstrations illustrate how to construct an entire fantasy world map from start to finish--both digitally and by hand!

Download or read book How to Draw Fantasy Characters written by HowExpert HowExpert Press and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to create your own fantasy world filled with your own character creations, try the "How to Draw Fantasy Characters" guide. This guide will help you learn how to create unique characters of all kinds, while also teaching you the basics of human anatomy. You'll also get tips of how to get inspired and how to create characters of all shapes and sizes. This guide is for artists of all skills levels - and for those who don't quite consider themselves artists yet! The guide includes detailed instructions for how to create your characters from start to finish, including written instructions as well as detailed illustrations. Some of the chapters in the guide are: Choosing and drawing dynamic poses Exploring different types of fantasy characters Warriors, soldiers, and other armored characters Mages, spirits, and other magical beings And others! The guide will start with the basic building blocks of drawing - building up the basic forms in pencil sketches - and help you works you way up to building fully colored character designs unique to you! If you're ready to create your own magical world, then the "How to Draw Fantasy Characters" guide is for you!"

Download or read book The Complete Book of Drawing Fantasy Art written by Steve Beaumont and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This action-packed volume brings together a whole range of fantasy art projects, from the nearly human to the downright monstrous. Steve Beaumont's two successful fantasy art titles, How to Draw Fantasy Art and How to Draw Fantasy Worlds, are brought together into one bumper volume. Projects range from a demonic seductress to a howling werewolf, a winged warrior and a rock and roll vampire. Throughout the book fantasy artist Steve Beaumont provides step-by-step instruction and professional tips.

Download or read book The Art of Drawing Fantasy Characters written by Jacob Glaser and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the fantastic imagination of artist Jacob Glaser as you learn how to draw everything from an alien lord and a werewolf to a jester and a black knight. In this 144-page book, you'll learn how to draw fantasy characters that you didn't even know existed--except in the far-reaching corners of your mind. After being introduced to the basic tools and techniques of pencil drawing, you'll discover 60 easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations, including a robot attack pod, Frankenstein, a vampire bat, an evil sorcerer, a barbarian warrior, and a damsel in distress. Many projects include a digitally colored final and color palettes so you can see just one of the many ways you can bring your characters to live in vivid color.

Download or read book DragonArt Fantasy Characters written by Jessica Peffer "Neondragon" and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give life to the beings that roam your imagination! Dragons may terrorize fantasy worlds, but they need peasants to munch on... heroes to confront... elegant elves, shrewd sorcerers and dreaded demons to battle. Following on the wings of the ferociously popular DragonArt, this book shows you how to conjure up your own fantasy realms by drawing inspiration from fairy tales, legends and (if you dare) things that go bump in the night. • Breathe the life into your beings by basing them upon fundamental human anatomy—proportions, facial expressions and gender-specific characteristics. • Color-coded, step-by-step demonstrations (simple enough that even the dullest of dwarves could follow along!) show you how to create a sordid cast of creatures, including goblins, orcs, sprites, angels, mermaids, centaurs, vampires, werewolves, banshees and more. • Accessorize each being by tailoring them with tusks, wings, hooves, daggers, armor and various apparel, from the fine garb of nobles to peasant rags. Copy each being as-is. Or, better yet, follow your own twisted imaginings to conjure up creatures from fantastic lands.

Download or read book How to Draw Epic Fantasy Art written by Steve Beaumont and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic fantasy art is all the rage now, and what better way to engage fans than by enabling them to draw their favorite characters on their own? This book offers readers of all skill levels detailed instructions on how to draw their favorite epic worlds. Readers learn specific techniques such as shading, coloring, and storyboarding while developing interesting characters along the way. With expert tips from professional fantasy artist Steve Beaumont and illustrations as guidance, artists of all stripes can feel like professionals.

Download or read book The Manga Artist s Handbook Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters written by Junka Morozumi and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create interesting and expressive manga characters by learning the techniques of professional artists. This volume builds on the proven three-step technique presented in the companion volume, Drawing Basic Characters. 1. Trace a simple outline of the character 2. Add clothing, facial expressions and other details using the easy-to-follow tips 3. Use color and pen to create the finished character Experienced manga artists Junka Morozumi and Tomomi Mizuna are your guides to the dazzling world of lifelike and expressive manga characters who literally leap off the page. Through expert tips and richly-illustrated, step-by-step tutorials, they help you to build your skills and confidence at the same time. Their focus is on creating a dynamic body pose and face for each character and illustration. First you are shown how to sketch a well-proportioned outline, then how to fill in supporting details--powerful dramatic expressions, clothing and actions. Bold examples portray an array of body types and faces, each capturing a different mood or action sequence. Whether your character has just won a major victory and is leaping into the air in triumph, or you want to draw the subtlety of a forlorn expression, this book will allow you to capture it. No matter what story you're telling, Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters shows you how the pros do it.

Download or read book The Drawing Club written by Bob Kato and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a fan of film, comics, video games and animation? Do you love to draw and tell stories? If so, you are like the hundreds of artists who come to expand and broaden their skills at Los Angeles' original character drawing workshop, The Drawing Club. Since 2002, artists from all over the LA region have gathered each Thursday night at a special place where story and character are interpreted from life. In The Drawing Club, many of these professional working artists and the club's founder, Bob Kato, will teach you how to think differently about drawing characters from life€”and, in true Drawing Club spirit, have a good time doing it! Whether you're a full-time commercial artist, a hobbyist, or you just like to draw, the exercises in The Drawing Club are for you! - Learn how to translate the world from 3D to 2D. - Tell a story through your work. - Gain insights into various materials. - Examine comic approaches to drawing. - Discover how to develop your voice as an artist. - An impressive gallery showcases the fine work and inspiring characters from many of the master artists and animators working today!

Download or read book How to Draw Gothic Fantasy Art written by Steve Beaumont and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book will appeal to any art lover, or for that matter, any young person who's interested in drawing. It offers a step-by-step process for creating some of the most gory and villainous gothic characters around, in line with those found in the most popular graphic novels today. It covers techniques such as drawing the right angle of lighting, shading, body language, and more. You don't have to be an amazing artist to draw some of the most compelling characters. This book teaches readers just how to do that.

Download or read book How to Draw Dark Fantasy Art written by Steve Beaumont and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is perfect for any young person interested in drawing all types of fantasy heroes and villains. Following the step-by-step instructions, artists of all skill levels can tackle even the most advanced drawing projects to make graphic-novel-worthy characters. Insider tips help readers along the way and are like having an art instructor right there with them. With dark epic fantasies such as Game of Thrones all the rage, this book will be a surefire hit with legions of fans.