100 Ways To Create Fantasy Figures


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Tips for drawing better fantasy figures from an industry pro, with topics like character research and development, establishing your process, and more. One hundred exciting and ingenious ways to design and draw better fantasy figures—from developing characters to adding costumes, props and backdrops. Hollywood concept designer and comic book artist Francis Tsai shares tips and tricks for creating imaginative figures, giving readers a unique opportunity to gain guidance from a real pro.







Creating Fantasy Comics


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Fantasy is a very popular genre of comics, filled with wizards and warriors from other worlds. Readers learn to draw their own fantasy characters and scenes, including a detailed wizards’ battle. Detailed instructions help readers through each drawing project, and sketches provide visual examples of how each drawing should progress. Colorful illustrations of fantasy comics present readers with examples to follow. As they read, they're introduced to a number of important drawing techniques, including drawing human figures, drawing weapons, and using perspective to give depth to backgrounds.




Drawing & Painting Fantasy Worlds


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With movies like Lord of the Rings, fantasy art is more popular than ever. Covers a wide range of media including watercolor painting, illustration, and digital painting. Showcases inspirational finished art from today's top fantasy artists.




Anatomy for Fantasy Artists


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Provides instructions on the basics of human anatomical drawing, perspective, and composition and provides methods for transforming the human figure into a fantasy figure.




Anatomy for Fantasy Artists


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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.




Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible


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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.




You Can Draw Fantasy Figures


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This spectacular series of how-to drawing books are perfect for fans of fantasy art and budding artists everywhere. Professional fantasy artist Steve Sims guides young artists through the creative process, showing them how to bring to life brave warriors, beastly beings, mighty kings and queens, and a fantastical host of other colorful characters. Step-by-step instructions help aspiring artists create their own fantasy figures from scratch. Also included in each book are lists of required materials, clever tips and hints on getting started, and helpful information about using color to make images jump off the page.




Drawing and Painting Fantasy Figures


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A step-by-step guide to drawing and painting a range of fantasy figures, landscapes and animals. There are over 50 stunning examples featured, offering inspiration and guidance to aspiring fantasy artists. Easy-to-follow demonstrations guide the reader through the stages of creating fantasy artwork in a range of mediums, while there are lots more examples and galleries of work to use as a source of instruction and ideas. This books not only shows how to develop and range of images, but shows how to bring the characters to life with emotion, movement and action. It also deals with computer-generated digital art, and gives hints and tips on showcasing finished work.




You Can Draw Fantasy Figures


Book Description

This spectacular series of how-to drawing books are perfect for fans of fantasy art and budding artists everywhere. Professional fantasy artist Steve Sims guides young artists through the creative process, showing them how to bring to life brave warriors, beastly beings, mighty kings and queens, and a fantastical host of other colorful characters. Step-by-step instructions help aspiring artists create their own fantasy figures from scratch. Also included in each book are lists of required materials, clever tips and hints on getting started, and helpful information about using color to make images jump off the page.