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    How to Create Fantasy Art: Pro Tips and Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques
    How to Create Fantasy Art: Pro Tips and Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques
    How to Create Fantasy Art: Pro Tips and Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques
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    How to Create Fantasy Art: Pro Tips and Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques

    By Juan Calle and William Potter

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    Master the art of drawing fantastical heroes, villains, and monsters - from noble knights and steampunk aeronauts, to mighty dragons and vicious vampires. This spellbinding how-to book is packed full of ingenious tips, techniques, and clear, step-by-step guides. Now grab a pencil and create your own thrilling adventures!

    Perfect for kids aged 8+.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcturus Publishing
    Release dateOct 1, 2019
    ISBN9781838578893
    How to Create Fantasy Art: Pro Tips and Step-by-Step Drawing Techniques
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    Juan Calle

    Juan Calle founded Liberum Donum Studios (Bogotá, Colombia) which works on TV, film, and video games. Juan created the children's book Good Dream, Bad Dream and illustrated The Year of the Rooster and The Asian Hall of Fame series: The Discovery of Anime & Manga and The Discovery of Fireworks & Gunpowder.

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      How to Create Fantasy Art - Juan Calle

      How To Create Fantasy Art, by Juan Calle and William Potter

      Contents

      Fantasy Comes to Life!

      1. How to Create Epic Adventurers

      2. How to Create a Steampunk World

      3. How to Create Heroes of History & Myth

      4. How to Create Fantasy Monsters

      5. How to Create Gothic Horror

      6. How To Create Urban Fantasy

      Capturing Nature

      Free Your Imagination

      Glossary

      FANTASY COMES TO LIFE!

      Welcome to the world of fantasy! From immortal tales of quests and steampunk adventure to Gothic magic and urban mystery, there are many thrilling adventures to be had.

      HEROIC ADVENTURERS

      In this book, you’ll learn how to draw classic and modern characters, and find plenty of inspiration for creating your own heroes. From first steps to detailed pencils to finished paints, you’ll bring to life amazing Amazons, sword-slinging adventurers, steampunk pilots, pirates, and fairie queens, devious dwarves, noble samurai, and street wizards.

      FIENDISH VILLAINS

      Your fantasy heroes will have many challenges to overcome, as you discover how to draw all kinds of villains: from dark wizards and vampire lords, to sinister scientists and evil enchantresses. Pick up tips on posing characters, plus costume details and settings, with expert advice on drawing fabric, fur, furniture, and flames.

      MEET THE MONSTERS

      Fantasy is filled with fabulous creatures, from dragons of yore to towering ogres, plus mythic monsters, such as minotaurs, fire demons, griffins, chimeras, giant spiders, and the snake-haired Medusa. With strange anatomies and hybrid features, these legendary beasts are enormous fun to design.

      WEAPONS AND WONDERLANDS

      Arm your fantasy heroes and villains with wondrous weapons, such as swords, axes, maces, or gas-powered pistols. Send them into battle in sail ships or flying machines, laying siege to fantastical fortresses and foreboding temple ruins.

      TOOLS OF THE TRADE

      All you need to get started is a pencil and paper, but here are a few more tools you can use to add some extra magic.

      PERSPECTIVE AND PALETTES

      A little knowledge of 3D shapes and perspective goes a long way in helping the most incredible scene look real.

      You can use these 3D shapes as the building blocks for more complicated and natural forms, like this spiked mace.

      Now, look at these blocks seen from an angle. The sides appear closer together the farther away they get. These perspective lines continue until they join at a vanishing point.

      And here’s a wall, getting smaller in the distance, following its own perspective lines. The guards also appear smaller in the distance, following the same rules. Perspective lines are useful when you’re building a scene that includes buildings and depth.

      Reds suggest blood, fire, and passion. Use these to raise the temperature of your fantasy scenes, when dragons use their flaming breath or demons arise from dark domains.

      Browns and greens are calming, reminding you of nature. Many adventures involve quests across romantic countrysides. Create drama by beginning a journey in a relaxing green environment, and transitioning to a more threatening domain of red and black …

      Blues are cooler, and suggest frosty, unfeeling, ghostly moods. Use these for moonlit scenes and the chilly castles of vampires.

      THE HUMAN FIGURE

      Before adding features or clothing to your fantasy people, you should get to grips with basic human anatomy. Here’s an average male and female body with correct proportions.

      Faces have their own proportions, with eyes and ears about halfway down.

      Look at the faces of friends and family. You will see many variations. Sketch

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