Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible: Ready-to-Draw Characters and Step-by-Step Rendering Techniques

by Matt Dixon

Overview

Worlds of fantasy are at your fingertips!

Explore the mystical world of fantasy, from wizards, dragons, and warriors, with the Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible—a fun, accessible introduction to drawing fantasy art. Fans of Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy, or magic who open this book will learn how to imagine and draw a wide variety of mythical characters to illustrate legends, myths, and fables. Author Matt Dixon presents both exciting concepts and techniques for creating fantasy characters, demonstrating how to draft, pose, and draw anatomy appropriately. Complete with helpful, illustrative captions, the bulk of this self-teaching manual consists of a directory of fantasy character types, each of them shown with concept sketches, constructional drawings, and fully-rendered images, all supplemented with instructive captions. With more than 600 full-color illustrations, this art book is the perfect first step in your fantasy art journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764161148
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	08/01/2008
Edition description:	Spiral
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Matt Dixon is a veteran artist in the videogame industry. He has also designed characters for movie franchises and has illustrated books, magazines, and graphic novels.

Editorial Reviews

"… [A] practical guide for fantasy artists."


—NAEA News, February 2009

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