num_pages: 127
description: Art students with special interest in comic strips graphic novels and computer games graphics will find a wealth of instruction and inspiration in this new volume. A widely recognized artist in these media shows how to draw and paint fantastic beasts from literature and legend double-headed sea monsters and serpents satyrs centaurs dragons and demons. The first step in illustrating such beasts comes with understanding basic anatomical forms of animals in nature and then learning how to distort these shapes. Author Kev Walker also instructs on rendering reptilian skin scales and fur. Equally important he offers grounding in the principles of perspective and scale enabling students to create believable beasts that are as huge as skyscrapers or small enough to hide under a bed. Students will also find detailed information and advice on drawing techniques watercolor and acrylic coloring techniques and composing illustrations on their computers. This book features an extensive glossary and more than 200 color illustrations.
language: English
title: Drawing & Painting Fantasy Beasts: Bring to Life the Creatures and Monsters of Other Realms
publisher: B.E.S. Publishing