导语

  

    With the significantly increased popularity of fantasy films, TV, and books in recent years, the work of fantasy artists is in demand as never before. This art instruction manual, written by a noted fantasy artist, coaches students in methods of portraying convincing fantasy figures in all media—pencil, watercolor, acrylics, oils, and computer-generated pixel points. Following a discussion of needed tools and equipment, the author instructs on techniques for drawing convincing fantasy characters and their worlds, with attention to their faces, bodies, action, and costume styles. He advises on the creation of heroes and heroines, villains and wizards, dragons and man-like beasts. Separate chapters deal with different art media, and a final section on computer art covers everything from the basic desktop setup to methods of creating special effects. This beautifully produced book features more than 250 instructive, vividly-colored illustrations.

内容提要

  

Introduction

BASICS
Tools
Opportunities
Inspiration
Developing ideas
Storyboarding
CHAPTER ONE:
DRAWING THE CHARACTERS
AND THEIR WORLDS

HEROES
Faces
Expressions
Bodies
Archetypes
Action
Foreshortening
Case study:Aerial battle

HERBINES
Faces
Bodies
Costume and hair
Adornment
Archetypes
Dynamic posture
Action
Case study:Goddess in the library

WIZARDS
Faces
Beards
Costume
Powers

BEASTS
Dragons
Mega monsters
Horses
Horses and hybrids
Other creatures

MAN BEASTS
Orcs and trolls
Hybrids

ORNAMENTATION
Armor
Weapons
Totems and masks
Patterns

FANTASY WORLDS
Basic perspective
Advanced perspective
Castles
Scale
Architecture
Case study: Set design
CHAPTER TWO:PAINTING，INKING，AND DIGITAL ART

PAINTING AND INKING
Equipment
Applying ink
Marker figure
Marker set design
Watercolors
Oils and acrylics
Painting a figure
Painting a landscape

DIGITAL ART
Hardware and software
Photoshop
Painter
3D hero
3D ogre
3D landscape
Case study:Album sleeves
Format and presentation

Index
Credits