Product Description: All stories have characters, and whether its a film, game, book, or comic, all characters need to be designed. Character design has become a distinct discipline in the entertainment industry, and character designers are employed by film and game companies across the globe to bring life to scripts and ideas...read more

Product Description: This art instruction manual takes the form of a master class for artists who are intent on perfecting their style as fantasy-theme illustrators. Supplemented with vivid and instructive illustrations for every related topic, the book's teaching units include-- Sketching and Drawing-- developing concepts, rough sketching and detailed drawing, descriptive drawing, digital drawing, anatomy of both real and fantasy figures Composition and Concepts-- using basic shapes to lay out an image, processing sketches, designing fantasy creatures, armor, spacecraft, vehicles, weaponry, landscapes, and architecture for fantasy worlds Using Color-- watercolors, ink-line and wash, inks, acrylics, digital media The Devil is in the Details-- filters, texture, physical and digital, balance Art Master Class-- speed painting, portrait sketching, understanding light, coloring graphic novel illustrations Finishing Touches-- presentation techniques, adjusting color balance and tone 101 Top Tips for Fantasy Painters is the ultimate resource for both newcomers to fantasy art and experienced artists looking to promote their artwork in the professional arena...read more

Product Description: Spice up your game with imaginative planar locations like you've never seen! Don't know what's on the other side of that portal? Did your characters suddenly plane shift to another dimension? No problem. Just open this book, and away you go...read more