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Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of fantastic beasts and beings, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Fantasy Creatures and Characters is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring artists, illustrators, and animators for fantasy, gaming, and augmented or virtual reality-anyone who's seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills and create compelling mythological marvels. This contemporary step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of amazing life forms-including unicorns, mermaids, dragons, vampires, and zombies-all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Brynn Metheney's classic drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come. Learn how to: • Establish basic shapes and symmetry • Articulate lines for body shapes, forms, and shading • Add defining details Draw Like an Artist: 100 Fantasy Creatures and Characters is a library essential for any artist who's interested in learning how to draw these richly imagined and visually and culturally influential legendary beings. The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.

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Author:   Brynn Metheney
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint:   Quarry Books
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9781631599644

ISBN 10:   163159964
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   08 September 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book Tips for Pencil Work   SECTION 1: CREATURES Gryphon Unicorn Phoenix Pegasus Hydra Chimera Sea Serpent Cerberus Hippogriff Kraken Capricorn Leviathan Manticore Fenrir Tarasque Questing Beast Monoceros Basilisk Salamander Cockatrice Wyvern Kelpie Afanc Phooka Western Dragon Eastern Dragon Dilong Yeti Barghest Jersey Devil Flying Monkey Jackalope Bigfoot Cipactli Namazu Ammit Capcaun Kumiho Nue Phaya Pixiu Yale Kaiju Chupacabra Dobhar Chu   SECTION 2: CHARACTERS Cyclops Minotaur Medusa Cacus Centaur Faun Wood Nymph Water Nymph Mermaid Nixie Siren Harpie Angel Demon Genie Sorcerer Dwarf Elf Mothman Fairy Pixie Sprite Mountain Troll Leprechaun Imp Hobbit Gnome Brownie Giant Ogre Kobold Werewolf Vampire Banshee Zombie Ghost Mummy Ghoul Orc Hobgoblin Wraith Dokkaebi Goblin Tengu Kappa   SECTION 3: ORIGINAL CREATURE & CHARACTER DESIGNS Giant Horned Toad Golden Serpent Riverside Pincher Lava Swimmer Rock Eater Tree Kit Silverfish Goulodon Sky Deer Arothi   Acknowledgments About the Author  

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Brynn Metheney is a concept artist specializing in creature and character designs for film, games, and publishing. Her clients include Sony Pictures, Dark Horse Comics, Disney Publishing, Dreamscape Immersive, Warner Bros., and Wizards of the Coasts, and she has been involved with such projects as Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Warner Bros.'s Scooby-Doo, and Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You. Brynn also teaches creature design at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California, and The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. She lives in the greater Los Angeles area.

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