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Fantastic realms! : draw fantasy characters, creatures, and settings  Cover Image Book Book

Fantastic realms! : draw fantasy characters, creatures, and settings / V Shane.

Shane, V., 1964- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781581806823
  • Physical Description: 127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
  • Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Impact, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The quest begins! -- Begin with seeing -- Use available references -- Get ideas from ordinary objects -- Get ideas from abstract forms -- Basic sketching & drawing -- The creatures -- The characters -- The settings.
Subject: Fantasy fiction > Illustrations.
Fantasy in art.
Drawing > Technique.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch 743.87 Sha 31681002209591 NONFICPBK Available -

Electronic resources


  • Baker & Taylor
    Presents step-by-step instructions for creating fantasy characters, creatures, and settings, and includes texture and color keys and templates.
  • Baker & Taylor
    A guide to drawing, sketching and coloring fantasy worlds includes more than thirty step-by-step demonstrations of characters, creatures, and settings, along with texture detail keys, coloring keys, and templates of drawings so readers can invent their own worlds. Original.
  • F+W Publishing

    Create Your Own Fantastic Realms!

    An arduous journey leads you to a hilltop. Before you stretches a land of castles filled with noble knights, elven warriors and fearsome goblins and gargoyles. At your feet lies a book...

    Within its pages you will discover the secrets to sketching, drawing and coloring wondrous worlds - realms filled with creatures friendly and foul, beautiful princesses and stealthy magic-users, ancient ruins and dragons' lairs.

    Begin your journey by following the steps within, which will guide you from simple sketches to fully colored works of art. Take heart, brave traveler, for you'll be aided in your quest by:

    • Texture and coloring keys that show you exactly how to create dozens of different effects
    • A brainstorming game that, with a roll of the dice, allows you to mix and match character, creature and scene characteristics

    But beware, friend: Along the way, you will be powerless to resist the temptation to explore the strange and twisted detours of your own utterly original imaginings. Wield your pencil bravely - so begins your adventure...

    30+ step-by-step demonstrations make it easy to create your own fantastic worlds!

    • The Characters: Human or elf, fighter or princess ... learn to outfit your characters with specialized clothing, weaponry and magical items, and tell their tales with dynamic gesture and motion.
    • The Creatures: Evoke dragons, demons, griffins and other edgy beasts of your own twisted imaginings, with special attention to key details that make them look regal or demented.
    • The Settings: Construct convincing environments that set the tone and atmosphere of your story, be it a mysterious tower, ancient ruins or a peaceful village.
  • Perseus Publishing

    Create Your Own Fantastic Realms!

    An arduous journey leads you to a hilltop. Before you stretches a land of castles filled with noble knights, elven warriors and fearsome goblins and gargoyles. At your feet lies a book...

    Within its pages you will discover the secrets to sketching, drawing and coloring wondrous worlds - realms filled with creatures friendly and foul, beautiful princesses and stealthy magic-users, ancient ruins and dragons' lairs.

    Begin your journey by following the steps within, which will guide you from simple sketches to fully colored works of art. Take heart, brave traveler, for you'll be aided in your quest by:

    • Texture and coloring keys that show you exactly how to create dozens of different effects
    • A brainstorming game that, with a roll of the dice, allows you to mix and match character, creature and scene characteristics

    But beware, friend: Along the way, you will be powerless to resist the temptation to explore the strange and twisted detours of your own utterly original imaginings. Wield your pencil bravely - so begins your adventure...

    30+ step-by-step demonstrations make it easy to create your own fantastic worlds!

    • The Characters: Human or elf, fighter or princess ... learn to outfit your characters with specialized clothing, weaponry and magical items, and tell their tales with dynamic gesture and motion.
    • The Creatures: Evoke dragons, demons, griffins and other edgy beasts of your own twisted imaginings, with special attention to key details that make them look regal or demented.
    • The Settings: Construct convincing environments that set the tone and atmosphere of your story, be it a mysterious tower, ancient ruins or a peaceful village.

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