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The Fantasy Art Techniques Of Tim Hildebrandt

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As a professional illustrator and fan of the brothers Hildebrandt I was pleased this book was made. Since my purchase of this book I studied it carefully from cover to cover and it's contents are well worth the cost of the book. Although the book isn't written by Hildebrandt himself it's full of good information on how Tim Hildebrandt works. I recommend this book to artist's of all levels of experience due to it's technical info and to fans of fantasy and sci-fi art as well for it's entertainment value.

I've always been attracted to Illuataation as an art form.Whether it is in nature art,,Bev Doolittle ,book illustrations.B&W line art, Pen& Ink,and various others. I have often read where the art "purests" look down on Illustration as an art form.I have never felt they were correct.In recent years we have been treated to an explosion in this art form,particularly with Fantasy Art.It is mentioned that Michelangelo's frescoes and Leonardo da Vincis art was at the time considered to be nothing more than pure fantasy.Much of their work was certainly illustrative and I think they knew a bit about art.
This book details the work of one of the best Illustrative artists,and shows how he and his brother made a very successful career in this area. There is a great deal of information dealing with their techniques and in manys the book can be considered a teaching resource.Although I am not an artist;I found it very interesting and it told me a lot about what to look for in these paintings.There is also considerable information on what is involved for someone who has a desire to be a successful painter or illustrator.
A very good and informative book for an artist or just someone who admires art and wants to learn more about it.This is a large,beautiful book with excellent paper,printing ,and wonderful color rendition.
Anyone who likes Illustration Art will certainly enjoy this book.

I picked this up because I thought if nothing else, there would be some interesting stuff to look at it.

Quite a bit of the not overly dense text is associated with tips or technical comments aimed at artists, so not really of much interest in general to the rest of us.

There are examples of different styles and media, and even a prototype Star Wars poster.

It also talks about how he uses toys and even a stuffed iguana as models sometimes - which explains some of the weird dragons.