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~ V. Shane Colclough (Author)
Key Phrases: seed sketches, primitive sketch, bar sweeps, Develop the Drawing, Develop the Primitive Sketch, Coloring Key Notes (more...)
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With Fantastic Realms!, readers will discover how to sketch, draw, and color their own fantasy worlds--one of the hottest trends in popular culture today. This instructive guide:

-Shares more than thirty step-by-step demonstrations of characters, creatures, and settings, so readers can create every aspect of a fantasy world

-Provides texture detail keys and coloring keys so readers can replicate the different effects easily and exactly

-Includes templates of drawings so readers can practice inking or coloring on their own

Complete with an appendix to help readers invent their own characters and scene characteristics, Fantastic Realms! is sure to appeal to fans of comics, collectible cards, and role-playing games everywhere.



About the Author

V. Shane Colclough is a freelance illustrator for the role-playing and collectable card industry. He also teaches teenage artists fantasy and comic book illustration.

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Impact (February 2, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1581806825
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581806823
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,542 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Realms: Draw Fantasy Characters, Creatures And Settings: There's hope for my drawings yet!, March 20, 2006
I love this book. More often than not, when you go to purchase a drawing book, you see so many books that basically tell you the same things over and over again.

This book does what so many other books I've looked at don't. It shows me how to draw not only fantasy figures, but castles, and creatures. Fantastic Realms: Draw Fantasy Characters, Creatures And Settings provides me with solid techniques for shading armor, or weapons and clothing.

I'm really happy to have this book a part of my collection. If you are as interested in drawing fantastic scenes as I am, then this is a book you won't want to pass up!
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could be better, March 4, 2006
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I purchased Fantastic Realms: Draw Fantasy Characters, Creatures And Settings after purchasing Dragon Art, also by impact. (A 5 star read) And while I love art how-to books, I think this book suffers from spreading itself a bit thin. Since my primary interest is drawing fantasy figures, I was less interested in pages and pages of architectural how-to's and illustrations I could color myself.

I think there should have been more emphasis on weaponry, less emphasis on setting, and a few turnarounds in proportion. A few more step-by-step illustrations would also be welcome. On the positive side, I think the goblin was well done and many of the illustrations were technically quite good. 3 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Create a new world filled with fantastic creatures., June 25, 2007
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"Just like adventurers getting ready to go on a quest, artists must prepare themselves before setting out to create fantasy worlds and creatures." (V.Shane, pp15).

How odd it seems that the very first lesson in this book is to `Begin with Seeing,' yet without awareness of the world around you, how can you create a world within or without, the one in which you live?

This truly is an amazing creative book. For example, get a spray bottle out of the kitchen and study it until you see a creature emerge from the contours of the bottle. If you have trouble seeing something different, squint, or turn your head to the side, because you will be able to see a wild animal that is dangerous or a creature that is gentle, or battle raiment for your hero or villain. Something is there waiting for you to find it, much like stereographs.

This is the power of fantasy art.

The book will take you through the basics of fantasy drawing, the tools you will need and additional supplies that come in handy. You will see sketching & shading techniques known as hatching, crosshairs, contour lines, and others. Darker lines make deeper the shadows. If you want a sword gleam, keep it light while all around it is muted and darker.

By following the exercises in this book, you will create heroes and villains, dragons of many shapes and spirit, motion and stillness. There is a new world in this book and it is here for you.

It is so exciting to know that you can combine the knowledge you gain from all of the books on drawing to create cover art or coming books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great book
I recieved this book very fast from the seller. It is a very nice drawing book. It came in fantastic condition. Thanks
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5.0 out of 5 stars Offers everything
If you like to draw and enjoy fantasy, then V. Shane's FANTASTIC REALMS: DRAW FANTASY CHARACTERS, CREATURES AND SETTINGS is for you. Read more
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There's really a lot to appreciate about this book, and there was useful info right off the bat. Of course the first 20 minutes I spent looking at all the pretty pictures,... Read more
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