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Dracopedia: A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World Hardcover – Download: Adobe Reader, September 24, 2009

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Everything you ever wanted to know about dragons, but were afraid to find out!

Fantasy artists can now breathe easier thanks to this less perilous alternative to drawing dragons from life. Dracopedia offers you safe, easy access to the world's most prominent dragon species, from tiny, innocuous feydragons to the ferocious wyvern.

For years, artist William O'Connor has traveled the globe, studying dragons in their natural environments. His findings, field notes and sketches have been compiled for the first time into this single, beautifully illustrated compendium--a natural and cultural history of the beasts as well as a step-by-step drawing workshop.

   • Details of the anatomy, behavior, habitats and legends of 13 major dragon families
   • Heavily illustrated with field sketches, anatomical studies and gesture drawings
   • Shows the start-to-finish creation of 13 striking paintings, illustrating key concepts that apply to every medium
   • Dragon demonstrations include: amphiptere, Arctic dragon, Asian dragon, basilisk, coatyl, dragon, dragonette, drake, feydragon, hydra, sea orc, wyrm, wyvern
Dragons have terrorized and delighted humans for centuries--continue the tradition with Dracopedia. It's packed with inspiration for putting "fierce" into your fantasy art, as well as the facts to keep your dragons true to life.

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IMPACT Books
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September 24, 2009
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8.55 x 0.66 x 11.12 inches
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1600613152
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978-1600613159
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Illustrator, concept artist, fine artist and teacher, William O'Connor graduated from Alfred University and also attended The School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design. He has freelanced for Harper Collins, Lucasfilm, Doubleday, Wizards of the Coast, Bookspan, Hasbro, History Channel and more. He's executed thousands of illustrations for gaming and publishing, as well as production designs, concepts, posters and advertisements. He has won over thirty awards and has been published in the showcase books Spectrum 12 and Spectrum 13: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. O'Connor is a member of the Graphic Artist's Guild, New York; Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists; American Showcase of Illustration; and Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. He resides in Pearl River, NY. Visit his website, wocstudios.com, and blog, williamoconnorstudios.blogspot.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ IMPACT Books; Illustrated edition (September 24, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1600613152
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1600613159
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.92 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.55 x 0.66 x 11.12 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #49,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #36 in Science Fiction & Fantasy Art (Books)
- #39 in Art Encyclopedias
- #151 in Fantasy Graphic Novels (Books)

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Author/Illustrator of the best selling Dracopedia book series, as well as illustrator of over 3000 illustrations for the gaming and publishing business, William O’Connor’s 25 year career has allowed him to work with such companies as Wizards of the Coast, Impact Books, Blizzard Entertainment, Lucas Films, Activision and many more. Winner of over 30 industry awards for artistic excellence including 10 contributions to Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art and 8 Chesley Nominations, William has taught and lectured around the country about his unique and varied artwork as well as exhibited his work at ComicCon, IX and various museums and galleries.

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D Kerr

Instructional, and educational

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2022

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Of the books I bought to supplement the art kit this is granddaughters favorite.

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Melissa Houck

Dragon loving kid approved

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 12, 2022

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My 11 year old, dragon obsessed son requested this book. It has stunning illustrations and so much information. Great quality. I’m impressed and my son is already asking for similar from this author.

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Great for artists and non-artists alike!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 1, 2010

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The Dracopedia is beautifully detailed in both its art and its design, made to look like a tome with page design that adds to the feeling of the book without being distracting. It is well laid out and a great read.

Agreeing with what a previous reviewer wrote, this is not a how to draw book and would likely be most useful for those who are past that stage and would like to learn more about more advanced stages, such as coloring, shading, and backgrounds, along with extra information about the dragons themselves. Therefore, the book has much more potential for reuse and reference, rather than being tossed to the side when people are past the "okay, I can draw circles, lines, and other shapes now" (stick frame) stage.

That also makes it great for the non-artist dragon lovers!

More about the content and the organization of it:

Each chapter begins with larger art of the final piece and specifications of the type of dragon. It then goes into biology and the various other genera and species within that category. Though the book may cover 13 dragons in more detail, there are countless other pieces, such as four other hydras and five other sea orcs, so it has much more content than the product description would lead people to believe.

It then goes into behavior and history before the demonstration, which includes various different tips in each section to help an artist along his/her way.

The actual detail within each chapter differs for each type of dragon, which makes things much more interesting. There's information ranging from an artist's note mini section about finding inspiration for the basilisk to the skeleton and musculature of the Great Red Welsh Dragon.

A last thing worth mentioning, along with a nice index, is that the book has a foldout color poster at the end that compares all of the demonstrated dragons side-by-side (mostly profile view) and includes a size comparison at the bottom.

Very well done!

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Brian Fuelleman

Dracopedia: A great resource for artists and dragon fans alike

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2011

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This book was a surprising find for me, I was looking for different artists interpretations of dragons, and in this book I found not only that, but a wide variety of dragons and their relatives, their histories and habitats, and hints at illustrating them using both conventional and digital tools.
Most dragon artists tend to fall into a rut when it comes to drawing the heads and bodies,. Most of the dragons tend to end up looking like clones or copies that may have been repositioned. The author of this book shows us a wide variety of head, body, and scale types, and an equally wide variety of poses and backgrounds.
The author not only covers the basics in the drawing aspect, but also shows two or three examples of each creature. Though I could wish for some more of the basic structural aspects of the dragons for some of my students, I can understand that the book would have had to be many times it's current size.
The illustrations are in full color and the book is beautifully printed and bound. It covers Asian style dragons, dragons of Central Europe, South America, North America, the desert, the seas, and more.
The inclusion of the history, origins, and characteristics of the dragons helps keep this from being to dry.

This is one of a few books that I think should be included in any dragon artist's library.
I would also include John Howe's Forging Dragons, and some books on reptiles, dinosaurs, and bats or birds for those that wish to have winged dragons.
I liked this book so much that I ended up buying 3 copies to give to friends and fellow artists.

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Marsanik Lapp

excellent dragon art

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 16, 2010

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The author was fantastic in capturing how step by step to draw the dragons. I was very impressed he did the "KILIN" since it is hard to find and my totem animal. Also in the book of unicorns and that too is an excellent book series as the figurines in the front cover are placed inside it. This book of dragons however, he also does in photoshop and gives you clues to steps. You can recreate them in oil paint just the same as he unfolds the development stages of drawing quite well. I just ordered another for my 15 yr old nephew as well who also hopes to become like myself a professional artist and/or teacher. It has many examples or different dragons with great sketches. It will make a fine example to use for adults and kids in classes as the material is interesting enough and appropriate for ALL ages. This artist is NOT a beginner. (he is not Robert Bateman either but then again that is a superior master of our day we all hope to aspire to.) He could be a bit like John Howe though as he chose to be about this painter's skill, and John Howe is certainly worth buying also. It was worth every penny I spent and got the 2 books all for under five dollars for this order.

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Sarah

A Great Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 20, 2020

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It is always hard to find a book that my daughter enjoys because if it does not capture her attention in the first few pages she does not bother reading it. She only put it down 2-3 times before she hard read it from cover to cover. It was a great find and a book she really enjoyed.

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Emily S.

A how-to-draw dragons with a dash of Dragonology

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2020

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It's an excellent how-to-draw book that goes into a lot of detail for each species of dragon and gives tips on how to color in certain features. Like an adult artist's version of a Dragonology book.
The pages feel nice (not cheap like they'd tear easily). Everything is in full-color and it's in a sturdy hardcover.

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Pedro

For Dragon Lovers.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 19, 2021

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An illustrative book about different dragons. It shows and explains their anatomy, behavior, and habitats.

A guide to inspire every dungeon master.

mr j.

Fantastic book that i bought to complete the collection of ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 4, 2016

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Fantastic book that i bought to complete the collection of 3 , the drawings are intricate and interesting the quality is superb i would suggest this series of books to any dragon lover of artist looking for help in drawing mythical creatures.

Mr. G. D. Cheal

Computers...:-(

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 18, 2010

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The art is fantastic, however it would have been nice to know that it is very much geared towards computer art packages, i was somewhat disappointed at this as i am a more traditional artist

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Philip Bakkegaard Jonas

Dracopedia

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 12, 2019

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Very good and detailed encyclopedia of the different dragon species, but doesn’t have a lot of helpful ways, to show how to draw them.
So the book is probably best suited to people who likes to read 'about' dragons rather than to 'draw' them.

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MRS K.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 8, 2018

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Beautiful book

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