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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486828654

ISBN-139780486828657

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038261411

Product Key Features

Book TitleFantasy World-Building : a Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicSubjects & Themes / Science Fiction & Fantasy, Techniques / Drawing, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, Graphic Arts / Illustration

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Art

AuthorMark Nelson

Book SeriesDover Art Instruction Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight19.8 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-041909

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal700.415

Table Of ContentCONTENTS Introduction 1. Working as a Visual Problem Solver 2. Ideas 3. Habitats 4. Animals 5. Birds 6. Fish 7. Insects 8. Survival 9. Warfare 10. Spirit 11. Wardrobe 12. Architecture 13. Tech Industry 14. Transportation 15. Other Worldly 16. Putting It All Together

SynopsisWhen artists and designers explore or create a fictional setting, the milieu must be completely fleshed out, explained, and designed. In this book, comic and gaming art veteran Mark A. Nelson explores and demonstrates his methods for fashioning visually stunning, believable environments for fantasy creatures and characters. Scores of images and step-by-step examples illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings, their environments, and their stories.Nelson discusses how to find ideas and borrow from history to add the strength of realism to a fantasy world. In describing the best ways to establish a habitat, he offers specifics about climate, terrain, flora, and wildlife. He shares insights into founding societies in terms of their means of survival, manner of warfare, spiritual practices, style of dress, and levels of technology. All visual creatives who work with imaginative material -- illustrators, comic artists, and writers -- will take a lively interest in this source of inspiration and practical knowledge., A comics and gaming art veteran provides scores of images and step-by-step examples to illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings and their environments and stories., When artists and designers explore or create a fictional setting, the milieu must be completely fleshed out, explained, and designed. In this book, comic and gaming art veteran Mark A. Nelson explores and demonstrates his methods for fashioning visually stunning, believable environments for fantasy creatures and characters. Scores of images and step-by-step examples illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings, their environments, and their stories. Nelson discusses how to find ideas and borrow from history to add the strength of realism to a fantasy world. In describing the best ways to establish a habitat, he offers specifics about climate, terrain, flora, and wildlife. He shares insights into founding societies in terms of their means of survival, manner of warfare, spiritual practices, style of dress, and levels of technology. All visual creatives who work with imaginative material -- illustrators, comic artists, and writers -- will take a lively interest in this source of inspiration and practical knowledge. "In sixteen breezy-yet-surprisingly-concise chapters he covers everything from visual problem solving to spirituality to warfare to transportation, not with the idea of giving the reader lessons to copy by rote but rather as prompts to develop their own original concepts. If I were suggesting three books every budding artist should have at their fingertips they would be Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis, Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist by James Gurney, and, most definitely, Mark's Fantasy World-Building ." -- Muddy Colors

LC Classification NumberNC825.F25N45 2019