Invaluable tutorials and insightful tips make Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing a perfect start to a fantasy art journey.

Enter the fantastic imagination of artist Jacob Glaser as you learn how to draw everything from an alien lord and a werewolf to a jester and a black knight. In this 144-page book, you'll learn how to draw fantasy characters that you didn't even know existed--except in the far-reaching corners of your mind. After being introduced to the basic tools and techniques of pencil drawing, you'll discover 60 easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations, including a robot attack pod, Frankenstein, a vampire bat, an evil sorcerer, a barbarian warrior, and a damsel in distress. Many projects include a digitally colored final and color palettes so you can see just one of the many ways you can bring your characters to live in vivid color.

Offers instructions and advice for creating realistic fantasy drawings using reference photographs of models and props, with sixteen step-by-step examples.

Escape to a fantasy world with these step-by-step instructions for drawing fifteen weird and wonderful creatures, including a dragon, wizard, unicorn, werewolf, fairy, and more. Completed illustrations are included to color or trace. Plus, there are blank and perforated practice pages with decorative borders and color guides on the inside covers for inspiration. Specially designed for experienced colorists, How to Draw Fantasy Figures and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

Give life to the beings that roam your imagination! Dragons may terrorize fantasy worlds, but they need peasants to munch on... heroes to confront... elegant elves, shrewd sorcerers and dreaded demons to battle. Following on the wings of the ferociously popular DragonArt, this book shows you how to conjure up your own fantasy realms by drawing inspiration from fairy tales, legends and (if you dare) things that go bump in the night. • Breathe the life into your beings by basing them upon fundamental human anatomy—proportions, facial expressions and gender-specific characteristics. • Color-coded, step-by-step demonstrations (simple enough that even the dullest of dwarves could follow along!) show you how to create a sordid cast of creatures, including goblins, orcs, sprites, angels, mermaids, centaurs, vampires, werewolves, banshees and more. • Accessorize each being by tailoring them with tusks, wings, hooves, daggers, armor and various apparel, from the fine garb of nobles to peasant rags. Copy each being as-is. Or, better yet, follow your own twisted imaginings to conjure up creatures from fantastic lands.

Step-by-step instructions for drawing several kinds of fantasy creatures such as rat warriors.

If you want to create your own fantasy world filled with your own character creations, try the "How to Draw Fantasy Characters" guide. This guide will help you learn how to create unique characters of all kinds, while also teaching you the basics of human anatomy. You'll also get tips of how to get inspired and how to create characters of all shapes and sizes. This guide is for artists of all skills levels - and for those who don't quite consider themselves artists yet! The guide includes detailed instructions for how to create your characters from start to finish, including written instructions as well as detailed illustrations. Some of the chapters in the guide are: - Choosing and drawing dynamic poses - Exploring different types of fantasy characters - Warriors, soldiers, and other armored characters - Mages, spirits, and other magical beings And others! The guide will start with the basic building blocks of drawing - building up the basic forms in pencil sketches - and help you works you way up to building fully colored character designs unique to you! If you're ready to create your own magical world, then the "How to Draw Fantasy Characters" guide is for you! About the Expert Sierra Crook grew up with two painters as parents, so always has been influenced by creativity. Since she could read, Sierra has been fascinated by fantastic worlds filled with magic, warriors, and creatures; whether they were in books or video games. When she began to serious pursue drawing, she drew herself and her friends as fantasy characters as well as creating her own original characters. Sierra has eight years of experience drawing and creating fantasy characters, and pursues other fields of illustration and design as well. Sierra will complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in May of 2013. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.