Art of Fantasy

Art of Fantasy

A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Characters and Concept Design

Zi, Meng

Search Press Ltd

04/2025

292

Dura

Inglês

9781800922679

15 a 20 dias

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Chapter 1?Introduction to concept design and drawing

The world of fantasy 10

Mastering the human body 11

Concept design 11

Tools 12

Basic knowledge 15

Technical terms 15

Line weight 16

Basic elements of a picture 17

Geometric forms 18

Perspective 19

One-point perspective 19

Two-point perspective 19

Three-point perspective 20

Cavalier perspective 20

Sketching 21





Chapter 2?Structure and dynamics of the human body

The human skeleton 24

Main joints of the body 24

Proportion of the skeleton 28

Characteristics of the skeleton 29

Form of the skeleton 36

The human muscular system 38

Three views of muscles 38

Head 40

Facial features 42

Exercise: Drawing a complete head 51

Muscles of the neck 56

Muscles of the trunk 58

Muscles of the limbs 64

Exercise: Drawing the whole body 76

Character dynamics 79

Stick man 79

Box man 81

Example poses 83

Sketching the human body 91





Chapter 3?Animal structure

Animal anatomy 96

Gorilla 96

Horse 98

Antelope 100

Dog 102

Lion 104

Bat 106

Eagle 108

Fish 110

Dragon 112

Dragon hawk 114

Endosaurus 116

Anatomical details 118

Heads 118

Horns and antlers 118

Limbs 121

Wings 122

Drawing animals 123

Basic forms 123

Drawing complete animals 126

Combining different animals 128

Drawing fantasy creatures 131

Hou - king of the beasts 131

Hydra - multi-headed water beast 133

Bestiary 135





Chapter 4?Exploring concept designs

Genre and design 142

Starting points for character design 147

Exaggeration 147

Symmetry 149

Geometry - combining simple shapes 150

Silhouette 151

Rhythm - line length 153

Accessories - enriching the character 154

Groups - contrasting body shapes 156

Example character designs 157

Exercise: Designing a character 157



Chapter 5?Decoration, detail and accessories

Pattern design 168

Common patterns 168

Designing patterns 170

Armour design 175

Types of armour 175

Chinese-inspired armour 176

Japanese-inspired armour 178

European-inspired armour 179

Other accessories 180

Weapons 180

Mounts and steeds 186

Jewellery and totems 190





Chapter 6?Drawing complete Characters

Human male - Swordsman 192

Human female - Spirit Mage 196

Elf - Night Princess 199

Mecha Warrior - E-34 Destroyer 202

Monster - Hellcaller 205

Merman - Aquatic General 210

Human male - Shaman 214

Undead - Revenant 218

Demon - Black Dragon Legionary 222

Human male - Mercenary 226

More character designs 230





Chapter 7?Reference material and inspiration

Portraits 242

Full body line art 249

Full body tonal designs 268
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painting; drawing; design; fantasy art; character design; character creation; character art; concept; concept design; dragons; online; video game; computer game; game design; anime; manga; dwarfs; ogres; elves; bows; guns; swords; weapons; revenant; undead; mecha; biaoju; youxia; Game of Thrones; A Song of Ice and Fire; Lord of the Rings; low fantasy; high fantasy; western; xianxia; cyberpunk; wuxia; robots; science fiction; Post-apocalyptic; Post-apoc; Sci-fi; Taotie; fairies