Anatomy For Fantasy Artists

From an Eisner award winning artist, a guide to creating fantasy figures for comics, graphic novels, sci-fi book covers and illustrations, and computer games. Fantasy artists are unlikely to use models to draw from life but, to be successful, their creations must have a grounding in reality. This book teaches the artist the principles of anatomy, from musculature and skeletal structure through to movement. You can then develop your artistic style by breaking and bending the rules of anatomy through practical exercises and demonstrations, accompanied by incredible finished artworks. The step-by-step exercises help the artist to fully understand the subtle movements that combine to create expressions, and the flowing movements that constitute actions. This is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in improving and developing their fantasy art figures.

Provides instructions on the basics of human anatomical drawing, perspective, and composition and provides methods for transforming the human figure into a fantasy figure.

It presents more than 600 detailed color photos of live models, and represents a wide range of physiques, postures, and poses that can be incorporated in fantasy scenarios.

Learn the basics of anatomical drawing and musculature, as well as perspective and composition. Then find out how to distort, develop and transform the human figure into something monstrous, magical, super-agile or larger life.

Provides instructions on the basics of human anatomical drawing, perspective, and composition and provides methods for transforming the human figure into a fantasy figure.

An indispensable guide for anyone interested in improving and developing their fantasy art figures. Start with the basics of human anatomical drawing and musculature, and then learn ways to distort, develop, and transform the human figure, giving it features that range from monstrous or magical to super-agile or larger than life.

To draw and paint the fantasy figure an artist must have a full working knowledge of anatomy; this practical guide is the only anatomy book artists need to achieve this. Illustrates all male and female bone and muscle structure through anatomical diagrams, and then shows the techniques needed to render a fantasy figure using anatomical building blocks. Presents a specially commissioned, 30- page reference section of anatomical photographs packed with male and female poses to which the artist can refer time and again. Concludes with 4 in-depth step demonstrations of fantasy characters to put all the theory taught into practice; accompanied throughout by the author's fantastic images.

"A comprehensive guide for fantasy and science-fiction artists and students working in traditional or digital media." - p. [4] of cover.