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Fantasy Artist's Pocket Reference: Dragons & Fantasy Beasts
This is an exciting, colourful 'who's who' that offers a fascinating visual and practical source of reference to all the famous creatures of myth and legend.Each spread of this compact pocketbook explores one dragon or beast through a vibrant completed colour illustration, a vivid description of its origins and history and thumbnail construction sketches
and guidelines.Additional information for each creature offers pointers and inspiration for creature design and development.Handy pocket-sized package and dynamic, inspirational images make this a truly must-have book for anyone with an interest in fantasy or mythology.
Contents:
Introduction
- Basic techniques
- Types of beast
- 1 Dragons and serpents
- Includes: St
George's dragon, Chinese dragon, hydra, firedrake, wyvern, lost church dragon, North American dragon, zilant
- 2 Sea dwellers
- Includes: Loch Ness monster, leviathan, kelpie, le drac, underwater panther, draug, jormungandr
- 3 Demons
- Includes: aamon, furfur, lilith, valac, buer, azazel, baphomet
- 4 Creatures
- Includes: cerberus, gargoyles, gorgon, cyclops, centaur, hypogriff, mantis, sphinx, werecat, frog man, yeti
- 5 Winged beasts
- Includes: swan maiden, griffin, raven, pegasus, phoenix, thunderbird
- 7 Behemoths
- Includes: cherufe, varcolac, ween, titans, garuda, the great earth dragon
- Index.
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