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Draw & Paint Fantasy Females Review

Draw and Paint Fantasy Females
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Draw & Paint Fantasy Females ReviewImpact, which publishes art instructional books, generally does a good job with the books they print; some are of better quality than others, however. "Draw and Paint Fantasy Females" is a decent how-to-draw book, but unexceptional, though it does offer a few good tips.
What this book won't tell you, and what every artist must eventually learn, is no single book will fully teach you how to draw anything, let alone the human figure. A book can give you a good start and provide some inspiration, etc., but you will need many books and years of practice before you master drawing.
With that said, Tom Fleming, the writer/artist of this book, who is obviously talented (I've seen his work in other venues previous to this book) does a decent job of outlining the process of drawing and painting the female figure. The book is divided up into five chapters and closes with a gallery of Mr. Fleming's work. It is, basically, of the "omnibus" type of how-to-draw books, which, instead of focusing on a couple of techniques, really tries to teach them all and spends about 2 pages on each. Here you'll find discussions of drawing and painting supplies and techniques, anatomy and figure construction, poses, drawing the face, hair and clothing, and also different female character archetypes (sorceress, warrior, faerie, etc.). However, each of these segments is only covered superficially, in general, though there are good tutorials and worthwhile pieces of advice sprinkled about.
Probably the most useful bit of information that is included are Mr. Fleming's techniques for drawing and painting metallic effects and for putting shine on clothing. I've never seen these very challenging topics covered so well in a book before, and those are what sold me on this purchase.
In closing, "Draw & Paint Fantasy Females" is a generally good book on drawing, but tries to do too much in too small a space. However, it is worthwhile for its excellent tips and for its general quality.Draw & Paint Fantasy Females Overview

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The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff: You Wish Review

The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff: You Wish
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The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff: You Wish ReviewEverything is bright and normal in Benjamin Bartholomew Piff's life until that terrible day when his parents are killed in a plane crash. There are no other relatives for him to live with, so he is put into Pinch's Home for Wayward Boys, "a dilapidated orphanage converted from a windowless industrial building that once produced dental tools."
There are several things wrong with this setup for 11-year old Benjamin: 1) He is not "wayward"; 2) There is nothing home-like about the place; and 3) He hates it. In addition, the awful orphanage chef, Solomon Roach, always seems to be punishing Benjamin for something, and Eliza Pinch's "perfume smelled of an old cat box." Eliza is the head of the orphanage and an old spinster who doesn't like children and is bent on making his life miserable. The one very bright spot in Benjamin's sad life is a little stray terrier dog he call Rags. Of course pets are not allowed, so Benjamin is forced to sneak away for short times to feed small scraps to his little friend.
Benjamin also has a plan. The old gardener at the orphanage, Mr. Kunkel, has been giving Benjamin quarters for helping out with little things. It's Mr. Kunkel who has allowed Benjamin to keep his puppy in an old doghouse on the property. But the nice old man has been fired. Now Benjamin visits Rags and keeps his little bag of saved quarters hidden away. His plan is going fine until one evening when Ms. Pinch catches him sneaking out of the doghouse. That's the end of his money, and Benjamin is losing hope fast.
So who would have guessed that when the social worker drops off a birthday cake for Benjamin, who completely forgot about the big day, his life would completely change? And what kind of birthday wish does he make? Why, just what every kid would wish for in his situation --- that he would be granted all the wishes he could ever want! Suddenly everything is different: Mr. Roach is waiting on him, Ms. Pinch adores him, he's ordering big screen televisions, computer games, ice cream, candy and all sorts of goodies to make himself and the boys totally happy at the orphanage. WOW! This is the way life should always be!
But there's not much happiness in the world of Wishworks. Benjamin's wishes are throwing everything into chaos; if he doesn't stop, then something really terrible is going to happen. Thomas Candlewick, who is about to become the new leader of Wishworks, is on high alert when Benjamin's disastrous birthday wish becomes known. With the assistance of flying chairs, fairies, genies and an assortment of other strange little characters, Mr. Candlewick realizes that they must pay Benjamin a visit before greater disaster strikes.
This is where Benjamin's story gets even more fun, because he is transported to the Wishworks world and is soon engaged in a battle against Curseworks (a group determined to take over Wishworks and all the good things they do). Lots of action ensues, and Benjamin must overcome many fears and make some extremely difficult decisions.
One of the great charms found in Jason Lethcoe's book is the addition of many delightful, informative footnotes from the world of Wishworks. Explanations are given for word definitions, histories and characters. For instance, what exactly is a Thaumaturgic Cardioscope, or when and where did Wishworks originate? Characters are given creative names like Wolfgang Warblegrunt (the founder of Wishworks historical library) and Leonardo Snifflewiffle (past president of Wishworks). A wonderful map is provided, an appendix of past presidents of Wishworks is attached and lighthearted illustrations by the author himself are scattered throughout.
Benjamin's misadventures are just beginning, so readers can look forward to more stories in future installments. Younger fans of Harry Potter-like fantasies will be sure to want this book on their shelves.
--- Reviewed by Sally M. TibbettsThe Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff: You Wish Overview

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Drawing & Painting Mermaids (Fantasy Art) Review

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Drawing & Painting Mermaids (Fantasy Art) ReviewGreat book full of beautiful easy to understand illustrations and teachings. Defiantly worth the 20 bucks! I bought it for my 12 year old daughter and its so good both her and I love it.Drawing & Painting Mermaids (Fantasy Art) Overview

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Learn to Draw Like the Masters: Dragons Review

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Learn to Draw Like the Masters: Dragons ReviewMy 14 yr old son found this book at our local Michael's arts & craft store. He wanted me to buy it then, but I chose to order it through Amazon for the better price. My son & I, who are both artists,like the different examples showing how different masters would paint a dragon. This book would be helpful inspiration for teen or adult artists to explore new techniques and design styles. It shows DaVinci, Rubens, Van Gogh, and Picasso styles and techniques, as well as a short bio of each artist. I think it would be too advance for little artists as a teach yourself book. Although art teachers could use it for lesson planning.Learn to Draw Like the Masters: Dragons Overview

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Bold Visions: A Digital Painting Bible Review

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Bold Visions: A Digital Painting Bible ReviewThe art work is fantastic but if you're looking for a step-by-step this isn't the book for you. The author discusses in very broad terms several topics, (such as lighting), but there isn't enough detail to make them applicable. The art is georgeous and the book provides inspiration but offers little real-world help.Bold Visions: A Digital Painting Bible Overview

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OtherWorlds: How to Imagine, Paint and Create Epic Scenes of Fantasy Review

OtherWorlds: How to Imagine, Paint and Create Epic Scenes of Fantasy
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OtherWorlds: How to Imagine, Paint and Create Epic Scenes of Fantasy ReviewYep. There have been quite a few artbooks this year, and I liked a lot of them, in particular another very recent release, "Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth " by Donato Giancola, but this one is even better. It ranks alongside John Howe's artbook ( 2007) from Impact as the best one I have seen from this publisher, and alongside the great Charles Vess artbook from Dark Horse ( 2009) as my overall Fantasy art favorite.
Stunning, stunning illustrations. Needless to say I am a huge fan of Tom Kidd's work and if you are too, you will find here a vast array of dazzling work, as well as how-to instructions. Various topics are detailed, as you can also see in Amazon's search inside function. Kidd is one of the best illustrators the SFF field has ever had and this wonderful book underlines that even more.
Highly recommended.OtherWorlds: How to Imagine, Paint and Create Epic Scenes of Fantasy Overview

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How to Draw and Paint Fairyland: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the World of Fairies Review

How to Draw and Paint Fairyland: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the World of Fairies
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How to Draw and Paint Fairyland: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the World of Fairies ReviewThis 128pg book is beautiful and holds a lot of information in great detail. This truly is a "how to" book.
In the first section it shows you how to: use media, combine color for mood, create fairyland weather and seasons and painting flowers and foliage, etc.
Section two deals with cropping, scaling, foreshortening, light and shade, perspective and ready to draw fairies, homes and neighborhoods, etc.
The third section covers the inventing of your own fairyland. It shows you techniques in order to create: leaves, foliage, trees, flowers, fruits, stones, water, underwater and reflections, walls and fences, castles, thrones, rainforests, ready to draw environments, etc.
The last section gives you ready to trace and draw figures and artwork done by other artists
This book is a must have if you want to create your own fairyland, and it's a wonderful reference and source of inspiration.How to Draw and Paint Fairyland: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the World of Fairies Overview

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Digital Painting Techniques, Vol. 3 Review

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Digital Painting Techniques, Vol. 3 ReviewDigital Painting Techniques Volume3: The first I have to say! This is one of the best collection of the book about CG!! it is a art books from 3DTotal Publishing. The printing quality is very great as always, I'm a fan of 3DTotal books for Digital painting technique, I already have all of 1-3 volume and want to collect more in this series(collection). It is very great and very useful to me or anyone who loves, interested or would love to become a digital artist. This book is provide full of "How to make, to learn digital painting in the correct way"..
After I read the article,What i can see from this book, I think it is suit for everyone who want to be or learn in digital painting/artist, there are full of technique from the beginning of the process..they explain from the concept/idea, sketch, process of the making until finish, with so many tips by master artist...So i think it useful! **Even, for the very beginning student/artist, it is so great to know the process in between while develop the basic skill.**
The book is contained a lot of amazing art work with easy understanding article to description the process in variety subject, There are Concept art for game, Monsters concept, sci-fi cities, futuristic marines,steampunk, portraiture and matte painting. This is a good way to improve your skill by learning from those amazing and professional artist.
This book is a great source of learning or improve the skill by learning from "how to" from professional artist and learning some new techniques.Digital Painting Techniques, Vol. 3 Overview

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The Widow's Broom Review

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The Widow's Broom ReviewWitches' brooms don't last forever. One day while the Widow Minna Shaw is out in her garden just such a witch's broom finally runs out of flying power and the witch plummets to the ground and lies injured in Minna's garden. Without a second thought the kindly Minna brings the witch inside and after tucking her into a quiet place allows her to rest comfortably while the witch heals herself. After the witch has recovered and magically summoned a ride home, Minna discovers that she has left the old broom behind. It may not have much in the way of flying power any more but it turns out to have quite a bit of spunk left in it! Nosey neighbors automatically assume that because it is magical it must be evil and they set out to destroy it. Chris Van Allsburg is in peak form in this wonderful book. His writing is so mysterious and evocative yet filled with his characteristic wry humor. The story is sweetly spooky with just the right hint of shadow and a generous sprinkling of mischief. The illustrations are absolutely perfect. The familiar style of almost sepia toned illustrations are filled with exquisite details and wonderful expressions and activity. The meddlesome neighbors have a Salem flavor to them while the witch seems mysterious and magical. Minna is delightfully understated and open to the changes. We are treated to a fun-filled Van Allsburg plot change-up at the end. Don't miss this one. It's great for Halloween or any time. I think it's his best.The Widow's Broom Overview

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The Ghost Walker: Arapaho Indian Mysteries Review

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The Ghost Walker: Arapaho Indian Mysteries ReviewThe Ghost Walker was quick and easy reading. As a fan of Tony Hillerman's work and his fascinating Navaho characters, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, I was interested in how Margaret Coel's work, set on the Wind River Arapaho reservation, would compare. Maybe it wasn't fair to compare. Coel's and Hillerman's styles are totally different, as they should be. Even though they both write about Native Americans on the reservation, every writer is unique, every story is different. Coel's Father John O'Malley is certainly an engaging character, a real, flawed human being like the rest of us. Still, I found Coel's story here to be not quite as engaging as I thought it could have been (thus, 3 stars). I enjoyed the book enough, though, to want to read another in the series, maybe The Dream Stalker.The Ghost Walker: Arapaho Indian Mysteries Overview

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Broom, Zoom Review

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Broom, Zoom ReviewCaron Lee Cohen doesn't use much text in this book, but through Sergio Ruzzlier's artwork, much is shared between two friends- Little Witch and Little Monster and one broom. Both friends decide they need the broom at the same exact moment, but they learn what happens when they share and help each other... they can both get the broom, taking care of more important tasks first.
I think this is a great book for early readers. Parents, teachers and caregivers can point out each word on each page, helping early readers learn and discover early print. It is also a non-scary alternative for a Halloween book. There is no talk of ghosts, ghouls or goblins- nor of trick-or-treating, the witch and monster are the only Halloween related things- oh and flying broomsticks!Broom, Zoom Overview

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2012 Lady Masquerade Wall Calendar Wall calendar Review

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2012 Lady Masquerade Wall Calendar Wall calendar ReviewI bought this product as a gift. My daughter loved it and is interested in products by this artist. If I have any complaint, it would be that the postal service bent it to fit it into the mail box.2012 Lady Masquerade Wall Calendar Wall calendar Overview

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Jesse Steele and the Secret of Otherworld Review

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Jesse Steele and the Secret of Otherworld ReviewAs a middle school teacher I am constantly reading books of all genres and levels to discuss with my students. Reading the first installment of the Otherworld Series was an absolute joy! I had no idea of the ride I was in for. Without disclosing too many details, Jesse and his friends are in the Otherworld having one adventure after another trying to complete their quest. Completing their quest though, quite often becomes secondary to simple survival. This is a land of magic and wonder, but not the magic of Harry Potter which we have become used to.
The further I delved into this story the more engaged I became. I never "knew what would happen next." I cared about the characters and had to see them through their next conflict.. I am very excited by what this author, R.L. Brush has accomplished. This is the series to look forward to.Jesse Steele and the Secret of Otherworld Overview

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Brush with Passion: The Art and Life of Dave Stevens Review

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Brush with Passion: The Art and Life of Dave Stevens ReviewI first encountered Dave Stevens in 1982. I went over to my friend Scott's house and he said something like "Comics are good again. Kirby's doing something for a company called Pacific and check out this backup story in this Mike Grell comic." I looked at that six page story in Starslayer #2 and saw an instant newness and familiarity in Stevens' renderings of Cliff Secord and the supporting cast. Like the best songs by Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Stevens' art was both new but at the same time it felt like something that always existed and was waiting to be plucked out of the air if the right artist came along to see it. That day began about ten years of waiting patiently between episodes of The Rocketeer, anticipating each new cover Dave did for Pacific and Eclipse comics. Usually when we bought a new Pacific Comic, the first thing we did was flip it over and see if there was a Stevens cover in the "Coming Attractions."
Brush With Passion: the Art and Life of Dave Stevens collects all those covers, a generous sampling of Rocketeer art, and much, much more. In addition to Stevens' published and familiar work this book has a generous sampling of Stevens' early samples, animation work, commercial art, and commissioned pinups and other drawings. Almost every page is a visual treat, offering something you haven't seen before or a familiar Rocketeer page reproduced from the original art as you never seen it before.
Stevens provided the often illuminating narrative for the book. We learn of Stevens kind of stumbled into doing the Rocketeer and what was supposed to be a quick fill-in job grew grew into something that defined Dave Stevens for many of readers, who always clamored for more. But the conditions of the comic market at the time, and Stevens' drive for doing the job right made his output seem sporadic and never enough for his eager fans. Brush With Passion details what Stevens was doing all that time: working with the Rocketeer movie, trying to do jobs that would earn him a living and challenging himself as an artist. And toward the end, taking oil painting classes and battling leukemia.
I got to meet Dave Stevens once in the early 1990's at one of John Hitchcock's comic shows in Greensboro. I probably asked him when the next Rocketeer was coming out and he patiently and graciously answered my questions. I bought a couple of prints from him and as he signed them I commented how his cover for the Sheena in 3-D comic was one of my favorites by him. He commented, "Apparently someone else liked it too, it's been stolen." There's a happy ending to that story in this book.
One more Stevens story. The drawing on page 181, "Charity." I was over at a friend of mines house who sold original comic art. He had a polaroid of that piece he passed around. At this time, Dave was "just teasing" with his Eclipse covers and just seeing a full on nude by Stevens was something. Even though I was an adult, seeing that drawing brought some of that some thrill one got when viewing their first Playboy magazine at the age of 12 or 13. That's what Stevens' art always did for me, whether it was a drawing of the Rocketeer, the Shadow, or one his pretty girls, it always felt like seeing something new, but something you always wanted to see but just didn't know it yet.Brush with Passion: The Art and Life of Dave Stevens Overview

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