Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes: Create your own mythical cities, planets, and lost worlds
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Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes: Create your own mythical cities, planets, and lost worlds

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Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes: Create your own mythical cities, planets, and lost worlds

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A**S

Great inspiring and reference book.

This book is amazing. It shows a lot of illustrations, tecniques, styles, but most of all it teaches how to do it very well. I keep this one close although it's for beginners. It makes a great gift for fantasy lovers who are now starting to learn how to draw and create worlds. This book inspires me to create more worlds.

A**R

It is in good condition

It was a used library book at one point, and I was surprised to see that it was in pretty good condition. There are a few marks on the front cover, but everything else is intact and in good condition. I used to own this book at one point, and I was happy to get a used book at a good price. The book inspires me, and although others have stated it doesn't tell how to make fantasy landscapes and cities, as an artist, it does help because the way you learn is by using reference images. Practicing will help with creating your own landscapes and cityscapes. Using reference images does help with learning perspective. And In my opinion, this book is a good source to come back to if you feel stuck or need inspiration.

E**B

Another winner from Rob Alexander

I've used this reference over and over as I develop the illustrations for my next children's novel. Clear, concise details and fabulous photography combine to create a must-have tool for fantasy artists, and a luscious reference book for art enthusiasts.

R**U

Gave me what I expected and more

I've given this book a 4 out of 5 not because I'm not entirely satisfied with it but because it's not exactly a "must have" book. It helps with, pretty much, what the title says, "Drawing and Painting Landscapes and Cityscapes". The book doesn't go in depth to teaching you step by step and stroke by stroke how to draw landscapes and cityscapes but what it does do I found helpful and excellent.The book begins in touching on basics art basics such as colour, moods, perspective, size, space, etc. Obviously it won't go in depth with these things because that's not the type of book it is nor is it this book's intention. Then, the book spends a good set of pages discussing different elements like weather, snow, trees, whatever. It points out things that some people often take for granted. After this section, the book discusses main aspects of 12 different types of land/city scapes. This, I found extremely helpful as it gives you an idea of how to use reference images and photos. After all, environment design and landscape/cityscape drawing is very much a reference-based practice. Environment designers usually have a set of 10 to 20 photos around their actual canvas and then pick out features they find helpful in some, if not all, of those photos.I bought this book wanting hints and tips regarding landscape design. What I got was a little more. I was expecting to use this book simply for ideas. What I got was a touch up on 12 different types of landscapes, cityscapes, icescapes, seascapes, and what to look out for in each. It definitely gets your mind and vision working together so that your environment works out as a whole picture rather than having separate aspects of your environment contradicting each other. One example is having a storm in the background with a plain standing tree on a hill. The remark made is that the tree should be leaning with the storm [in that example it was leaning to the right]. This is something we take for granted. Surely, a storm will effect everything in its way. The problem is, when some artists draw environments, they often separate the environment and, although it may look fine at first glance, if one was to study the artwork it would become apparent that there are some crucial laws of motion that were disregarded by the artist. Before long, the environment becomes a pain to the trained eye.This books points out these sorts of things and more. If you're wanting to do environment design and just paint landscapes on any medium [drawings, paintings, digital, etc], I recommend this book. It's not a must have but definitely worth mentioning and having a look at. I bought it and don't regret it at all. In fact, I'm glad I bought it.

J**B

Color

If your looking for a bob Ross like book where theres more emphasis on the color and flow of the work

T**H

Excellent Illustrations

I saw this book in my local library before I purchased this, so I knew I was getting an excellent book. Really good illustrations and in-depth explanations on how to create these Fantasy Landscapes & City scapes.

A**N

Not bad

And not great.A few inspiring images, mostly mediocre work. There was however at least one image that was so inspiring that it was worth the small price. An ok fantasy reference book for your art collection.

H**S

Great for amateurs and professionals alike!

I have an ever expanding library of art books focusing on techniques for drawing and painting. This by far is one of the best I have found. It covers ever medium from oils to computer aided illustration, offering insight into seeking sources for inspiration, planning and design, and final implementation. The author provides examples from well known and well respected artists, helping both the professional and amateur develop their skills. I would recommend this book to anyone who is seeking guidance for their art.

G**E

Good book

Book arrived in very good used condition, as described. Delivery was quick and within predicted time frame.

D**J

Good instruction.

I am very pleased with the book I ordered, it is in excellent condition, the content was what I was looking for, and the shipping was really quick too. Thank you

L**R

Très bien, mais pas pour les débutants

Pour des amateurs avertis et expérimentés de la peinture et des arts graphiques, nul doute que ce cahier vaut plus que trois étoiles, car je crois que son contenu leur est réservé en priorité. Pour les autres, très belle introduction à ce type de thème. La partie consacrée à la peinture "électronique" et aux différents programmes que l'on peut se procurer, me semble toutefois courte.

J**.

Wunderschön

Dieses Buch beinhaltet wirklich wunderschöne fantasievolle Landschaften, die das Herz eines jeden Hobby-Malers höherschlagen lassen. Die Details werden gründlich und nachvollziehbar erklärt. Man muss allerdings der englischen Sprache mächtig sein.

は**た

Good!

Very nice book with beautiful illustrations.

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