Fantasy World-Building
A Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures
Seiten
2019
Dover Publications Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-486-82865-7 (ISBN)
Dover Publications Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-486-82865-7 (ISBN)
A comics and gaming art veteran provides scores of images and step-by-step examples to illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings and their environments and stories.
When artists and designers explore or create a fictional setting, the milieu must be completely fleshed out, explained, and designed. In this book, comic and gaming art veteran Mark Nelson explores and demonstrates his methods for fashioning visually stunning, believable environments for fantasy creatures and characters. Scores of images and step-by-step examples illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings, their environments, and their stories.
Nelson discusses how to find ideas and borrow from history to add the strength of realism to a fantasy world. In describing the best ways to establish a habitat, he offers specifics about climate, terrain, flora, and wildlife. He shares insights into founding societies in terms of their means of survival, manner of warfare, spiritual practices, style of dress, and levels of technology. All visual creatives who work with imaginative material – illustrators, comic artists, and writers – will take a lively interest in this source of inspiration and practical knowledge.
When artists and designers explore or create a fictional setting, the milieu must be completely fleshed out, explained, and designed. In this book, comic and gaming art veteran Mark Nelson explores and demonstrates his methods for fashioning visually stunning, believable environments for fantasy creatures and characters. Scores of images and step-by-step examples illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings, their environments, and their stories.
Nelson discusses how to find ideas and borrow from history to add the strength of realism to a fantasy world. In describing the best ways to establish a habitat, he offers specifics about climate, terrain, flora, and wildlife. He shares insights into founding societies in terms of their means of survival, manner of warfare, spiritual practices, style of dress, and levels of technology. All visual creatives who work with imaginative material – illustrators, comic artists, and writers – will take a lively interest in this source of inspiration and practical knowledge.
Artist Mark Nelson specializes in designs for role-playing games and comic books. Since 1985, his work has appeared in many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine. He has also produced artwork for the games Villains and Vigilantes, Earthdawn and Shadowrun, and Orpheus, and he has illustrated cards for the collectible game Magic: The Gathering.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Working as a Visual problemSolver
2. Ideas
3. Habitats
4. Animals
5. Birds
6. Fish
7. Insects
8. Survival
9. Warfare
10. Spirit
11. Wardrobe
12. Architecture
3. Tech Industry
14. Transportation
15. Other Worldly
16. Putting It All Together
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 510 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-486-82865-4 / 0486828654 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-486-82865-7 / 9780486828657 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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