Product Description

Learn how to draw and paint truly fabulous fantasy females with this practical and inspirational guide for improver artists. This title demonstrates the basics of female anatomical structure, how to use both drawing and painting media effectively, and how to design and build fantasy female characters. Key to this subject matter is capturing female allure, and there are specific sections that tackle female pose, expression, clothing, hair and make-up. This title includes five extended step demos of a valkyrie, a warrior, a fairy, a sorceress and a heroine. The female is the most important subject in fantasy art making this title indispensable to any fantasy artist.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30558 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
..seductive artwork based around beautiful and curvaceous feminine forms…We love the personality injected into this book, with stylish fonts and stunning artwork throughout. We can't help admiring the impressive work of the talented Tom Flemming. If you're looking to take up fantasy art, the work in this book can easily be translated into Photoshop. --Photoshop Creative Magazine

Throughout the book are detailed step-by-step tutorials which are a joy to follow and packed with detail. If you're interested in perfecting the fantasy women in your art, then we'd have trouble finding a more thorough book to recommend. --Corel Painter Magazine

..extensive advice…All techniques capture the female allure, which is essential when creating authentic fantasy females. Thanks to the expert step-by-steps with coloured thumbnails as guidance, artists can really evolve their skills at their own pace, the professional way. --Adavanced Photoshop

About the Author
Tom Fleming is a high profile artist particularly known for his ability to capture the beauty of the female form. He has done much work for Marvel and DC comics; for White Wolf, Heavy Metal, Vampirella Quarterly, Cracked and GAG! magazines; and he has worked on a range of high profile trading cards including Ultra X-Men, Superman, Spiderman and World of Warcraft. He lives in North Carolina, USA and his work can be viewed at www.flemart.com

Customer Reviews

Learn in minutes skills that will last a lifetime
Having worked for Marvel and DC there's probably very few modern artists who are more adept at the subject matter of the book than Tom Flemming. What perhaps makes this so superb is that Tom doesn't just tackle the basics such as shapes but covers everything from clothing to makeup, facial construction through to hair.

Within this offering is material gained through experience that explains the differing aspects not just by stating the facts but putting the information across almost as if you were in the same room as the artist backing up each point with concise and beautifully created artwork.

This title was a real joy to read and will be one that's well thumbed each time I want to revisit points brought up within. Hopefully allowing me to create not just acceptable art but pieces I'll be proud to have on my wall.

A useful read
My interest in the book really stems from my dabbling with 3D software such as Poser. As this, as the title suggests, is aimed at drawing and painting it would seem to have little interest. However I found it a very good read, even the sections that were not my prime interst. It did offer some very good advice on Character building and the use of colours that I am sure will help improve my own 3D art works. At Amazon's price it it should be on the bookshelf of any budding Fantasy Artist.