illustrations

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing several kinds of fantasy characters and creatures as well as settings such as castle interiors, ruins, and villages, covering shapes, perspective, shading, and texture and providing examples with coloring keys.

Examines the fundamentals of storytelling in comic book style and offers advice on story construction and visual narratives.

A guide to creating science fiction art, explaining how to plan, conceptualize, render, and finish compositions, includes inspirational ideas, tips, and techniques.

Discusses the paintings, drawings, and sketches of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. Includes 200 reproductions of his art.

Provides information about the origin and perpetuation of the King Arthur myth, and presents 120 illustrations that depict the many themes engendered by the Arthurian legends.

Presents the basic techniques used in drawing cartoon people and animals and in creating a comic strip.

A tribute to Winnie the Pooh, looking at the origins of the beloved bear, introducing the characters who live with Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood, discussing Disney's involvement with the Pooh stories, presenting the Pooh films, and considering the continuing popularity of Pooh and his friends.

Presents reproductions of over one hundred drawings of Greek and Roman temples, the Acropolis, the Parthenon, fragments from Pompeii, and other sites and artifacts, rendered by the architectural students who won the Grand Prix de Rome in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.