Fantasy Art for Beginners: Create Fantasy Beings Step-by-Step

This is a comprehensive guide that will lead beginners through the approaches and techniques needed to create great fantasy art. Part One provides a thorough grounding in all the theoretical and practical skills. Part Two shows how to put these skills into practice in a series of step-by-step demonstrations. All popular fantasy subjects, including dragons, heroines and monsters, are tackled through the author's expert guidance. It includes accessible and practical information on how to choose the right medium, lighting, imagination, atmosphere and more.

Jon Hodgson is a freelance artist who works in the field of game illustration for both pen-and-paper and electronic games. He has produced artwork for things as diverse as Dungeons and Dragons and various other role-playing games, storyboards for children's TV, drawings for TV dramas and paintings for video-game cut scenes.