 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | WATSON - GUPTILL | | | ▪ | AUTHOR: | | YISHAN LI | | | ▪ | ART BY: | | DAVID RICHE | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | WESTERN / COLOR | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 128 | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 03/03/2010 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 01/17/2010 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | SCOTT CAMPBELL |
Fairies have been vibrant figures in folklore and our imaginations for centuries throughout the world, and have populated the world’s greatest literature and art, from the children’s tales of Hans Christian Anderson to Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the images of Howard Pyle, the greatest American illustrator of the 19th century, through to the work of fairy artists practicing today. Now with Fairies Art Studio: Everything You Need to Create Your own Magical Fairy World, fairy artists can give free rein to their imagination and create their own magical world. Through simple step-by-step tutorials and dazzling artwork by Yishan Li, David Riche takes beginners who are new to digital art templates and teaches them the techniques needed to create and color fairies and their enchanted worlds. He also appeals to the more advanced artist by expanding on core skills and providing diverse fairy elements, generating unlimited opportunities for ingenuity and inspiration. Accompanying the book is a CD that contains hundreds of templates of fairy characters, poses, accessories, backgrounds and props that can be assembled easily by mixing and matching Photoshop layered files. Whether you have treasured memories of Tinkerbell, enjoyed the Sugar Plum Fairy at the ballet, or believed wholeheartedly in the tooth fairy, Fairies Art Studio has the power to reawaken your imagination and enliven those memories with simple, fun, and personalized art. As said before, this book contains some great art – it should prove to be an inspiration to any artist putting together their own work involving fairies. It’s easy to follow and presents itself in a way so that beginners with digital art can gain an understanding from the start about what this is all about, and how to use it. It contains great sections like “Introduction to Digital Art,” “Mixing Fairy Costume Sets,” “Fine-Tuning Your Colors,” “Contemporary Fairies,” “Backgrounds” and “Accessories.” The sheer multitude of inspirations and ideas in the book should lead readers to create their own ideas, borrowing snippets of images and ideas found throughout the book. That mixed with the easy to understand explanations is the perfect mix to promote good learning and a lot of fun. If you’re into fairies, or you even just like learning how to draw and create new subject matters, this book may very well have a lot about it that you will love!
IN SUMMARY:
Art Studio: Everything You Need to Create Your own Magical Fairy World is an innovative and full publication that covers everything you could want to know about creating fairies and the fantasy worlds they inhabit. This would make a perfect gift for anyone who loves fairies or likes to learn how to draw new things! |
