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The fantasy Art and Design lens
This lens is all about Fantasy Art and also How to draw fantasy art - a rough artists guide, and with some of my own fantasy art showing throughout I wanted to create a lens to celebrate the fantasy art genre because of it's inspirational value it has given me in my own art.
Fantasy Art and the art form keeps me drawing and I'll also be adding any other helpful tips about drawing creatures (my favourite!!) that I can pass on to others who also draw too much like me.
I have often found that fantasy worlds are really a creative flux of ideas all mish mashed from other places and themes.
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You can view my cafepress stores here:
Dark Demonic Designs - Demonic666
Or my other lenses at - Demons Are Dark
My Deviant Art home page that is building up with drawings and fantasy related stuff - Demon Demonic Art
An amazon store that has a load of fantasy related items to buy such as books and toys etc. Fantasy Art Store
And finally my favorite film series star wars an amazon store with all the toys and stuff Star Wars Store
There are going to be a few more fantasy art site links coming soon so keep an eye out for more from me here.
Fantasy art is a phenomenon not to be sniffed at but to be inhaled.
Find great fantasy art books and related stuff on Amazon!
Or buy the fantasy ones listed.
Fantasy art and reference books are essential for the artist of this genre.
I personally have learnt alot from books and content resources such as online reports and articles and it's these that you should follow to make your art stand out and be as professional as it could be.
I personally have learnt alot from books and content resources such as online reports and articles and it's these that you should follow to make your art stand out and be as professional as it could be.
Fantasy art - A place for creative freedom
Draw what you want.
Fantasy art should be a place for your own creative freedom to assert itself, as the main point to express yourself if it were limited in some way it would be a stifled creative expression and would therefore fall flat as a pancake and become a useless piece of art never to be fondled again.
The War Devil battling the undead armies in the wastelands of filth, © Copyright Wayne Tully 2008.all Rights Reserved
I often find myself drawn to dragon art quite alot and other artists representations of this fantasy art
Drawing what you want to draw is a key thing in this express yourself ideal, only in realising this will you move up the ladder and get on with the task in hand, which is perfecting your creative niche, a corner of the universe to call your own, and eventually share with the rest of those who are equal and relevant in your own minds path.
The drawing of fantasy is the realisation of ordinary life but with the fantastical elements thrown in for excitement and wonder, although the standard professional style of fantasy art/paintings is one drawn from models and real life photographs or that reach for perfect physical resemblance normally seen in body building contests.
You should be encouraged to draw what you want and not because you see someone elses art/paintings and decide you must do things their way, that's not what art is about, it's about finding your own way of working and then making it work for you.
The War Devil battling the undead armies in the wastelands of filth, © Copyright Wayne Tully 2008.all Rights Reserved
I often find myself drawn to dragon art quite alot and other artists representations of this fantasy art
Drawing what you want to draw is a key thing in this express yourself ideal, only in realising this will you move up the ladder and get on with the task in hand, which is perfecting your creative niche, a corner of the universe to call your own, and eventually share with the rest of those who are equal and relevant in your own minds path.
The drawing of fantasy is the realisation of ordinary life but with the fantastical elements thrown in for excitement and wonder, although the standard professional style of fantasy art/paintings is one drawn from models and real life photographs or that reach for perfect physical resemblance normally seen in body building contests.
You should be encouraged to draw what you want and not because you see someone elses art/paintings and decide you must do things their way, that's not what art is about, it's about finding your own way of working and then making it work for you.
Fantasy Art
An introduction.
The time and age of fantasy is as endless as... well time itself, the genre of fantasy and the art that is an escape for many into the worlds of dragons and mythical creatures is much more than a fashion statement, it is a way of imaginative creation that should be encouraged for everyone that loves to draw and be part of a rich and diverse way of driving your individual creations forward.When I think of the many fantasy realms that have been envisioned by the countless inspiring artists and painters of the past, present and the future to come, I to become inspired by the many visions of these master visionaries.
I've often awoke in the middle of the night to have an idea for a great drawing, character, graphic novel or any other project and started sketching and before I know it it's time for the mundane working day. Look For Fantasy Art Posters at AllPosters.com
Inspiration is not just limited to other artists, it's also found in the relaxing things you love to do, like watching horror, fantasy films late into the night or listening to you favourite korn album over and over again, or the most oddest and stand out characters and people in real life can instill inspiration without even knowing it sometimes.
As you may or may not be aware my main area of creative inspiration comes from the horror films and horror comics and graphic novels, I just can't seem to accept anything else (although I do like other films and comics etc)I'm sort of drawn to this dark horror fantasy world by some unknown force, a force that seems to know what I want to draw all the time.
The more I think about it, I realise I must do something about getting into some area of art/creation that will make me feel like life is great, rather than just bearable with an ordinary run of the mill job, that's why I started this squidoo lens, to start to make my mark and also collectively gather a network of fantasy websites and build a community where we could help each other and show our work to the world.
I've joined cafepress as many others have and built some basic stores with demonic designs throughout, which I will expand and turn a few into premium stores, this is also one of the columns of foundation that I am using to drive myself forward and get my work out there, like many other artists it starts with a sketch and ends in recognition for your efforts.
Wayne Tully
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Fantasy Art Prints
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byFantasy art just draw and draw for fun at first
add a little paint.
Drawing fantasy or anything for that matter should be fun or else you would'nt be doing it right.The reality of my exerience is I love drawing but other things get in the way at times, but then this is life and you should just make time if it's where you want to be later on down the road, I myself would love to be drawing right the way through the night like I used to as kid, but working, bringing up a family, paying the bills etc has become the most important thing in anyones life and quite rightly so, but if you are that determined it's best to make the time.
I'm doing this right now, burning the midnight oil, late nights building up ideas in scrap books and notepads, and drawing comics and stuff late into the night has become the norm that I have even set up a spare bed in the computer room, just in case I nod off while I am working.
Fantasy art books at Amazon
Take a look!
More fantasy art books on amazon, some books cover topics such as fairies and other creatures, so they are well worth a look to expand your fantasy artistic range.
Important How To Draw Art books at Amazon!!!
Essential Drawing books for the beginner or professional!
A few of the best drawing books I would recommend.
These cover the basics of anatomy and figure drawing, the stuff you may have learnt at college or missed, then get a book and catch up on the learning process of drawing basics.
These cover the basics of anatomy and figure drawing, the stuff you may have learnt at college or missed, then get a book and catch up on the learning process of drawing basics.
Cult Horror films at Amazon
Actually the twisted ones!
Cult classic horror films the best in inspiration for creating, designing, painting and concept building
Peter Jackson's Bad Taste
Bad taste ( or roast of the day in U.S) is a unique gore filled horror film for the eighties, it took Peter jackson 4 years to complete and featured most of his office work buddies and jackson himself as the stars, and the humour and the inventiveness of the effects stand out even in todays standards of film making - A total cult classic.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
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Dead Alive [Region 2]
Dead alive (Braindead) was his follow up film after bad taste, taking the humour and amplifying it almost 10 times, it made me laugh out loud this film and it is even more inventive with all the special effects this time round and you sort of begin to realise that he would go on to great things and he did with lord of the rings and king kong.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
The Evil Dead
The original is good but the sequel below adds more character and soul as well as humour to the story.
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Evil Dead II (Special Edition)
The best in the evil dead films, as the ideas and the ending are well worth the viewing time, although it does essentially repeat the first films story somewhat it adds in the areas what makes it the best evil dead.
Amazon Price: $10.49 (as of 07/26/2008)
Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)
Classic series of films that had my gran in tears, cursing the evil video shop owners, nice one chaps.
Amazon Price: $49.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
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waynet1
Great lens wayne, the more I see here on Squidoo the more I want to build better lenses, How do you add large images like you did with the war devil? oh well I'm sure I'll find out from some other lens. Posted June 22, 2008 |
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Wayne Tully
Thanks for the kind words and comments, I hope to do more of these lenses to help and advise and support in fantasy art! Posted June 11, 2008 |
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Dav1d0
This lense has something special... 5 stars ;) Posted March 22, 2008 |
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gwkell
Thanks for the great lens. I'd like more information about Catering Services and Art. Posted March 02, 2008 |
The Great all in one Fantasy Link List
Fantasy art,artists,galleries,blogs,on and on and on.........
- Dark Demons
- This is my lens about dark demons and evil designs and even the history of the demons that come from hell - I'll add more to this lens soon.
- Borris V and Julie B
- This is the excellent website featuring the also excellent art and magnificent paintings of borris Vallejo and Julie Bell, these two painters have built up a great professional portfolio over the years and are well established experts in their field, check it out.
- Larry Elmore (a legend!!!)
- The legendary Larry Elmore has been painting for over 20 years and chances are you have seen some of his paintings without realising it, while the dragonlance saga springs to mind, it is often the area of fantasy you associate Larry with, dragons and other fantasy creatures.
- Melissa Benson
- An excellent fantasy design site with varying images of the usual fantasy genre, but with every different artist comes their own unique view on this world of enchantment and fantastical wonder.
- Amy Brown
- This is a great fantasy site with fairies in a range of design types of their respected fantasy realms, also a good selection of prints and designs as well as other merchandise with Amy's designs on.
- Art Demon Tealights: Wizard, Devil Magician and Horned
- DRAGON ART, STATUES, FURNITURE, WORLD GLOBES & GEMSTONE GIFTS Medieval Custom Statues
- Fantasy Art; dragon pictures; dragons on t-shirts | fine art fantasy gifts, art prints
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Fantasy Art Gifts
Fairy Art Gifts
Monsters & Horror Gifts
Spiritual & New Age Gifts
Misc. Designs
Fantasy art Prints
And much more fantasy art designs
A Link List of fantasy related forums and websites
Like to talk, chat, discuss, speak, and waffle on, then look here!!
A list of fantasy related forums for you to chat and find interesting things out from the most knowledgable people around. ( and yes the not so knowledgable )
- SFX Magazine
- The worlds most popular science fiction and fantasy magazine for film and tv and books and related media the world over, join the forum, it's one of the most used I have ever participated in and you find a lot about your favourite shows here.
- Alternative Nation
- A massive forum gathering many hits daily, the topics are varied aswell as adult most of the times, but if you participate in the discussions you can slip your links in, nee bother.
- The Fantasy Forum
- This is a direct fantasy forum dealing with all discussion topics that you would find all the fanboy(and girl)stuff related to film news and games, books etc.
A frequently posted to forum and it's free, like forums should be. - The Australian Fantasy Art Enclave - Welcome to the Australian Fantasy Art Enclaves
- An online gallery featuring fantasy artists from Australia. A collection of beautiful fantasy artworks, art prints and more.
Great and inspiring Horror films And TV Series at Amazon
Oh! the Horror! Let Your Fantasy Art Be Inspired By Movie And TV Greatness!!
Drawing fantasy is as easy as 1 2 3
copy your favourite artists, then draw on your own.
Drawing fantasy stuff is as easy as thinking of story ideas in your head and it's that much easier to brainstorm and sketch at the same time than try to complete a masterpiece straight off, like anything the foundations are built first and the rest comes naturally after that.While deciding on ideas it's best to think in terms of situations, characters and even some story elements to place in your pictures, because when you look at most painting or fantasy art drawing it almost always represents some form of emotion from a character or atmosphere from the landscape or even some sort of compositional element that also creates a story in the viewers head, some of the best examples make you think of the subject more and decide whats happening in the picture.
Womens Fantasy Costumes at Amazon
Need a costume for a fancy dress party?
Look at these for a tiny selection in womens fantasy costumes.
Licensed TM Sexy Wonder Woman Costume - Womens Superhero Costume Fun (See size notes)
Everyone loves Wonder woman, right?
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Women's Ruby, The Pirate Beauty - Sexy Pirate Wench Costume (Sword not included)
Hello! Ding Dong!!!
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Sexy Snow White Costume by Roma
I dare you to go clubbing wearing this lot ( not all at once you understand)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Drawing your fantasy designs.
What areas are you good at?
When considering drawing or even taking up the fantasy area of art you have to consider which and indeed what areas you may specialize in or be even good at, as we are all good at one main type of drawing/media or theme.Over the years I personally have come to realise that I am suited to the comic book style of drawing, so I have concentrated on that, but a true artist doesn't limit themselves in this way so it is more better professionally for you to branch out into many areas and learn to either draw in many styles ie: manga,realist,comic book etc.
In doing this you are expanding your range and also learning in the process also, by picking up many art styles you are effectively studying all aspects of drawing and quietly perfecting and finding your own art style.
Having said this, not all art styles suit many artists and so only a few should be concentrated on for your best results.
Research into fantasy is also a good idea as more ideas and inspiration can be found in many a book or website that may help you on the road to becoming the fantasy artist professional that you deserve to be.
Graphic Novels, a storytelling gem
Storymaker - An artists perspective.
The time of the graphic novel has stood the test of time and is by far the best source of graphic storytelling as far as I am concerned, it's the visual style that draws you in just like a movie with wide camera angles and inexpensive special effects portraying every story progression with the dialogue of each character, pushing the story further forward.Plus they are usually either stand alone stories concentrating on a handful of cool characters or they are collected parts of a comic book series with added pages.
Through the eyes of an artist though it's the art that has to take a sort of first priority over the story somewhat as the layout of the pages are the single most recognizable thing that we look for in graphic novels.
Zombies a fantasy artists indulgence
Drawing zombies from the many horror films my gran picked from the video shop.
Zombies are mostly associated with the horror films, classics such as dawn of the dead and the recent land of the dead as well as countless others, there is something quite disturbing about the dead walking slowly towards someone to eat our brains or tuck into some living flesh in all it's gory detail.And it's this single idea that makes me want to draw them, whether it is just their heads or the full zombie design with ripped clothes and blood gushing all over the place, as a fan of horror films also this appeals to me as another category in fantasy art, the better zombie films are the ones were the zombies are more zombie like and by this I mean burnt faces and holes in their heads and blood dribbling down their faces, this was what was lacking from the original dawn of the dead film as the green faces made me think when is the incredible hulk going to turn up, although it was a great film as opposed to the remake - with olympic running zombies, it simply didnt inspire me as much as day of the dead did.
As I said befor there have been countless zombie films over the years, some good(day of the dead) some bad(The dead next door)but without these films brought about by george romero back in the sixties would zombies be the cult monsters of the horror/fantasy arena today?
I think not, again inspiration has to important in everything we do as doing most drawing on your own can be pretty dull without others work to motivated by.
Fantasy tattoos
Drawing the best fantasy tattoo design.
Tattoo designs can be simple in design or as complicated as you make them, either way you should decide what types of tattoo you are good at and work on this basis alone, as you can learn the other tattoo design/themes later on, if you are comfortable in recieving criticism from tattooists, show your work to them as they know more about tattoo design than anybody.Ask them questions based on what sells best and how to layout your designs, questions like these the tattooists if they are sociable they would be more than happy to point you in the right direction.
Bear in mind if they don't like your work they can be pretty honest (believe me I've been there before.)
Once you have spoken to a few professional tattooists it is time to put what advice they have given you to good use, and come up with some excellent designs based on the requirements of the tattoo world - which is clear line work, colours that don't make the design look too busy, and also images that are original or unique can go a long way through internet sites such as ebay.
try to draw what you love to draw as you will more than likely in a short space of time have built up a good range of designs that you will be proud of.
Fantasy Art Amazon Plexo
The Art of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire by Fantasy Flight Games
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