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    How To Draw Fantasy Characters
    How To Draw Fantasy Characters
    How To Draw Fantasy Characters
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    How To Draw Fantasy Characters

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    If you want to create your own fantasy world filled with your own character creations, try the “How to Draw Fantasy Characters” guide. This guide will help you learn how to create unique characters of all kinds, while also teaching you the basics of human anatomy. You’ll also get tips of how to get inspired and how to create characters of all shapes and sizes.

    This guide is for artists of all skills levels – and for those who don’t quite consider themselves artists yet!

    The guide includes detailed instructions for how to create your characters from start to finish, including written instructions as well as detailed illustrations.

    Some of the chapters in the guide are:
    • Choosing and drawing dynamic poses
    • Exploring different types of fantasy characters
    • Warriors, soldiers, and other armored characters
    • Mages, spirits, and other magical beings

    And others! The guide will start with the basic building blocks of drawing – building up the basic forms in pencil sketches – and help you works you way up to building fully colored character designs unique to you!

    If you’re ready to create your own magical world, then the “How to Draw Fantasy Characters” guide is for you!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHowExpert
    Release dateSep 17, 2012
    ISBN9781301166794
    How To Draw Fantasy Characters
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    • 4/5
      This could be useful for something like doing a drawing of a rpg character
    • 1/5
      This is NOT a drawing book. It's not even useful in my opinion.
    • 1/5
      wow.
      how should i put this..
      this is..
      the WORST how-to-draw book i've EVER seen so far.
      this doesn't even deserve a star!

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    How To Draw Fantasy Characters - HowExpert

    How To Draw Fantasy Characters

    Your Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Short Stories

    By HowExpert Press & Sierra Crook

    Copyright 2016 http://www.HowExpert.com

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    Table of Content

    Chapter 1: Where to Begin

    Chapter 2: Inspiration

    Chapter 3: Basic forms

    Chapter 4: Poses

    Chapter 5: Presenting Your Character

    Chapter 6: Kinds of Classes or Careers for Your Characters

    Chapter 7: Races/Species for Your Characters

    About the Expert

    Recommended Resources

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    Chapter 1: Where to Begin

    So you want to draw a fantasy character? Before even putting pencil to paper, it’s good to plan out what you want to create. Ask and answers questions about your character. What personality do they have? Do they use a weapon? What kind? Where do they live? The mountains, the sea, the plains? Are they rich or poor? Good or evil? These questions, plus many more, can help you get a more concrete idea of who you want your character to be, and all of these questions can be reflected visually in your character’s design.

    Personality affects pose and expression, and is what most quickly connects your character to your audience. Are they shy? Their pose will be more reserved and withdrawn. Are they confident? Their pose will be rigid and determined.

    If your character is very intense, they may have a very serious and angry face. Or maybe they’re happy, and they have a cheerful smile and an inviting stance. Learning to show personality through stance and expression adds an extra layer of life to your characters.

    There are many kinds of weapons, and within those kinds of weapons are sub-categories. Sure, everyone knows what a sword is; but what about a rapier, falchion, or scimitar? It is especially important to research weapons, otherwise you end up drawing the same few kinds over and over again without any variety. Do some research; museums, websites, historical books… you can find weapon examples all over the world!

    Where your character calls home has a great impact on their skin color, build, and clothing. How warm the climate is affects how heavy their clothing is, and the type of environment they live in affects the style of their clothes. Also, if the environment is very sparse, such as in a desert, the characters living there will most likely be more lean and tan than characters that live in the plains where animals and crops are more readily available.

    An often overlooked factor in a character’s design is their economic status. Not every elf should be able to afford mythril armor, right? So make sure to incorporate a wide range of economic states in your characters to add another dimension of diversity.

    Okay, so now you’ve thought about what your character should be, it’s time to start drawing. This is the part where most guides tell you want kind of materials you need to draw – but there are no specific tools that work best; it’s all about what you’re comfortable with, and what you want the final form to be. Most of my work I finish digitally, so I sketch with whatever I can find and clean it up on the computer. Experiment, and find out what works best for you, and what you feel the most comfortable with.

    If you’re just beginning to be interested in drawing, you’ll probably want to start with a pencil, since it’s most

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