How to Draw Sci-Fi Utopias and Dystopias: Create the Futuristic Humans, Aliens, Robots, Vehicles, and Cities of Your Dreams and Nightmares
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580934463 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The gorgeous and varied artwork, and thoughtful storytelling combined with friendly instruction, will leave readers with hundreds of new ideas to create worlds of their own.. Examples include: battle-hardened mercenaries; a bizarre biomechanical alien that lives on a furnace-hot planet; a gigantic truck of the near future with a built-in apartment; a miles-long nuclear ramjet interstellar spaceship; a retro-utopia reminiscent of The Jetsons; and a galactic imperial city of staggering proportions. A DC Comics illustrator shows readers how to conceptualize, draw, and digitally enhance their own science fictional worlds—whether for graphic novels, comics, movies, or video games. Rollins demonstrates the astounding power of science fictional storytelling with 32 step-by-step case studies invented just for the book.
He is the author of The Making of a Graphic Novel (The Resonator), and Survival Machine (Stories). Prentis Rollins has been a professional illustrator for over 20 years. He’s additionally contributed to New X-Men for Marvel Comics and Hardware, Icon, Static, Blood Syndicate, and Heroes for Milestone Media. He lives in London with his wife and three children. . A long-time contributor to DC Comics,
"For all those clear-eyed artists, ages 12 and up, engaging in and reimagining this world, How to Draw Sci-Fi Utopias and Dystopias gives an in-depth look at the process of completing sci-fi illustrations—from the thought behind them to constructing basic forms and objects on paper, converting roughs into finished pencil drawings, inking them in, and coloring them in Photoshop. He demonstrates the astounding power of storytelling with 32 step-by-step case studies created and imagined just for this book."--Thinking Animation. Prentis
3 stars for being a book that's on topic. Tucker C. This book is not helpful for anyone who is looking for basic structure or guidelines as to how to create these settings from their own imagination. This book is basically a play by play on how the artist drew the pictures and scenes contained in the book. It gives no basic background information on how to draw these things on your own as a novice or even a little more skilled than that. It's a good book for someone who has a detailed knowledge of creating this kind of art prior to reading, to pull different techniques from, but it is not a "how to" by . "Five Stars" according to TA. Lot of fun. "I love this book" according to brad s pinyon. Thank you. I love this book. I will be happy to shop with you again. and I'll let my friends know too.