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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful. Great companion to "DragonArt"By Neko-sanDragonArt Fantasy Characters follows the steps of the previous book from J. Peffer. DragonArt. This is a great book for an aspiring artist to learn how to draw fantasy characters. It provide easy to follow instruction and shows Peffers inspiring art.This book is divided into five sections: a preface and four parts. The preface contains a tutorial about how to draw people. It briefly covers all the basics: shapes and shading. penciling and inking. coloring. human body. face. facial expressions. hair. hands and feet.There are step-by-step tutorials on how to draw fantasy beings in part 1. 2. and 3. Part 1 contains 6 classic fantasy creatures: a fairy. a sprite. an elf. a goblin. a dwarf. and an orc. Part 2 contains 6 mythological creatures: a mermaid. a centaur. a faun. an angel. and a kitsune. And part 3 contains 4 night creatures: a banshee. vampire. a werewolf. and a demon.Part 4 is about fashion. It shows a limited collection of clothes. accessories and weapons for male and female characters of various professions: warrior. ranger. rogue. mage. cleric. samurai. noble. and peasant.The step-by-step tutorials are very useful. but this book works the best for me as a source of inspiration. J. Peffers artistic style is refreshing and extremely contagious.The bad thing about this book is that its only 128 pages long. Overall. I think this is great book for anyone who wants to learn how to draw fantasy characters.Other books by J. Peffer:DragonArtDragonArt Evolution: How to Draw Everything Dragon0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book for comic style artBy larry griffinGreat book for comic style art. Good instruction also may be used for more serious work also. Or the creation of characters.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Adorable art. good instruction. well worth the very reasonable price!By MeganI love these books - drawing books from the publisher Impact are almost always filled with interesting art styles and fun pictures. They generally provide pretty good instruction and are a nice item to have for inspiration! I own so many different books in the DragonArt series as well - one of my favorite series!I love all of the J "NeonDragon" Peffer books. If you like fantasy art and cutesy dragons. these are the books for you!
