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Push Your Creativity: Reimagining fairy tales through illustration

Push Your Creativity: Reimagining fairy tales through illustration

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Professional illustrators and concept artists are experts at pushing their art to a higher level and finding exciting new ways to approach classic subjects. Being able to think outside the box, intrigue the viewer, and bring nuance to a simple story are just some of the essential skills presented in this book, and the familiar world of fairy tales provides a wealth of iconic material to play with. Discover multiple renditions of five well-known tales in informative step-by-step tutorials that will help push your fantasy illustration skills to new heights.

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Professional illustrators and concept artists are experts at pushing their art to a higher level and finding exciting new ways to approach classic subjects. In this book, they reveal their creative secrets. Being able to think outside the box, intrigue the viewer, and bring nuance to a simple story are just some of the essential skills presented inside, and the familiar world of fairy tales provides a wealth of iconic characters and storylines to play with.

Discover multiple renditions of five well-known tales, from research and sketches to rendering and revisions. Informative step-by-step tutorials reveal techniques and tips that will help push your illustration skills to new heights. Learn what makes an effective fantasy illustration and compare different artists’ visions side by side.

Reimagine five classic tales:
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Hansel and Gretel

Product details
Softback 288 pages
Dimensions: 297mm x 210mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-912843-61-9

Contents and contributors

Welcome 
How to use this book
Introduction by Ognjen Sporin
 
Little Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood versus the Wolf – Ahmed Rawi
Little Red and the Hyena – Eilene Cherie Witarsah
The Little Wolf Hunter – Fatemeh “Blue Birdy” Haghnejad
 
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldi the Gangster – Leroy Steinmann
Goldilocks the Greedy Bear – Tony “Eight” Camehl
The Golden Giant – Leo Gómez
 
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Dark Wizard of Hamelin – Inkognit
The Piper Imprisoned – Joshua Carson
The Vengeful Piper – Yongjae Choi
 
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Friendly Giant – João Moura
Jack in the Giant’s Palace – Fernando Peque
Jack and the Space Giants – Kory Lynn Hubbell
 
Hansel and Gretel
A Grimm Arctic Tale – Oliver Ödmark
The Mice and the Owl – Gabriel Gómez Almenzar
The Witch Hunters – Kaining Wang
 
Gallery
WISH! – Ron Sanders
Jack and the Beanstalk – Ryan Harrell
Rapunzel – Katie Goldberg
Red Riding Hood – Luc Brunet-Manquat
 
Contributors
Glossary

 

 

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