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Fantasy Genesis

A Creativity Game for Fantasy Artists

By: Chuck Lukacs

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Fantasy Genesis

A Creativity Game for Fantasy Artists

By: Chuck Lukacs

Get Rolling on Your Most Inventive Artwork Ever! What lurks in the shadows of your imagination? This book takes you deep into the dusty corners and dark recesses where your most original ideas lie in wait, showing you how to lure them out into daylight, and shape them into fantastic yet believable concept art. Experimentation is the cornerstone of Fantasy Genesis. A series of dice rolls and corresponding word lists present you with an infinite variety of jumping-off points and visual problems to solve. The challenge (and the fun) is to meld seemingly unrelated and everyday elements such as a caterpillar, seashells, fire or a hammer into exceptionally curious, grotesque, oddly beautiful and totally unexpected creations. • 40+ step-by-step mini-demonstrations illustrate basic techniques for drawing a wide range of fantasy elements and forms • 3 game variations (complete with game sheets) lead you to create fiercely imaginative objects, creatures and humanoids • 3 full-length demonstrations show how to play the game from your first rolls of the die to finished concept drawings Use this art-game as a warm-up, a bulldozer for creative-block or a daily sketching exercise to generate a stockpile of inspired beasties, heroes, costumes, weapons and other never-before-dreamt creations. It all starts with a roll, a word and your imagination.

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1440309876

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Wreaking Havoc

How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked Weapons

By: Jim Pavelic,Chuck Lukacs

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Wreaking Havoc

How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked Weapons

By: Jim Pavelic,Chuck Lukacs

Four top gaming artists share their secrets for creating fantasy battle scenes complete with warriors, a fearsome armory of weaponry and a cast of monstrous creatures that wreak havoc! Read this book and enter a realm where human warriors coexist with giants, monsters and many other mythical creatures both mundane and magical, all battling for survival. Four artists who have dared to venture this way before (and won reputations as masters of fantasy illustration) are here to lead you through this wicked world, sharing their fiercest techniques for creating your vilest imaginings. Take up your pen and brush, and follow through 15 step-by-step character demos as well as 39 mini-demos on rendering fearsome armor, swords and other weaponry. Here's what lies ahead: • Archetypal Humanoids. Quite an unusual group, containing such diverse beings as humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and brutish, foul-smelling orcs. • Exotic Humanoids. Two arms, two legs and a head... the rest is all up to you. Begin your imaginings here with Medusa, Creagal, hateful Lich, nasty trolls and bitter Iraxus. • Creatures. Dragons, gargoyles, ogres, Venusians and Minotaurs . . . embodiments of pure evil found only in the darkest places. • Environments. 5 full-spread scenes, from tense to tranquil, feature the native habitats of popular fantasy warriors. To make your battle scenes believable, this book will arm you with a thorough understanding of line, color, lighting and composition. Then venture forth, if you dare, with strong shapes, fluid lines and an unhinged imagination. Let havoc ensue!

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1440319855

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Fantasy Genesis Characters

A creativity game for drawing original people and creatures

By: Chuck Lukacs

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Fantasy Genesis Characters

A creativity game for drawing original people and creatures

By: Chuck Lukacs

Conjure creatures and characters from your imagination! To generate fantasy characters and inhabitants that populate an imaginary world, sometimes you need a little creative fuel...and a 20-sided die. Fantasy Genesis Characters is a choose-your-own-adventure game where a roll of the dice decides what type of creature you create. Each chapter expands on mimicking the observable world to engineer original populations by mashing up unrelated quirks and concepts--think "vegetarian zombie," "Byzantine goth" or "gangster sheep." Roll the dice to combine traits from word lists. Mix random emotions, behaviors, costumes, cultures and anthropomorphic attributes to create infinite and unexpected characters. Short lessons supply the building blocks to develop character components--expressions, gestures, posture, etc.--while mini demos, creative challenges and RPG-like activities help you bring them to life. • 30+ challenges and demonstrations illustrate how to conceptualize and create fully developed fantasy characters • Use free-association word games to jump-start your brain into forming original ideas, crazy-cool mash-ups and visual solutions • Includes a crash course in anatomy, plus tips for drawing from life and reference photos • Learn to sketch facial expressions and modify classic archetypes

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1440350019

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Wreaking Havoc

How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked Weapons

By: Jim Pavelic,Chuck Lukacs

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How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked Weapons

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Fantasy Genesis Characters

A creativity game for drawing original people and creatures

By: Chuck Lukacs

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A creativity game for drawing original people and creatures

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Fantasy Genesis

A Creativity Game for Fantasy Artists

By: Chuck Lukacs

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A Creativity Game for Fantasy Artists

By: Chuck Lukacs

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Wreaking Havoc

How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked Weapons

By: Jim Pavelic,Chuck Lukacs,Thomas Manning,Christopher Seaman

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How To Create Fantasy Warriors And Wicked Weapons

By: Jim Pavelic,Chuck Lukacs,Thomas Manning,Christopher Seaman

Four top gaming artists share their secrets for creating fantasy battle scenes complete with warriors, a fearsome armory of weaponry and a cast of monstrous creatures that wreak havoc! Read this book and enter a realm where human warriors coexist with giants, monsters and many other mythical creatures both mundane and magical, all battling for survival. Four artists who have dared to venture this way before (and won reputations as masters of fantasy illustration) are here to lead you through this wicked world, sharing their fiercest techniques for creating your vilest imaginings. Take up your pen and brush, and follow through 15 step-by-step character demos as well as 39 mini-demos on rendering fearsome armor, swords and other weaponry. Here's what lies ahead: Archetypal Humanoids. Quite an unusual group, containing such diverse beings as humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and brutish, foul-smelling orcs. Exotic Humanoids. Two arms, two legs and a head . . . the rest is all up to you. Begin your imaginings here with Medusa, Creagal, hateful Lich, nasty trolls and bitter Iraxus. Creatures. Dragons, gargoyles, ogres, Venusians and Minotaurs . . . embodiments of pure evil found only in the darkest places. Environments. 5 full-spread scenes, from tense to tranquil, feature the native habitats of popular fantasy warriors. To make your battle scenes believable, this book will arm you with a thorough understanding of line, color, lighting and composition. Then venture forth, if you dare, with strong shapes, fluid lines and an unhinged imagination. Let havoc ensue!

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IMPACT

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1600610005

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9781600610004

My Impossible Dream

The Story of Chuck Randall

By: Chuck Randall

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My Impossible Dream

The Story of Chuck Randall

By: Chuck Randall

My Impossible Dream is a testament to the impact one person has on the lives of many, to the tremendous good one can bring about whatever the chosen path, to the responsibility each of us carries to make a positive difference in this world. Do they still make men like Chuck Randall? He was a solid strength of character, holding to his principles, enforcing no drinking and no smoking among his players. His rules were as much a challenge then as they are now and contributed to his incredible wins on the basketball courts. But what mattered most was the respect he gave his players as individuals and as equal partners on the team. They were all one, working toward the same goal, no one more important than another, each fully supporting the other and giving his all. It is no wonder that the respect he gave returned to him a hundredfold.

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220

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Danforth Book Distribution

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188754268X

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9781887542685

Debriefing Agent Zero

An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV

By: Chuck Klosterman

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Debriefing Agent Zero

An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV

By: Chuck Klosterman

Originally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a stand-alone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Sports, this essay is about Gilbert Arenas.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451621108

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9781451621105

My Impossible Dream

By: Chuck Randall,Barbara Kindness

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My Impossible Dream

By: Chuck Randall,Barbara Kindness

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1887542671

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Fantasy Genesis

Fantasy Genesis

Wreaking Havoc

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Fantasy Genesis Characters

Fantasy Genesis Characters

Wreaking Havoc

Wreaking Havoc

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Fantasy Genesis Characters

Fantasy Genesis

Fantasy Genesis

Wreaking Havoc

Wreaking Havoc

My Impossible Dream

My Impossible Dream

Debriefing Agent Zero

Debriefing Agent Zero

My Impossible Dream

My Impossible Dream

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