Draw Baby Beasties:

Create Little Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids and More

For centuries, brave artists have sought the elusive offspring of legend's most infamous beasts. Many have met ugly ends whiles scaling cliffs for a glimpse of griffon hatchlings, venturing into dark forests in pursuit of moody little Minotaurs or voyaging to sea where newborn krakens toss boats like bath toys. Here at long last is a more practical, less perilous alternative. Draw Baby Beasties offers a rare view into the formative years of dragons, trolls, harpies and other fantastical creatures.

Use the easy-to-follow drawing instructions to start assembling simple shapes, then add shading, texture and color to capture magical unicorn foals, flaming phoenix chicks, gruesome gargoyle pups and other fantastical youth of land, sky and sea. Even beginners can achieve happy results quickly, without risk to life or limb.

• Step-by-step demonstrations for 28 baby fantasy creatures
• Tips for depicting true-to-life anatomy, poses and expressions
• Narrative profiles of each species, complete with fascinating insights on their habits, habitats and favorite pastimes
  

For a look inside the book, check out the photos below.

• Publisher: Impact Books
• ISBN-13: 978-1440354199
• July 18, 2019
• Color, 128 pages
• Signed by the Authors

$19.99

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Little Pony Drawing Book:

How to Draw and Create Magical Friends

Little Pony Drawing Book is 128 color pages packed full of cute ponies, unicorns, pegasi, other forest friends, with lots of demos to take you step-by-step through the drawing process of building up characters using basic shapes. Plus tips for proportions, poses, motion/action, facial expressions, manes, tails, fashion, and more.

For a look inside the book, check out the photos below, and a bonus Little Pony video tutorial!

• Publisher: Impact Books
• ISBN-13: 978-1440340222
• November 01, 2015
• Color, 128 pages

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Draw More Furries:

How to Create Anthropomorphic Fantasy Creatures

This follow-up book to Draw Furries is packed with more fantastic furries and scalies to draw!

This book shows readers how to create anthropomorphic characters (animals with humanlike characteristics) that effectively convey various personalities, combining elements of people with those of furry (or feathered or scaled) animals, reptiles and mythical creatures.

Learn anatomy, facial expressions, poses, costumes, coloring and more!

• Publisher: Impact Books
• ISBN-13: 978-1440314735
• November 23, 2012
• Color, 128 pages
• Signed by the authors

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Furries Furever:

Draw and Color Anthro Characters in a Variety of Styles

Authors Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos are back for their 3rd book to teach you how to draw furries! This anthropomorphic drawing book is packed with 25 step-by-step demonstrations to teach you how to draw the awesome furries of your imagination ranging from slinky scalies to modern day sphinx. Discover different coloring techniques, learn how to paint realistic fur and scales, and develop the skills to go about creating your own fursona!

Loaded with a variety of drawing styles and coloring techniques from contributing artists Katie Hofgard (Wolf-nymph), Analon, Kristen Plescow (Centradragon), RUdragon, Tyson Tan, Kathryn Layno (denimcatfish), and Jennifer Lynn Goodpaster Vallet (CookieHana).

For a look inside the book, check out the photos below, plus the following videos: Furries Furever Book Trailer, step-by-step making of the Furries Furever cover, and an interview with the Furries Furever editor and designer!

• Publisher: Impact Books
• ISBN-13: 978-1440334412
• August 13, 2014
• Color, 128 pages

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Draw Furries:

How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals

What do you get when you cross a human with a horse (or a hamster, or a hummingbird)? You get any one of a number of fun anthropomorphic animals, also known as “furries” to their friends. From facial expressions to creative coloring, this book contains all the know-how you need to create anthropomorphic cat, dog, horse, rodent and bird characters.

Step by step, you’ll learn how to:

• Draw species-appropriate tails, eyes, wings and other fun details
• Give your characters clothes, poses and personalities
• Create the perfect backgrounds for your furry antics - with two start-to-finish demonstrations showing how

Example pages from the book.

• Publisher: Impact Books
• ISBN-13: 978-1600614170
• December 10, 2009
• Color, 128 pages

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Digital Manga Workshop

A 160-page full-color guide for both beginner and advanced artists interested in creating digital anime/manga-style artwork. We walk you through the entire process from initial rough sketches to finished color image, step-by-step.

Learn how to achieve smooth, detailed line art directly on screen, recreate the appearance of traditional animation with cel-art techniques, and achieve a soft, dreamy, or traditional look with airbrush, watercolor, and painting tools. Recommended for users of Painter 6.0 and Photoshop 6.5 and above.

Example pages from the book.

• Publisher: Harper Design
• ISBN-13: 978-0060751609
• Published July 26, 2005
• Color, 160 pages

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Mangaka America

148 full-color pages of art, interviews and tutorials providing insight into the artistic process of 12 artists including Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos, Rivkah (Steady Beat), Tania del Rio (Sabrina), Ms,Shatia Hamilton, Svetlana Chmakova (Dramacon), Amy Kim Ganter (Sorcerors and Secretaries) M. Alice LeGrow (Bizenghast), Christy Lijewski (Re:Play), Jesse Philips, Corey Lewis (SharkKnife) and Felipe Smith (MBQ), with foreword written by Adam Warren.

Each artist in the book covers a different topic for their tutorial. Jared and I focused on digital screen toning technique. Other artists cover digital and traditional inking, coloring, character creation, and the creative process in general. Recommended for fans of the North American manga artist movement!

Example pages from the book.

• Publisher: Collins Design
• ISBN-13: 978-0061137693
• Published October 31, 2006
• Color, 148 pages

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