How to Draw Your Dragon

by Sergio Guinot

Does your dragon coil its tail around your shoulders when you sleep? Does it wait for you after school? Does it live in a riverbed like a Japanese ryu—or at the bottom of the ocean like Tiamat of Babylon? Is it small enough to snuggle into your pocket, or so big it blots out the sun from the sky? Does it hoard stolen treasure like Smaug? Speak the Language of Creation like Kalessin? Hold up the world like Ebberon? Did you find your dragon in a magic shop like Jeremy Thatcher, or hatch it from a stone like Eragon? Or do you summon it with the seven Dragonballs? No matter how your dragon looks, how big or small it is, or how it entered your imagination and your life, illustrator Sergio Guinot will show you How to Draw Your Dragon in this comprehensive guide to making your myths come to life!

Genres: Art, Fantasy

384 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2012

Reviews

[Jacki · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Part fantasy field guide, part art lesson and part dragon tale, fantasy artist Sergio Guinot's How to Draw Your Dragon will appeal to aspiring artists as well as fans of Christopher Paolini, Anne McCaffrey and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Each lesson opens with a segment of story connecting the various dragons pictured, as the fictional narrator, an illustrator in the year 3112 CE, joins an expedition to investigate reports of dragon sightings and finds himself embroiled in a struggle between humanity and its draconic enemies and allies.

Beautiful, imaginative and comprehensive, the lessons cover traditional pencil-and-ink drawing but also delve into digital finishing methods. From traditional saurian dragons to feathered amphiteres and marine beasts, dragons of stone and flame to an astonishing faerie dragon made entirely of living branches, Guinot's illustrations and tutelage are sure to inspire teen and adult artists alike.

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[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an interesting book. I expecting a simple book on how to draw pictures of dragons. Instead this is a fantasy story within a textbook of art, history, biology and habits of dragons. I love the way the author takes the reader from the "discovery" of dragon bones through the first encounters with live dragons and all around the world. Beautiful illustrations with nice clear instructions although the technical abilities are far beyond me! A lovely enjoyable book!

[Roxanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book. Rarely do I find a really good book that is very detailed and clear.