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A Must Have - [13 Mar 2010]
A great book for letting you see the process of how to get the most out of your painting.
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Excellent resource. - [23 Feb 2010]
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Totally Recommended! - [20 Feb 2010]
I bought this for my boyfriend who just graduated from art school this past May. I was a little skeptical since he's pretty picky about what he thinks are "good" art books, but I knew he was a big fan of James Gurney, so I bought it for him as a present...
skeptical since he's pretty picky about what he thinks are "good" art books, but I knew...
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Treasure trove of ideas - [08 Feb 2010]
This book was truly inspiring! The book isn't a beginners drawing book, but rather starts by assuming the reader can already draw from life. It then proceeds to show how you can go from there to designing paintings of things that don't exist. It shows...
by assuming the reader can already draw from life. It then proceeds to show how you can go ...
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Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist - [04 Feb 2010]
My cousins were all quite young when //Dinotopia// was first published; they spent many an hour engrossed in the fantastic tales woven by author and master illustrator James Gurney. Not surpringly, Dinotopia-themed pictures appear frequently in //Imaginative...
hour engrossed in the fantastic tales woven by author and master illustrator James Gurney....
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Coffee Table Book Worth the Price just for the Art Alone. - [27 Jan 2010]
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Great book for Inspiration - [22 Jan 2010]
This book i gave as a gift to my sister who is an illustration major so that she could use it for an upcoming project. After she opened it i got the chance to look through it and the author is very good with the descriptions as to how to achieve the images...
it for an upcoming project. After she opened it i got the chance to look through it and the...
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Perfect for any arts collection - [15 Jan 2010]
IMAGINATIVE REALISM: HOW TO PAINT WHAT DOESN'T EXIST packs in an explanation of how to take fantasies and dreams and paint them as though they have substance and reality. Sculpting, modeling, sketching, and painting are all included in displays of imagined...
fantasies and dreams and paint them as though they have substance and reality. Sculpting,...
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great book - [10 Jan 2010]
This book has advice that you won't find in any other book, like the windmill effect and other terms that James Gurney invented to explain art. He came to my school once to give a lecture and is the nicest guy too.
terms that James Gurney invented to explain art. He came to my school once to give a lecture...
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Artists will like this - [24 Dec 2009]
As an artist it us a struggle sometimes to paint exactly what I want from the image in my head. This book points out many many things that completly help in areas of realism for fictional images. Granted I'm not quite so into dinosaurs, but they are more...
head. This book points out many many things that completly help in areas of realism for fictional...
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