Saturday 12 May 2007

The great fantasy art brainstorming word association list!

This is the massive list of associated fantasy words that could help you with ideas, jog your memory like it does with me when I'm stuck to draw anything, brainstorming is best done with a nice cup of hot chocolate, yum!
Fantasy Creatures
Dragons
Serpents
Gargoyles
Trolls
Ogres
Demons
Goblins
Orcs
Vampires
Werewolves
Angels
devils
beasts
Fantasy Characters
Witches
Wizards
Elves
Dwarves
Warriors
Soldiers
Fairies
Pixies
Elves
Gnomes
Meremaids
Meremen
Future/science fiction
spacecraft
aliens
stars
planets
solar system
galaxy
Ray gun
power beam
Time travel
Light speed
Warp speed
Robots
Cyborgs
space
future city
Weapons(military stuff)
swords
axes
knives
Daggers
spears
shields
guns
rifle
bazooka
rocket launcher
uzi
machine gun
shotgun
Sniper rifle
bullets
Bombs
Grenades
Gas mask
Tanks
Jeep
Aeroplane
Helicopter
spitfire
Chinook

Monday 7 May 2007

Drawn in Biro - a demon

When drawing monsters, usually I draw with anything to hand, and more often than not I always have a biro handy for writing my stories so I just use one of these to sketch my ideas out, as the same principals apply when applying hard and soft pressure for your shading techniques, and you can simulate some good effects just like you use a pencil for drawing.


Demon - Drawn In Biro For Artistic Effect

Dark Demonic Devil Serpent

This design was a real pleasure to draw as you can tell from this blog that I love to draw monsters and demons, and am in the process of drawing my epic 10 graphic novels and one of them features demons and a range of monsters that I created as a child.

There is just something about creating creatures from your imagination that is just so satisfying, to start with a blank piece of paper and you then end up with a monster or a drawing of a character that could fit into a fantasy world of any sort.

Full A4 page size drawings like the one below can depict all the elements that you want to and it also provides a reference if you need to develop your sketch idea later on.

Dark Demonic Devil Serpent Felt Tip Sketch