Boris Vallejo: Fantasy Art Techniques Book

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The fantasy art techniques book review by Boris Vallejo seems really promising on the outside from the books cover, but then you start to read the inside and it is a thinly disguised promotion of Boris Vallejos artwork, of course there are a few pages of the way the artist works and Vallejos art is brilliant, but I couldn't help to be disappointed with this book when I first got it, although it is an old book now as I've had it for over 8 years and I'm sure it's been around a lot longer.

If you're a fan of Boris Vallejo then this book is a must have if you don't already own it, as there are some useful insights and some early sketches which you see later he paints in his masterful style that is so recognizable in his 30 plus year artistic career.

So the book isn't a total loss as his art is inspiring enough to get by, but if you are looking for top fantasy art techniques like the title of the book leads you to think, then you will be disappointed too.

Good to flick through and get inspired by the art alone.

So this book is 7 out of 10.




Fantasy Art Techniques

See also ------ more recommended fantasy art drawing books

Inspired By Boris Vallejo Paintings

I often look at the professional fantasy artists work, often available in the form of books and art prints for valid reference on fantasy art.

Magnificent paintings that look realistic in terms of photo realistic skin tones and photo referenced paintings that most professional artists use.

Boris Vallejo brings to his work a lot of experience with his compositions and concept creations, teaming up with his wife Julie Bell also makes quite a tag team of more excellent paintings combined between them.

It's from these professional artists that we can learn more from and their art should be studied by us to gain a better understanding of how to...not necessarily drawn and paint exactly like them, but take our own piece of inspiration from them and create our own ways of creating fantastic fantasy art.