'Drawing Dark Fantasy: Creating Monsters, Madness, and All Manner of Nightmarish Imagery' by Steve Beaumont is an art instruction book with a bunch of darker projects.

The first part of the book discusses the tools and techniques of drawing. There are chapters on figure drawing, perspective, and lighting. The second half of the book has a number of projects that will guid the artist through drawing monsters like kraken, werewolves and dragons. The exercises go from sketching ideas to finished lighting and coloring.

This artist is really good at what he does, and it's a pleasure to learn from someone of this skill. The illustrations are great throughout the book and the exercises seem possible when broken down like they are.

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Learn how to draw the creatures and scenes of your wildest fantasies with this easy-to-follow manual. Built around a 20-page core of the basics—materials, the figure, perspective, light, and color—this book presents step-by-step instructions and illustrations that explain techniques and approaches for creating eight supernatural creatures of the night, including a dragon, a sea monster, a werewolf, a vampire, and other beastly beings.
This exciting full-color guide is geared toward fans of fantasy who enjoy drawing and are looking for tips and ideas that will help them further develop their illustrations. The author, professional illustrator Steve Beaumont, produces concept art for video games and storyboards for film, animation, and advertising. He teaches fantasy art classes and is himself completely self-taught, proving that anyone, with practice, is capable of producing remarkable artwork. The book concludes with a few pages from one of his sketchbooks that share some elements of his artistic process.I didnt learn anything from this book.

An interesting drawing book for artists wanting to draw dark fantasy figures such as werewolves, dragons, kraken and more. The book is aimed at the amateur artist.

It explains the equipment required and explains step by step how to build up each image, first by drawing by hand and then using photoshop to add colour.

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Drawing Dark Fantasy is a fantastic sourcebook for any artist that wants to start drawing more fantastical creatures and elements. It covers everything from the basics to the more advanced points. While it all shows one artists’ style, it’s clear that the intent is to teach a new artist the foundations, so that they may go off and improve their own personal style.
The first half of the book is the most practical chunk of the guide, covering materials, figure drawing (something too frequently overlooked, if you ask me), perspective, lighting, and coloring. These guides alone make the book worth its weight in gold.
The second half of the book is split into eight different exercises. Here the artist, Steve Beaumont, covers different elements of fantasy, combining all the techniques taught earlier into large masterpieces. We get to see him go from concept art, to rough sketch, and so on, until the final piece is revealed. I think these are great instructions for showing how a piece of work is developed.
I adore Steve Beaumont’s style, and love his use of pencils and lines in particular. It was so much fun being able to see different pieces of work in all the stages of progress – that’s not something you get to see every day. I think this guide would be exceptionally useful to any budding artist out there, either as a drawing guide or a resource book.

A cool collection of art tutorials and drawings. We'll definitely want this for our Young Adult Section.