Watch this space for a review on Angelic Visions, a new instructional art book coming to RUBooks soon but in the mean time, take a look at this great video clip of the artist, Angela Sasser, in action.
Learn step-by-step how to create bodies, heads, limbs, wings and details, including flowing clothing and background elements and a whole lot more in Watercolour, ink and pencil. Beautiful final projects will inspire you to push the limits of your imaginations. Step-by-step processes are the focus of this book from simple poses and views to more complex scenes. You will find sidebar feature tips, frequently asked questions, solutions to common mistakes, information about angels and more.
Our trawl of the net this week brought us this little gem, so a quick post today to highlight a great book for all you fantasy art fans out there. Other Worlds by Tom Kidd will get some investigation by me as I love the painterly style you see in the video clip. Some breathtaking images in the clip, so watch this space for a review as soon as I get my hands on a copy of the book. The popularity of fantasy art has really taken off and you can see a great selection of how-to fantasy art titles here, from John Howe to Scott Purdy and more, there’s a great selection.
Coming soon to the RUBooks shop is the book ‘Fantasy Art in Watercolour-Painting Fairies, Dragons, Unicorns & Angels’, abook by three top watercolour artists who are expert at painting fantasy art.
This book is a compilation of four earlier fantasy art books, brought together in one great volume. There is advice on each individual area including subjects and backgrounds with ideas for producing artworks that vary from the traditional fantasy images to work with more depth and excitement. Each section covers the subject in very good detail showing you not only individual sections such as fairy limbs, unicorn hooves and horns or dragon scales, but how to use different watercolour painting techniques to create unusual effects. Each section also ends in two step-by-step demonstrations for the reader to follow which are easy to follow and utilise techniques covered in the book
A quick post for all the budding fantasy artists out there, the fantasy art show ‘illuxcon 2010′ has taken place and there are some great images, posts and news about the show online.
As a traditional and digital artist myself I wanted to highlight the ‘illuxcon 2010′ Facebook page. There are some great photographs of the participants and the superb artwork that has been on show (this year and previous years). There are also links that you can follow to see some amazing artwork / photographs posted by the people at the show and is worth a look for some of the artwork alone.
It’s great to here advice and tips from people working in the industry and let us know what you think about the videos and Bryan Hitch’s new bookitself if you have bought it.
If you are interested in Comic Illustration then you have probably heard of Bryan Hitch and would love a signed copy of his new book ‘Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Comics Studio’. A quick post today to say that we are lucky enough to have signed copies of his new book ‘Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Comics Studio’. This is a great chance to win one of these copies, so don’t delay and head over to the competition page. Just enter your details and cross your fingers!
For all you fantasy art lovers out there, IlluXCon 2010 is taking shape and I could not resist showing the video clip they have on there site. Some famous names and fantastic artwork on display… enjoy!
Bryan Hitch signing copies of his new book and fans comics
The weekend has finished and The British International Comics Show, which myself and Susie attended, is over with the hustle and bustle starting to fade. For me, it was the first show of this type I have attended but what an eye opener it was.
Bryan Hitch was the man of the day for lots of people attending the show but I had a keen interest to see the art on show by the various comic illustrators. The show was over two days on the weekend of the 16th-17th October. Some of the most well known artists and writers from all over the world, as well as here in the UK, attended for signings, interviews and guest panels.
Artists including Peter Gross, Charles Vess and Bryan Hitch attended discussing their work, revealing secrets to fans in live events as well as launching new books, Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Comic Studio, being one of the books and which was launched on our stand on the Saturday.
We are excited about this great book and as such we are selling this title with aFREE pull out poster showing the full cover illustration by Bryan Hitch, a great little extra for any comic fan.
A must for any budding comic artist
The world’s top comic artist Bryan Hitch explores his inspirations, approaches and techniques through a stunning collection of his finest pieces from Marvel, as well as brand new pieces commissioned especially for this book.
Watch this space for a review on Angelic Visions, a new instructional art book coming to RUBooks soon but in the mean time, take a look at this great video clip of the artist, Angela Sasser, in action. 
