Dracopedia. Legends: an artist's guide to drawing dragons of folklore

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Materials -- Introduction -- Drawing materials -- Digital drawing and painting -- Basic tutorials -- Beowulf and the dragon -- Fafnir -- Jörmundgander -- The Lambton Wyrm -- Ladon -- Mabinogion -- Nidhogg -- Python -- The four dragon kings -- The Redcrosse dragon -- Ryūjin -- The dragon of Silene -- Zmey Gorynych.;"Dracopedia Legends presents 13 epic tales of heroes vanquishing dragons, accompanied by lavish dragon illustrations inspired by the myths. Acting as both a storybook and art guide, each chapter also includes in-depth instructions to reveal how to conceptualize, research and design every iconic battle scene, broken down into multiple stages so you can create your own commanding and evocative narrative paintings. Includes: 13 tales of the most legendary dragons from around the world; Instructions for drawing and painting each climactic clash between hero and beast and How to design, sketch and develop illustrations into layered and detailed final paintings."--