Dracopedia Legends: An Artist's Guide to Drawing Dragons of Folklore

Description

The fourth installment of the best-selling Dracopedia books, William O'Connor illustrates myths and legends of the most famous dragons from around the world with instructions for drawing and visualizing these amazing stories. Dracopedia Legends features 13 illustrated retellings of classical dragon myths of the most legendary dragons around the world. Featuring lavish story illustrations along with instruction for concepting, drawing and painting these epic creatures, Dracopedia Legends will both entertain and instruct. A beautiful hard-bound book featuring a fold-out poster. Includes a brief story for each dragon. The author steps out techniques for painting settings including foreground, middle ground and background. AUTHOR: William O'Connor is an illustrator, concept artist, fine artist and teacher. He has worked for Del Rey, Harper Collins, Lucasfilm, Alderac Entertainment, Doubleday, White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, Bookspan, Dover, Hasbro, History Channel, Underwood Books, Upper Deck and more. He's executed thousands of illustrations for gaming and publishing, as well as production designs, concepts, posters and advertisements. SELLING POINTS: Trend in Popculture: Dragons continue to show up regularly as important characters in popular movies, books and games, capturing the imaginations of young artists and fans. Learn Lore While Drawing: Features dragon legends with a brief story for each dragon and step-by-step illustrations. 300 colour illustations; 50 B/W illusustrations; poster included

William O'Connor is a father of two living in New York. He sometimes comes out of his Hobbit hole, where he makes books and paintings, to travel the land and explore. Author and artist of the bestselling Dracopedia book series, as well as illustrator of over five thousand illustrations for the gaming and publishing business, William O'Connor's 25-year career has allowed him to work with such companies as Wizards of the Coast, IMPACT Books, Blizzard Entertainment, Sterling Publishing, Lucas Films, Activision and many more. In addition, he has won more than 30 industry awards for artistic excellence including 10 contributions to Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art and 10 Chesley Nominations. William has taught and lectured around the country about his unique and varied artwork as well as being a regular contributor to the popular art blog Muddy Colors and exhibiting his work at such industry shows as Illuxcon, New York Comic Con and Gen Con. For more information about William O'Connor, his books and art, visit www.wocstudios.com.