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"This is a highly practical guide for budding artists…" "…is accompanied by an awesome gallery of the auhor's work". "Its not only informative, its fun…" --Art Book review online
"…there's an abundance of theory, ideas and great art here…" "…the tutorials are perfectly seasoned with relevant theory and lessons learnt, all guiding the reader to use their imagination in an informed and interesting way" --Imagine FX
"…and by following Tsai's professional advice you can't go far wrong." "Helpful photoshop design tips tie the book together and provide you with skills you'll want to remember." "Beautifully drawn and rendered artwork" --Photoshop Creative
"…there's an abundance of theory, ideas and great art here…" "…the tutorials are perfectly seasoned with relevant theory and lessons learnt, all guiding the reader to use their imagination in an informed and interesting way" --Imagine FX
"…and by following Tsai's professional advice you can't go far wrong." "Helpful photoshop design tips tie the book together and provide you with skills you'll want to remember." "Beautifully drawn and rendered artwork" --Photoshop Creative
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This is a highly practical guide for budding artists who want to create their own extreme sci-fi worlds. Core elements of sci-fi art are taught through ingenious exercises and eleven detailed step by step projects. Subjects covered include aliens, robots, space ships, weapons, space stations and strange planets. It contains instruction suitable for beginners and more advanced artists, and is accompanied by an awesome gallery of the author's work.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The first part goes into the basics like tools, theories and techniques required to get into sci-fi art.
The second part, the Demos section features illustrations which are broken down into step-by-step sequences where you can follow along, or apply the techniques to your own creation. You'll learn how to draw humanoids, aliens, monsters, spaceships, vehicles, robots, spaceport, interiors and backgrounds.
There are tutorials on digital art creation as well as digital painting. The explanation is simple and easy to follow. There are plenty of practical tips and insights that address not just on how to create but also why it's done that way.
The final part of the book takes a concept "Space Opera" and develops the world around it, the story, characters and spaceships.
Extreme Worlds is a nice and simple beginner guide for artists who want to create their own sci-fi worlds.
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You can check out more art from Francis Tsai on his website. I'm a follower of his blog and is really impressed with his intricate 3D models created using the free Google Sketchup, which are then painted over.
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(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
The second part, the Demos section features illustrations which are broken down into step-by-step sequences where you can follow along, or apply the techniques to your own creation. You'll learn how to draw humanoids, aliens, monsters, spaceships, vehicles, robots, spaceport, interiors and backgrounds.
There are tutorials on digital art creation as well as digital painting. The explanation is simple and easy to follow. There are plenty of practical tips and insights that address not just on how to create but also why it's done that way.
The final part of the book takes a concept "Space Opera" and develops the world around it, the story, characters and spaceships.
Extreme Worlds is a nice and simple beginner guide for artists who want to create their own sci-fi worlds.
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You can check out more art from Francis Tsai on his website. I'm a follower of his blog and is really impressed with his intricate 3D models created using the free Google Sketchup, which are then painted over.
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(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
With the world developing futuristically with each passing day, the artists are having to come up with perhaps more outlandish yet believable constructs to show us the world of tomorrow today. Whilst some concepts may seem strange the artists follow strict guidelines such as machination creation that borrows a little from today's technology and adds it into their piece such as Greeble's that allow the reader to believe the piece their seeing.
Add into this mix detailed step by step guides on the creation of backgrounds and shapes for the humans, robots and aliens and you have a guide that will not only be a source of inspiration but one that will help open the doorway for each persons futuristic interpretation. It's ideal and through using pieces of advice within this book I've managed to construct a beast of a bike for a character within a story I'm writing. Its not only informative, its fun and when you're creating that's something that many people forget. Francis' offering is one that will make an ideal gift this season as it has something for everyone from the most basic of artists but also to the more experienced.
Add into this mix detailed step by step guides on the creation of backgrounds and shapes for the humans, robots and aliens and you have a guide that will not only be a source of inspiration but one that will help open the doorway for each persons futuristic interpretation. It's ideal and through using pieces of advice within this book I've managed to construct a beast of a bike for a character within a story I'm writing. Its not only informative, its fun and when you're creating that's something that many people forget. Francis' offering is one that will make an ideal gift this season as it has something for everyone from the most basic of artists but also to the more experienced.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book quite inspirational and a good introduction to drawing and painting sci-fi. Whatever your interest is, whether it be sci-fi heroes, architecture or vehicles, you will find something of interest in this book. Not as good as Mechanika by Doug Chaing in my opinion but complimentary enough to be worth having on your bookshelf as basic level reference material.
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phil's extreme review
i found 'extreme worlds' very helpful and interesting. i enjoy drawing in the presented style of this book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Philip J. Metts
Children book
The book have a lot of step by step tutorials on different subjects. Don`t teach you to paint/draw just show you how is`t possible to draw/ do paintings.
Published 10 months ago by Nicolai Hemdrup
Loving it
A great tutorial full of inspiration and good advice. I would not say that it is ideal for beginners, as there is not a lot of descriptive technical detail. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr Ledger
Very good
I agree with the above reviews, though do remember that this book as with any other book to do with drawing will only describe a process... Read more
Published 18 months ago by geminiguy
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