Wizards, goblins, and heroines come to life in these step-by-step demonstrations, along with a panoply of mythical creatures, dragons, demons, and the mystical castles, citadels, dungeons, and landscapes they inhabit. This comprehensive book will show you all the essential techniques; you will learn to create realistic skin and hair textures, give fabrics and costumes drape and movement, render animal skin, scales, and fur convincingly, get anatomy and perspective just right, and discover how to borrow-- and distort--from the world around you as a constant source of inspiration.