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# Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist

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Review: Pick it up if you're interested in storyboarding or creating original pieces - Digital illustrating has driven the handmade illustrating business to extinction. But this book is still useful for other artists. If you are a traditional painter, it doesn't matter your movement of choice, it could be photo/hyper-realism, realism, academicism, pop art or even cubism. It will show you how stories were painted out of handwritten descriptions in the pre-photographic era, and how using the same principles storyboard artists today create entire cinematic universes merely out of handwritten and mostly verbal descriptions provided to them by directors, location scouts and screenwriters. If you are a budding storyboard artist or merely a traditional artist interested in creating original paintings in line with any movement at all, this book will show you how, and teach you the invaluable vocabulary to carry out the entire process.
Review: mandatory for traditional artist. - its been some days since I got this book, really loved the overall product and its content which is helpful if you want to pursue traditional painting on mystical creatures this is the book for you, helpful for digital artist also but only for understanding colours no digital tutorials, as this is specially for traditional artist, but go for it if you want to expand your knowledge about how pro do their work from starting to finish.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #91,140 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #341 in Crafts & Hobbies (Books) #345 in Theory & Criticism #493 in Painting Books |
| Country of Origin  | United Kingdom |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,033) |
| Dimensions  | 22.86 x 1.52 x 26.67 cm |
| ISBN-10  | 0740785508 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0740785504 |
| Importer  | Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., 7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi - 110002 INDIA, Email – customercare@atlanticbooks.com, Ph – 011-47320500 |
| Item Weight  | 1 kg 50 g |
| Language  | English |
| Paperback  | 224 pages |
| Publisher  | Andrews McMeel Publishing; 1st edition (20 October 2009); Simon & Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pick it up if you're interested in storyboarding or creating original pieces
*by L***O on 16 August 2017*

Digital illustrating has driven the handmade illustrating business to extinction. But this book is still useful for other artists. If you are a traditional painter, it doesn't matter your movement of choice, it could be photo/hyper-realism, realism, academicism, pop art or even cubism. It will show you how stories were painted out of handwritten descriptions in the pre-photographic era, and how using the same principles storyboard artists today create entire cinematic universes merely out of handwritten and mostly verbal descriptions provided to them by directors, location scouts and screenwriters. If you are a budding storyboard artist or merely a traditional artist interested in creating original paintings in line with any movement at all, this book will show you how, and teach you the invaluable vocabulary to carry out the entire process.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ mandatory for traditional artist.
*by 1***S on 2 August 2017*

its been some days since I got this book, really loved the overall product and its content which is helpful if you want to pursue traditional painting on mystical creatures this is the book for you, helpful for digital artist also but only for understanding colours no digital tutorials, as this is specially for traditional artist, but go for it if you want to expand your knowledge about how pro do their work from starting to finish.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely Brilliant Book
*by C***N on 28 February 2023*

James Gurney is a true God when it comes to imaginative realism. A Master piece.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art)
- Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
- The Artist's Guide to Sketching: The Classic Book about Making Art on Location

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