Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist Paperback – Illustrated, 20 October 2009

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.

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.

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

This is a must read for any serious artist. A gem of a book

The book was in the poorest of the poorest condition when it arrived. Soaked and the pages all sticky........