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Fantasy Genesis Characters
By Chuck Lukacs
Ebook
Published on Mar 20, 2018 | 144 Pages
Conjure creatures and characters from your imagination!
To generate fantasy characters and inhabitants that populate an imaginary world, sometimes you need a little creative fuel…and a 20-sided die.
Fantasy Genesis Characters is a choose-your-own-adventure game where a roll of the dice decides what type of creature you create. Each chapter expands on mimicking the observable world to engineer original populations by mashing up unrelated quirks and concepts–think "vegetarian zombie," "Byzantine goth" or "gangster sheep." Roll the dice to combine traits from word lists. Mix random emotions, behaviors, costumes, cultures and anthropomorphic attributes to create infinite and unexpected characters. Short lessons supply the building blocks to develop character components–expressions, gestures, posture, etc.–while mini demos, creative challenges and RPG-like activities help you bring them to life.
• 30+ challenges and demonstrations illustrate how to conceptualize and create fully developed fantasy characters
• Use free-association word games to jump-start your brain into forming original ideas, crazy-cool mash-ups and visual solutions
• Includes a crash course in anatomy, plus tips for drawing from life and reference photos
• Learn to sketch facial expressions and modify classic archetypes
To generate fantasy characters and inhabitants that populate an imaginary world, sometimes you need a little creative fuel…and a 20-sided die.
Fantasy Genesis Characters is a choose-your-own-adventure game where a roll of the dice decides what type of creature you create. Each chapter expands on mimicking the observable world to engineer original populations by mashing up unrelated quirks and concepts–think "vegetarian zombie," "Byzantine goth" or "gangster sheep." Roll the dice to combine traits from word lists. Mix random emotions, behaviors, costumes, cultures and anthropomorphic attributes to create infinite and unexpected characters. Short lessons supply the building blocks to develop character components–expressions, gestures, posture, etc.–while mini demos, creative challenges and RPG-like activities help you bring them to life.
• 30+ challenges and demonstrations illustrate how to conceptualize and create fully developed fantasy characters
• Use free-association word games to jump-start your brain into forming original ideas, crazy-cool mash-ups and visual solutions
• Includes a crash course in anatomy, plus tips for drawing from life and reference photos
• Learn to sketch facial expressions and modify classic archetypes
Author
Chuck Lukacs
With a BFA from the Center for Creative Studies College of Art and Design in Detroit, Michigan, Chuck Lukacs was included in Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Underwood Books, 2000). Clients include Wizards of the Coast (Dungeons & Dragons manuals, Magic, The Gathering collectible card games), Paizo Publishing (Dungeon & Dragon magazines), Alderac Entertainment (Legend of the Five Rings CCG, Warlord CCG), Sabertooth Games/Games Workshop (Warcry, WH 40k collectible card games) and Baen Books (Baen’s Universe Internet magazine). He attends major gaming conventions regularly and maintains a website at www.chucklukacs.com.
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