ART TECHNIQUE INCLUDES BONUS DVD INK BLOOM INK ink DRAW AND PAINT A FANTASY ADVENTURE The FIRST art instruction Includes a 72-minute DVD featuring a live-video Draw and Paint a Fantasy Adventure book to include an painting demonstration from the book! original fantasy story! The adventure starts here. Follow Hachi on her quest to strange futuristic worlds, learning how to draw scenes from her wild adventures along the way! You are holding, my fantasy-loving friend, the fi rst ever how-to book that features “From illustrations for Magic: its own self-contained sci-fi epic, a story in which 17-year-old Hachi encounters new The Gathering Collectable Cards friends and terrible foes that push her newfound powers to their limits. So, too, will to Dungeons & Dragons, Jim’s you explore your innate abilities and discover drawing skills as you bring these curious intensely colorful images, dynamic creatures and bizarre landscapes to life with pencil and paint. compositions, and character designs are a visual treat to behold.” 30 step-by-step demonstrations for drawing a colorful cast of characters, — Donato Giancola costumes, weapons, ships and background elements “Ink Bloom is a uniquely refreshing Expert advice on developing atmosphere, gesture, movement, tension, concept of storytelling and hands- expression and more on art creation. Chris’s thoughtful Insights on both the technical aspects of illustrating as well as the narrative compositions are fi lled with atmo- rationale behind each choice sphere and attention to detail that Tons of awesome art! will immerse you in this enchanting adventure. He is a visual storyteller Ink Bloom isn’t just about great drawing and painting. It’s about great storytelling. In and educator in the highest degree. these action-packed pages, you’ll learn how to work with a manuscript, incorporate — John Jude Palencar your own ideas, and turn out vibrant, thrilling, utterly fantastic illustrations. “Great artwork captures the imagination, while a great story captures the soul, and when the two come together … their US $26.99 combined effects linger like no other force can.” Z5353 (CAN $32.99) ISBN-13: 978-1-60061-819-2 — Jim Pavelec ISBN-10: 1-60061-819-7 ISBN 978-1-60061-819-2 52699 EAN www.impact-books.com UPC www.artistsnetwork.com Ideas. Instruction. Inspiration. 9 781600 618192 Jim Pavelec and Chris Seaman ZZ5353_inkbloom_cm.indd5353_inkbloom_cm.indd 1 11/20/10/20/10 110:23:490:23:49 AAMM DRAW AND PAINT A FANTASY ADVENTURE Jim Pavelec and Chris Seaman CINCINNATI, OHIO www.impact-books.com ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 1 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:061:34:06 AMAM ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 2 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:211:34:21 AMAM ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 3 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:241:34:24 AMAM Ink Bloom: Draw and Paint a Fantasy Adventure. Copyright © 2010 by Jim Pavelec and Chris Seaman. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro- duced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by IMPACT Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition. Other fi ne IMPACT Books are available from your local book- store, art supply store or from online suppliers. Also visit our website at www.fwmedia.com. 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY FRASER DIRECT 100 Armstrong Avenue Georgetown, ON, Canada L7G 5S4 Tel: (905) 877-4411 DISTRIBUTED IN THE U.K. AND EUROPE BY DAVID & CHARLES Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4PU, England Tel: (+44) 1626 323200, Fax: (+44) 1626 323319 Email: [email protected] DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY CAPRICORN LINK P.O. Box 704, S. Windsor NSW, 2756 Australia Tel: (02) 4577-3555 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pavelec, Jim. Ink bloom : draw and paint a fantasy adventure / by Jim Pav- elec and Chris Seaman. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-60061-819-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Fantasy in art. 2. Comic books, strips, etc.--Japan--Tech- nique. 3. Illustration of books--Technique. I. Seaman, Chris R. II. Title. III. Title: Draw and paint a fantasy adventure. Metric Conversion Chart NC1764.8.F37P38 2010 741.5’315--dc22 2009040854 To convert to multiply by Edited by Mary Burzlaff Bostic Inches Centimeters 2.54 Designed by Guy Kelly Centimeters Inches 0.4 Production coordinated by Mark Griffi n Feet Centimeters 30.5 Centimeters Feet 0.03 Yards Meters 0.9 Meters Yards 1.1 ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 4 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:261:34:26 AMAM About Jim Pavelec About Chris Seaman This is Jim’s fourth project for IMPACT Books. He wrote Hell Beasts Educated at the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, and co-wrote Wreaking Havoc: How to Create Fantasy Warriors and Ohio, Chris began his career as an illustrator for Seedling Publications. Wicked Weapons and How to Draw Blood-Sucking Monsters and Experimenting with photography, light, color and design, Chris settled Vampires. Ink Bloom marks his debut as a fi ction writer. on oil paint as a preferred medium in a style he calls “stylized realism.” As a freelance illustrator, Jim has worked on projects including Chris’s new work has attracted such clients as Upper Deck, Bliz- Star Wars, World of Warcraft, Magic: The Gathering, and Dungeons zard Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast and Alderac Entertainment & Dragons and contributes regularly to ImagineFX magazine. Group. His work has been featured on the cover of Dragon magazine Jim lives in Chicago, and his hair is turning gray at an alarming rate. and Dungeons & Dragons, 4th ed. He also co-wrote Wreaking Havoc To see more of his work, visit www.jimpavelec.com. and How to Draw Blood-Sucking Monsters and Vampires. Chris’s work has been received and recognized by the Society of Acknowledgments Illustrators and the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. His collected body of work was awarded Best in Show at Gen Con 2009. Visit Chris I would like to thank Chris and his wonderful wife Mindy for their at www.chrisseamanart.com. dedication to this project, even in the most diffi cult of times. All of you artists out there who think you are working hard, Chris is working harder than you. Acknowledgments I am especially grateful to everyone at IMPACT Books for having I would like to thank Jim Pavelec for recognizing my artistic strengths the courage to try something a little different and for getting behind and pushing me to work hard. It’s been an honor to work with you it with such vigor. and to see our idea come to fruition. I will look back on this as the I would also like to thank John Hallam for the Japanese transla- most creative and enjoyable process in my professional career. This tions in the book and Amber for posing as Hachi. book is only the beginning, dude! I would also like to thank Uncle Skip Finally, I would like once again to thank my new bride, Aimee, for for helping me to understand that luck has nothing to do with it. A hanging in there with me. Fifteen years wasn’t so long, was it? special thank you to Mona Michael, Mary Bostic, Pam Wissman, Guy Kelly, Eric Camper and everyone at IMPACT Books for letting the ink fl y. Thanks for believing in us. I would also like to thank my family and Dedication friends who have supported me through the years. Thank you all! I would like to dedicate this book to artists and writers the world over who keep me motivated with the tremendous work they do. Dedication This book is dedicated to my honeybee, my Hachimitsu, my wife Melinda! ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 5 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:281:34:28 AMAM Contents Introduction Page 8 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 3 The Master’s Tale: First Quest: Doona Materials and Techniques Page 58 Page 10 Hachi’s fi rst mission takes her to the planet Doona. Follow along, drawing and painting the Page through Hajime’s journal to learn about the friends and foes she encounters there. materials and techniques of a master artist. CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 2 Second Quest: Tussoc The Adventure Begins Page 112 Page 26 Hachi goes to Tussoc on a simple errand that ends Follow Hachi through the streets of 1950s Chi- in a daring rescue. Draw and paint the creatures natown, where she meets the most unusual of and characters she meets on the fi ery lava planet. guides on her fantasy adventure. Epilogue Page 172 Index Page 174 6 ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 6 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:301:34:30 AMAM ZZ53535353 cch0h0 p 0001-009.indd01-009.indd 7 11/12/10/12/10 111:34:321:34:32 AMAM mination of the hard INTRODUCTION work and dedication required of such a noble quest. The process started Chris and I love fantasy and science-fi ction art. We love the over two years ago. big swords and the cool armor, the sleek spaceships and the After fi nishing work on terrifying aliens. For us, discovering the book covers of Frank Wreaking Havoc, Chris Frazetta, Boris Vallejo and Michael Whelan was like fi nding and I approached diamonds and rubies in a pile of gravel.