Katrina Delallo

Fantasy is a fun niche to draw for. It gives you the liberty to draw people and animals, as well as outlandish characters only your imagination can provide. Have you ever wanted to draw a dragon? How about a village witch? Have you ever privately wanted to create a truly fearless Elven Warrior? How to Draw Fantasy Characters delivers these individuals directly into your hands. With How to Draw Fantasy Characters, you'll: - Discover the appeal of charcoal and graphite drawings - Find out how to sketch simple outlines for your elves and faeries - Understand how to manipulate basic structures into new and outlandish creatures - Explore the far reaches of your mind to create fantastical creatures - Use everyday creatures, such as cats, to draw the sometimes-feline appearance of dragons - Discover confidence as you overcome your fear of misshapen lines - Learn the skills you've been wanting through these step-by-step tutorials - Astonish your friends - Enjoy your budding reputation as "that amazing fantasy artist" - Use your art to create personal birthday cards, posters, and gifts for family and friends Each chapter is arranged in a simple structure. Starting with basic figure drawing, you'll create step-by-step mannequins that you'll soon be able to manipulate into different postures and positions. With the help of our How-To guide, your prowess as a fantasy artist is well on its way About The Expert Katrina DeLallo has been drawing almost since she was born. Her parents own a famous picture of her when she was two. She was lying on her stomach in the sun, already creating fantasy worlds on paper. When she got older, Katrina was no longer satisfied with copying her older sister's drawings. She began to check out How-To books from the library, especially the ones that taught her how to draw horses. After years of animal drawing, she began to take an interest in the world of faerie. The only way to bring her imagination to life was using pencil and paper. To date, Katrina has been writing and illustrating her own stories. She provided the illustrations for a novel written by a writer friend, and hopes one day to become a children's picture book illustrator. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

He is man with no name. When he wakes, he has no memory of his name or heritage. All he can recall is a flight through the darkness, pursued by a nameless terror at once familiar and unknown. Vina, the woman who has taken him in, tends his numerous wounds without question. She calls him Eolas, which in her language means the Forgotten. He accepts the name, for all he has of his past is a sword, a staff fashioned from white wood, and a whorled black stone growing in the palm of his hand. When he recovers, Eolas makes a life for himself in his adopted village. He has no use for an unremembered past. All that matters to him is the love he feels for Vina, and the love that she returns to him. When they wed, he feels his life is complete. But his is a past that cannot be forsaken. When he least expects it, the Evil he has let himself forget reappears in his life, and steals those things that make Eolas' new life worth living: his wife Vina, and the unborn child she bears within her. Filled with sorrow and remembering that his destiny is one he cannot escape, Eolas takes back his sword and staff. He pursues his destiny into Evil's lair. There he comes face to face with the past he let himself deny. Admitting to the guilt that caused him to run from his fate, he proclaims before the Evil that he is Destiny's Son, born to protect the world from the Evil's wiles. In order to cleanse himself of a sin committed in his boyhood, he sacrifices his very life for Vina, for the unborn babe she bears in her womb, and for the world he was sworn to protect.