Exploring the Boundaries of Reality: A Fantasy Look at Animals Real and Imagined

Terryl Whitlatch's Animals Real and Imagined: Fantasy of What Is and What Might Be is the perfect gift for any art lover. This book features Whitlatch's stunning artwork, depicting both real and imagined animals. The easy-to-understand language and high-quality binding and page quality make this book a pleasure to read. With its beautiful packaging, this book will make a great addition to any collection.

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Terryl Whitlatch, Animals Real and Imagined: Exploring the Realms of Possibility.This captivating book by Terryl Whitlatch takes readers on a journey to explore the boundaries between the real and the imaginary, between what is and what might be. Filled with gorgeous illustrations, Animals Real and Imagined celebrates the beauty of both the real and the fantastical, as Whitlatch uses her imagination to create creatures that exist only in her mind. With each page, readers are invited to explore the realms of possibility, to consider what could be and to find joy in the beauty of the unknown.
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Easy to understand
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Giftable
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Theme
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Value for money
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Binding and page quality
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Packaging
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Details of Exploring the Boundaries of Reality: A Fantasy Look at Animals Real and Imagined

  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 1933492929
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 1.9 pounds
  • Best Sellers Rank: #325 in Plant & Animal Art #333 in Individual Artist Monographs #1,485 in Fauna
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Design Studio Press; Illustrated edition
  • Paperback ‏ ‎: 160 pages
  • Plant & Animal Art (Books): Plant & Animal Art
  • Fauna: Fauna
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 9.02 x 0.79 x 10.98 inches
  • Individual Artist Monographs: Individual Artist Monographs
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-1933492926
  • Customer Reviews: 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 492 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); });

Comments

Gord Funk: Love this book. Amazing art and great text. I love the Wildlife of Star Wars and this is by the and artist. 👍👍👍👍👍

Canada on Mar 05, 2023

Erika: Excelente serie de Terryl sobretodo para artistas mucho más experimentados ya que no da ninguna base de dibujo sino más bien buenos ejemplos de su trabajo y proceso creativo para el diseño de criaturas, referencias y excelentes diagramas

Mexico on Sep 24, 2020

Julio: Ilustrações maravilhosas e esboços fantásticos. Vale muito a pena.

Brazil on Dec 31, 2018

Valentina Franzoni: questo libro è un capolavoro come tutte le opere di Terryl Whitlach, nota soprattutto per aver disegnato Jarjar di Guerre Stellari.

il libro mostra i design con le note dell'autrice sulle parti anatomiche delle creature. Questa artista, infatti, ha una formazione anche riguardante la biologia e disegna solo creature anatomicamente funzionali.

In particolare in questa pubblicazione mostra l'anatomia e la funzionalità delle creature fantastiche da lei disegnate, ispirate ad animali reali.

Italy on Oct 01, 2016

satheesh: Its really awesome ! Nice collection in my Library

India on Aug 21, 2014

Kitty: Right when I saw this book I knew I needed to have it. However, due to personal experience I am weary about buying used books without feeling them first. But, like I said I NEEDED this book and like the impatient person I am I took the risk against my better judgment.
I'm Glad I did.
Not only did the book arrive way before I expected it to but the condition it came it was astonishing. Not only was it wrapped like it was a plate of gold but the book itself was in practically new condition. In fact, they could have put down that the book was new and I would have believed it.
I absolutely wish I lived in California as I would take a trip and visit them in person to tell them how much I loved everything. I was hoping beyond hope that they were somewhere in my state so I could do so!
And, not only that. But when I opened my book and glanced at my receipt, in the corner was a hand penned note that she hoped I was happy with my book. You have no idea!
If I can give you any advice, if you ever order a used book online do so from these people. You will not be disappointed!
As for the book itself it is a beautiful artist reference for creatures both real...

United States on Jul 23, 2014

Amanda Mizer: Just looking at the wonderful cover of this book made me realize I needed to add this book to my collection of inspiration and reference material. Definitely a must have for animal-based artists looking to improve on their anatomy and realism, as well as their humor and ability to try (and draw) new things.
Yes - When I saw the package for this book outside my door, I was surprised out how much smaller it was than I'd expected (Paperback ed.) but it's worth every penny paid - maybe twice that.
Full of great muscle and bone studies for real and fantasized creatures alike. Very inspiring. Completely focused on the images, as opposed to rambling, text-heavy pages, as some art books do (hence its smaller size)

United States on Mar 06, 2014

Robert Hodge: This is a most interesting book. The illustrator, Terryl Whitlatch is a well-known artist who has done much creature design for the entertainment industry, including some for Star Wars (Jar-Jar Binks, for one.) The illustrations shown here include skeletal/musculature drawings of various animals, extant & extinct, such as several dinosaurs, horses, cats big and small, etc. There are also many drawings/paintings of fantasy/science fiction creatures, including hypothetical skeletal drawings of such animals, as well as a fairly large selection of cartoon animals, including sci-fi/fantasy cartoon creatures. This would be an excellent choice for someone wanting to learn to do creature design for movies/TV shows,or anyone interested in learning to do first-rate drawings/paintings of extinct or living creatures, as well as the many people who enjoy merely seeing such art.

United States on Mar 28, 2013

Matthew F.: I am a big fan of conceptual art, and I have to give Terryl Whitlatch much of the credit for that. I first purchased her book  The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide  back when it first came out and I was blown away by the detailed and thoughtful creature designs. Say what you will about the prequels (and I will say that overall they were not that good), but I can find no fault with the many artists who worked on the design of the films - Whitlatch did much of the creature work for the first film, and so I was somewhat familiar with a few of her designs even before purchasing that book.

I also bought her book  The Katurran Odyssey  a few years ago - I am sure it was one of the bargain books at Barnes and Nobles or Borders - again the artwork was terrific, although it was focused more on actual animals, some extinct some extant. I was extremely excited when I read that Whitlatch was coming out with a new book of conceptual artwork, so you can bet that I pre-ordered it as soon as I could. I was not disappointed.

Chapter Two (Animals Imagined) is clearly my favorite part of the book. ...

United States on Sep 23, 2012

ArtisanOfDragons: This book went straight up near the top of my list of favorite art books. I'm an artist who's been having a go at drawing all sorts of creatures for most of my life, so I wasn't after an in-depth written explination of what's going on in the pictures, I just want to look at the art style and ability of someone who knows what she's doing. (This book has lots of pictures and very little text, just a short intorduction to each chapter and sketched notes.)
The Author/Artist's scientific knowledge of animal anotomy is way over my head, and is obvious in even the most bizarre of her creatures. There's a great mix of realistic and cartoon drawing styles, heaps of skelleton/muscle/fully-fleshed comparisons and colour paintings. There's plenty of everything. I love it.

United States on Dec 31, 2011



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ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 1933492929
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 1.9 pounds
Best Sellers Rank #325 in Plant & Animal Art #333 in Individual Artist Monographs #1,485 in Fauna #3 in Individual Artist Monographs#8 in Arts & Photography Criticism#16 in Art History #11 in Individual Artist Monographs#21 in Arts & Photography Criticism#35 in Art History
Publisher ‏ ‎ Design Studio Press; Illustrated edition
Paperback ‏ ‎ 160 pages
Plant & Animal Art (Books) Plant & Animal Art
Fauna Fauna
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 9.02 x 0.79 x 10.98 inches
Individual Artist Monographs Individual Artist Monographs Individual Artist Monographs Individual Artist Monographs
Language ‏ ‎ English
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-1933492926
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