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Design Your Perfect World With Fantasy Art Websites

By Brandie Montgomery


In the age of technology, masterpieces of artworks are available for people at a touch of a button. Fantasy art websites provide such services to people who love to look at such masterpieces. The fantastical, mythical and legendary are subjects that have fascinated man since story tellers told their stories from village to village. Myths of dragons and fairies and witches and wizards; legends of ancient monsters and mythical creatures such as sirens and mermaids is what has captured the imagination of man for eons.

Today, visual representation of these mythical creatures hints at the legends and stories that they have originated from. These masterpieces depict realistic figures of the witches and fairies and old wizards with enormous magical powers. It has become a creative movement of its own. There is a formula that is followed with artistic renderings of such kinds, particularly when it comes to the idea of the fantastical.

The work itself forms part of a particular style called surrealism. This was a style that was made popular and well known by people such as Salvador Dali. Their masterpieces were based on the idea of the philosophy of movement. They believed in giving a message to the onlookers by means of creating creatures and objects that were distorted or mutated. They used surrealism to give a realistic idea of what the imagination could bring.

As an example, think of Dali's famous piece called Persistence of Memories which features melting clocks on a desert, beach-like landscape. This method is very popular when creating works that are unreal and fantastical. Often users are able to download these masterpieces onto their computers for free as wall papers and screen savers. They are either for sale for a small price or they are free of charge.

There are fantastical works depicting fairies of all kinds. Usually in the form of beautiful women who have been digitally altered so that their hair becomes ethereal and sparkling. They are given a pair of translucent wings and they are surrounded by a background that can only be imagined as a perfect background.

The background needs to have movement and drama swirling around the dragon and the women. Clouds need to build up in the night sky; lava must spill from the volcanoes. She needs to be standing at the very edge of a sharp cliff that above a raging sea as she stands up for herself. Her sword must be drawn at full length to strike the killing blow.

In order to achieve this kind of artwork, the artist should first do some thumbnail drawings. This will help the artist to define the subject matter and to work out the composition according to the rules of composition. The composition of the work is extremely important so that it's completely pleasing to the eye.

Once that has been done and several renderings have been completed, the artist can begin his work. Digitally, it will take colors and pixels and overlay them layer by layer until the work has turned into this robust burst of color and action. When it is loaded onto fantasy art websites, this masterpiece of drama can be viewed and appreciated by millions of people.




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