DragonWorld: Amazing dragons, advice and inspiration from the artists of deviantART Hardcover – Download: Adobe Reader, August 2, 2011

The media could not be loaded. I have to start by saying that this is one of the best art compilation books that I have seen in print for a while. I own tons of fantasy art books and this is one of the few that is put together very well. Amazon claims that this is a paperback, but I wanted to point out that if you are ordering this, you will be receiving a hardcover book. I am in no way complaining, because hardcovers are worth a lot more.The book itself has a wonderful and appealing layout. All of the pages inside are made to look like old parchment paper with singed edges (nice touch, since it is a book of dragon art). Each page contains a profile of an artist and some questions pertaining to their dragon art. The pages following each profile is dedicated to examples of their artwork. This book tops all others, because the colors are beautifully vibrant, none of the pictures are pixelated or cropped apart. These are high quality prints and I think the book will hold up well over the years. The pages are glossy and on the thicker side, which is something I am once again thankful for. A lot of art books tend to have thin or recycled paper of some sort, which in these cases is a shame because it won't withstand wear as well over the years.Another thing this book has going for it is the fact that it appears organized and whomever did the layout obviously knew a thing or two about desktop publishing. Many fancy art books just have artwork thrown around without any sort of organization which seriously drives me bonkers most of the time.The art itself is for a wide range of tastes. I absolutely love dragon art, but within reason. I don't really like anything too cutesy, but nothing on the other end of the spectrum ie. bloodthirsty horror graphics with naked women. This is one of those compilations that has a little bit of everything for everyone. All of the artwork is different and all of them easily show how each artist is different. I really love looking at pieces of art side by side and seeing what each artist does differently. The art inside is very colorful and very few art pen and ink drawings (there is a limited number of those). Inside the book you will find fierce, friendly, cunning and even cute dragons. Everyone interprets differently how dragons might've looked if they had indeed existed and it is very interesting to see the interpretations of artists around the world. I wasn't familiar with a lot of the artists except Aaron Pocock and Stephanie Pui-Min Law, whose work I really love.The book features the following artists in order from front to back and the number next to their names represents the number of artwork they have featured in this book. The back of the book has the name of the artists as well as their websites and contact information. A good thing to have in case you have any questions or seeking more info on their art.-Aaron Pocock (2)-Julia Chubarova (3)-Nicolas Alejandro Pena (3)-Emmy Cicierega (1)-Ashley Hall (3)*This was one of my favorites-Chuck Wadey (4)-Ginger Cooley (1)-Isabelle L. Davis (5)-John Staub (4)-Eduard Mirica (1)-E.J. Su (1)-Mauricio Herrera (2)-Victoria Maderna (2)-Kaitlin Reid (3)-Jim Pavelec (3)-Tiago da Silva (2)-Katarzyna Marcinkowska (4)-Bobby Chiu (5)-Kei Acedera (3)-Thanaphan Dechboon (1)-Carlos Eulefi (2)-Alyssa T. Davis (2)-Kerem Beyit (4)-K. "Kez" Laczin (1)-Sarah Jaffe (1)-Kendrick Lim (1)-Alice Duke (1)-Melita Curphy (1)-Michelle Parker (1)-Jessica Peffer (2)-Juan Calle (1)-Stefanie Morin (1)-Stephanie Pui-Mun Law (4)-Collete J. Ellis (2)-Corinne Aiello (4)-Robb Mommaerts (2)-Sarah Anne Davis (3)-Sandara Tang (3)-Lina Karpova (1)-Amelie Hutt (1)-Daniel Lundkvist (1)-Jon Grimes (2)-Ursula Vernon (1)-Natalia Ponce Gutierrez (3)-Adam Vehige (1)-Freya Horn (1)-Hedvig Haggman-Sund (2)-William O'Connor (3)-Kelsey Lakowske (2)All in all, I highly recommend this book and I almost didn't order because I didn't know if I would like it or not. I didn't like it, I loved it. I would say this is the book to order for dragon and fantasy art lovers of all ages. There isn't much reading, but hours of enjoyment ahead staring at art.

Beautiful and inspiring artwork. Love the artist bio info and info on materials and choices, too.

This made an excellent B-Day gift for my 10 year old daughter. Of all the dragon art books on Amazon, this was her favorite. Even though it is not a step-by-step beginning artist book, we are so glad we ordered this ... it was such an inspiration for her & I'm sure for other young dragon artists! It shows very diverse dragons that are not gory or bloody, just innocent & imaginative in a pure way. True quality all the way! I highly recommend for any artist that loves to free draw dragons. One other thing to mention, another reviewer attached a video of the entire book, so I was able to preview more pages than on the listing, which was a huge selling point for me! You cannot go wrong with this book :)

Good book and love the art.

So appreciate Amaxon's prompt delivery. My 13 year old daughter (loves drawing dragons) enjoyed this on a three hour road trip telling me about the artists and more. The only disadvantage was driving is NOT the time for a kid to ask you to look at a drawing! As I recall, I did pull over once begore establishing the "I'll look at the hotel" rule

lovely artwork but overall, it feels REALLY lacking, in both the artwork and interviews. It feels incomplete somehow. And each artist was asked what felt like random stuff. Some artists had more of their art shared than others. And sadly, some of the artists whose art was the best, only had one piece shared and it wasn't even one their better pieces (I watch a few of these artists on deviant Art). They could have done a LOT better. Was disappointed but I love dragons and there is some great art in it, so I will keep it.

A great addition to my collection of dragon books. I like the artist fact-sheets that go along with their art.

This book has a nice variety of styles, and it gives some tips, but there's not really instructional material. I gave it 5 stars for its quality.

Super artwork!Awsome book!

If your interested bin this subject, this is a very good book.

« Dragonworld » est un livre de 144 pages regroupant les illustrations de 120 dragons faites par 49 artistes internationaux différents. Autant dire que la diversité est au rendez-vous, avec d’ailleurs son lot de bonnes et de mauvaises surprises. Pour la forme, chaque illustrateur est présenté sous forme de mini-interview précédant chaque dessin. Évidemment, avec un panel aussi large d’artistes, il y en a vraiment pour tous les styles : on peut aller de la caricature comique, aux dessins animés en passant par le manga jusqu’au plus sérieux, et certains n’hésitent pas à revisiter le dragon en lui-même en le représentant d’une apparence parfois des plus originales. Pour quelques-uns on pourrait même se demander ce qu’il y a encore de « dragonnesque » là-dedans. Outre le fait de pouvoir se délecter les yeux, cet ouvrage présente l’avantage de pouvoir nous faire découvrir pas mal d’illustrateurs plus ou moins méconnus dont la majorité se trouve d’ailleurs sur le site Devianart (leurs pseudonymes nous sont donnés dans les descriptifs).Comme il y en a pour ton les goûts, il y a forcément des productions que l’on appréciera plus que d’autres et qui fait qu’il est difficile d’accorder la note maximale à pareil livre. C’est le risque des compilations même si c’est intéressant de voir la même chose sous des angles différents. Le livre est en anglais, mais heureusement compréhensible même pour les nuls dans cette langue comme moi.

とにかく色んなアーティストが書いたドラゴンが収録されています。その分、１人の世界感に縛られないのがこの本の一番の魅力でしょう。構成としては、見開きで１人１絵という感じで、左半分にアーティストのプロフィールやインタビュー的な記事。そしてありがたいことに右半分は全てイラスト領域となっています。作者によっては見開き一杯にイラストが掲載されている場合もあります。王道からポップ、サイバー、絵本調、トゥーン、アジアンとまあいろいろです。なんていうか外人のセンスには脱帽ですね。さすが本場（笑）クオリティーも高いです。いわゆるかっこいいドラゴンから、生々しい神話的なドラゴン、ねーよwなドラゴンまでいろいろ見たいって人にはお勧めです。ただ、アーティストの写真にときどき濃い人がいるので、そこは好き嫌いあると思いますが＾＾；ちなみに大きさはA4サイズよりちょい大きめです。

I bought this book when I bought my tablet and digital art program hoping it would be kind of a tutorial to draw some dragons. I was wrong it is just compiled art but I'm not complaining, it's very beautiful art and gives a lot of great ideas.