Pending or Wanted FARP articles...

This is a list of article ideas for tutorials we'd like to see here on FARP (even if we've already got an article on the topic). If there is a topic you'd like to see added to this list, please send us () a note and we'll consider adding it to the list.

Creating fantasy art

• Drawing
  • Charcoal
  • Pencil drawing
  • Shading Hair in Pencil
  • How to create comics
  • Shopping for Art Supplies
• Painting
  • Realistic Flesh Tones in Oil Paints
  • Gouache
  • Airbrush
• Sculpting
  • How to build figurines.
• Composition, color, action and perspectives... etc...
  • Shading
  • Shading techniques for pencils and colored pencils
  • Drawing Water
  • Doing Animations
  • Animations in general
• Mixed techniques
  • Hints and guidelines about mixing techniques.
  • Mixed Media
• Computer generated or modified art.
  • 3D programs
    • Poser
    • 3D Studio Max
    • Bryce
  • Photoshop:
    • Photoshop overview.
    • Photoshopping Believably with Realistic Shading and Texture.
  • Art with Paint Shop Pro
    • Color drawings using Paint Shop Pro.
  • GIMP
  • Corel

Fantasy art through the ages

• H. Bosch
• Arthur Rackham
• Contemporary professionals
  • Boris Vallejo
  • Rodney Matthews
  • Michael Whelan
  • Ken Kelly
  • More... artists... to ... be...added here!

References

• Costumes and outfits of different timelines and places.
• Swords/Armour references.)

Special Styles and Motifs...

• Drawing Anime-style
• How to draw Manga-Style Elf Girls
• Furries
• Evil characters and minions
• Celtic Knotwork
• Steampunk

Fantasy creatues, animals & Beasts.

• Elves
• Faeries
• Dwarves
• Drawing Dragons
• Development of Mythovertebrata
• Drawing Griffons
• Wings
• How to Draw Equine Animals
• Trolls
• Centaurs, Minotaurs, and other Anthropomorphics.
• Mermaids and merfolk.
• Unicorns
• Gnomes, druids and leprachauns
• Cats
• Other animals? (Email FARP admin for suggestions)

Drawing the human body

• Facial Expressions.
• Hair
• Hands and feet
• Body
• How the muscles and bones move and coordinate the figure
• Drawing body poses using photo and model refrences.
• Drawing babes
• Geometric human skeletons
• Character Design

The human body: Photo references.

• Head, face and expressions
• Feet.
• Arms and Legs.
• Body poses.

Medivel stuff: Castles, Armour, Sword and other weapons...

• Historical weapons and armor
• Trebuchets and other medieval siege weapons
• Folklore and tales
• Pictures from socalled 'lives' of people in medival clothes.
• Designing and Drawing Fantasy Clothing

Writing and storytelling...

• Creating characters
• Creating worlds.
• Description, dialogues and action
• Writing fantasy poetry

General Writing:

• Grammar rules and common errors
• Writing Description
• Writing Dialogue
• Writing Action
• Creating plots
  
• Looking for inspiration
• Writing Short Stories
• Writing Longer Tales
• Creating and using a plan
• Doing research
• Developing Characters
• Stories with morals
• Getting Published
• Acquiring Feedback
• Avoiding Scams
• Entering Contests
• Fanfiction (please note fanfiction is not allowed in Elfwood however articles about it are)
• Converting fanfiction into original
• Writing in English as a foreign language

Writing Science Fiction:

• What is Science Fiction?
• Avoiding science-fiction cliches
• Researching the science
• Writing science-fantasy

Writing Fantasy:

• What is Fantasy?
• Avoiding fantasy cliches
• Creating your own races
• Breathing originality into your tale
• Using a non-Western culture base
• Of gods and their impact
• Medieval English Grammar

Writing Horror:

• What is Supernatural horror?
• Vampires
• Werewolves
• Aliens
• Avoiding horror cliches

Writing Poetry:

• Writing genre based poems
  
• Telling an epic tale in poetry
  
• The different styles of poetry
  
• Rhymes