World-Building with James Gurney
Posted February 27, 2009 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Song in the Garden by James Gurney
People love to use their imagination to create new worlds. It doesn’t matter if its a child creating a fairy garden or a grown-up gardener contemplating a new design for the spring: world-building is a favorite activity of almost everyone. And the right blend of imagination and realistic techniques can make the world as compelling as our own.
James Gurney created not merely art and books, but an entire phenomenon by pairing children’s fantasy and scientific illustration techniques into reconstruction of the imaginary Dinotopia.
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