Martyn Dean Knihy

"'Where do you get your ides?' is often the first question asked of illustrators who deal in images of the future or in the fantastic. Through in-depth interviews with today's top fantasy artists and using exquisite color and black-an-white illustrations -- including many special commissioned paintings and sketches -- this unique book provides a range of fascinating answers to this question. The origin of fantasy ideas and their transformation into art and the relationship between imagination, image, and technique are explored through the inspirations and working methods of artists such as illustrators Jim Burns, Ian Miller, and Patrick Woodroffe, airbrush wizard Philip Castle, industrial designer and illustrator Syd Mead, space hardware expert Chris Foss, film set modelmaker Martin Bower, and fantasy artist Boris Vallejo."--Jacket

"Dream makers features the pictures of six working fantasy artists who are famous in their fields. Though their styles and subject matter differ greatly, their ideas and images go beyond realism into the landscapes of dreams, nightmares and imagined futures."--BOOK JACKET.