Master Sketchbooks

3dtotal originally began as a digital artist’s resource website and has evolved into a prominent art-book publisher. They are known for producing high-quality, inspirational, and practical tutorial books featuring top artists from the movie, game, animation, and publishing industries, setting a high standard for contemporary art books.

Wayne Barlowe is a world-renowned science-fiction and fantasy artist, born in New York and residing in New Jersey. He has contributed artwork to books, films, and galleries and has also written novels, screenplays, and art books, including Expedition: Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials. His illustrations have appeared in magazines like LIFE and TIME, and his designs have been featured in films such as Galaxy Quest, Hellboy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkhaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, Avatar, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Paradise Lost, John Carter, and Pacific Rim. In 2021, he released his retrospective Hell art book, PSYCHOPOMP.

John Howe is an internationally acclaimed fantasy artist, originally from Canada, now living in Switzerland. He is primarily known for illustrating many of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. He served as a chief conceptual designer on The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit film series. Most recently, he worked as a concept artist for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power television series.

Terryl Whitlatch is an American artist and iconic creature designer who has collaborated with LucasFilm on the Star Wars film series, as well as with Disney, Paramount, Sony, and more. She is currently Artist in Residence at Imagination International, Inc., and is a sought after lecturer and instructor in Creature Design and Animal Drawing.