Ironwork Today: Inside & Out

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A lovely set of inspirational ironwork pieces makes for a winning survey.

Ironwork Today: Inside & Out
Dona Z. Meilach
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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A lovely set of inspirational ironwork pieces makes for a winning survey........2006-10-16

The artist-blacksmith's world comes to life in a survey of those who shape iron into lovely works of art as well as useful objects. No longer is the blacksmith regulated to horseshoes and repairs: today they produce architectural embellishments and public art and here over four hundred color photos illustrate such objects, which appear both in public and in the home. A lovely set of inspirational ironwork pieces makes for a winning survey.

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Don't Pay Full Price

Title should be "How to Color Pin-Ups"

pretty good...

A world of NO.

Excellent for the Serious Drawer

How To Draw Manga Special: Colored Original Drawings (How to Draw Manga)
The Society for the Study of Manga Techniques
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The media used for colog genga (original drawings)are felt markers, COPIC sketch markers are particularly popular, becuase they allow the artist to use a wide variety of styles and can be used with an airbrush. This publication presents in great detail COPIC sketch techniques, giving onsideration to suitability with the paper and even includes techniques of combining markers with pastels and other media. It is an unparralleled, innovative manual, proving excellent reference for the beginner and professional alike.

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Don't Pay Full Price.......2005-09-01

Better yet, don't pay for it at all. Get it free if you can (like borrowing it from the library). To highlight the problems other readers have mentioned:

1. "The Drawings are Not too Good". Unevenly portioned faces and bodies. Seems more amateur than professional.
2. "COPIC. BUY COPIC. COPIC is best." Argh.
3. A combination of 1 and 2 distracts from what the book is trying to teach.

If airbrushing is totally new to you, then this certainly won't hurt, but it won't help much either.

Title should be "How to Color Pin-Ups".......2004-11-23

The tutorials are very easy to follow going in a step-by-step manner from original pencil drawing to fully-colored finished image. All the instructions are in color which allows for easier visual than black and white. There were surprisingly a good amount of other handy tips you can use for other purposes such as the tracing down technique for those without a lightbox, using origami paper as part of the image, and using a cotton swab to hold down the paper while you're airbrushing.

This is more of a book on how to color your pin-ups or manga covers than anything. Considering the materials used in this book are markers, airbrushes, brush, colored pencils, pastels, and an etching knife, this book is for the more intermediate and advanced artists.

Aside from the fact that this is basically one big ad for COPIC markers and airbrush, you can apply the techniques you learn in here with other more readily available and less expensive products.

For those that are hypersensitive to anything that has nudity on it, there are two images that may make you want to avoid this volume. One is a female sleeping on her side and wearing a buttoned down shirt and underwear showing quite a bit of her right chest, and the other has no clothing but hides her chest with her hands.

pretty good..........2004-03-18

I borrowed this book from a classmate for a day, and i really liked it. It doesn't have pictures of naked people, but it has 2 somewhat disturbing pictures. it may seem like a huge advertising gimmick for copic, but it does give you useful information, like how to use an airbrush, how to gradate colors,mixing marker, colored pencil, and pastel colors, and tips on types paper and inks. the art seemed ugly sometimes but I tried to look over that. the guide character that appeared throughout the book looked as if the proportions were messed up; her boobs were too big, her legs too short, and she looked overall like a 7 year old.

but thats ok.
I liked the book. ^_^

A world of NO........2004-02-24

When I got this book I stupidly ignored the cover and bought it based on the content it promised and the little bit of content I saw while flipping through it. And there really is some useful and worthy information in this book.

But I hate it.

I hate the fact that we are taken through this book page after page by a preternaturally perky character that looks like a hydrocephalic five-year-old with big, BIG boobs.

I hate the fact that almost every drawing example is female, and that every female in this book looks like a hydrocephalic five-year-old with big, BIG boobs.

I hate the fact that this book is a non-stop commercial for Copic brand markers and accessories. C'mon people! Ease up on the brand imprinting already! It's not as if any U.S. manufacturer still makes airbrush accessories for their markers. We're already a captive audience, there's no need to rub it in.

I hate the fact that since this is mainly a big ol' undisguised ad for Copic, they couldn't be bothered to at least sell the thing at a lower price.

I hate the fact that the hydrocephalic five-year-old with big, BIG boobs is frequently posed with eye-gougingly obvious phallic symbols. Be it an ice cream or the airbrush assembly or the markers themselves, you can bet Miss perky-panties will be giving it the lovin'.

I hate the fact that I have to wade through all that garbage to get to the real and useful information.

I hate the fact that there are people out there who find that kind of illustration acceptable, or worse, appealing.

GAH! In a series that is widely known as hit-n-miss, this volume is most assuredly a miss.

Excellent for the Serious Drawer.......2003-09-01

This is a very unique manga-drawing guide as it covers specifically colored pictures. However, I I felt that it did an excellent job of covering that subject.

For example, this book had a section that showed how the same colored drawing would look on many, many different types of paper. It also explained the differences between, water, oil, and alchohol-based markers and important little things to know about them. (For example, oil-based markers will dissolve toner.) It also mentioned things such as not coloring too quickly or too slowly, and photocopying your images when coloring to make room for mistakes. It even tells you multiple ways of storing and protecting your finished artwork and where to make copies...
The guide also goes on to airbrush techniques...

Also, this book provided several solid examples of doing colored drawings step by step. And, this volume was quite free of ecchi material, which is an enormous plus in my view.

Finally, the little mini-manga at the beginning and end of the book added a cute touch to the guide. The store salesperson who appears often throughout the pages makes the book more fun to read despite the fact that this guide is much more technical than other volumes.

Overall, this is a wondeful How to Draw Manga book. Although it it more for the slightly advanced drawer who has some decent experience with drawing manga, it's a fun and educational (in terms of drawing) read for anyone who loves drawing manga.

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How To Draw Manga Volume 9: Special Colored Original Drawing
The Society For The Study Of Manga Techniques
Manufacturer: Graphic-Sha
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The media used for color genga (original drawings) are felt markers. COPIC sketch markers are particularly popular, because they allow the artist to use a wide variety of styles and can be used with an airbrush. This publication presents in great deal COPIC sketch techniques, giving consideration to suitability with the paper and even includes techniques of combining markers with pastels and other media. It is an unparalleled, innovative manual, proving excellent reference for the beginner and professional alike.

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Rock the joint.......2005-11-05

Birney Imes has done us all a favor by revealing, with stunning photos, a slice of Southern life not normally exposed. The fifty-eight images show the interiors of several colored drinking establishments and what amazed me was the incredible ramshackle nature of these rooms. Everything looks so temporary, walls with exposed brickwork, ceilings that obviously wouldn't support a second floor, doors, tables, seats and bars made from whatever wood was available. The decor and many of the signs seem mostly to be home produced which contrast with the slickly produced commercial work for beer and cigarettes.

Despite the very temporary nature of these joints that the photos reveal I felt they showed something else though, an earthiness and honesty for the customers that is perhaps missing from the typical white bar with its respectable decor and artificial facade. I can just imagine the various bars in Juke Joint coming alive with the sound of raucous blues and relaxing good times, plate thirty-eight shows a hand-made sign in Juicy's Place, Marcella, saying 'BE NICE OR LEAVE'.

Juke Joint is well produced with a large photo per page and generous margins and my only criticism would be that there are not enough exterior photos of these amazing joints. Apart from that I thought this was a fascinating book.

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A very telling and honest account of the deep south........1999-08-09

The photographer does an excellent job of using his subject to tell his thoughts. By keeping some photographs on a long exposure, he also shows the fleeting nature of these somewhat depressed settings. Also a strong use of color to illustrate the cultural setting and importance despite the deprived economic environment. Of high importance for anyone interested in the deep south and the heritage of the mississippi delta.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Must Read
Pure hilarity, the height of literary humor.
read it as a child and never ever forgot it.
This is the book that made me want to read.

Adventures of Samurai Cat
Mark E. Rogers
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List of Sections, With Quotes.......2001-12-12

This book is the first and best in the series, and contains the following sections:

KATEMUSHA
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In feudal Japan, loyal samurai Miaowara Tomokato returns from a family visit to find his lord dead in a scene of destruction that's completely spoiled me for similar scenes forever. Maybe it's the arrow-ridden dragon in Red Army uniform, or the landgoing replica of the Merrimac.

"From his vantage-point Takeda Katsuyori surveyed the grim scene. 'Fudge," he gritted."

THE BRIDGE OF KATZAD-DUM
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Samurai Cat pursues one of his lord's killers into Tolkien country, dealing with such critters as porks and the dread B'aalhop.

"The katana whirred and flamed, slicing through tentacle after tentacle, whistling in a constantly repeated *Datsun Tempura*, or Divine Whirling Outboard Motor Propeller Blow."

THE BOOK OF THE DUNWICH COW
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The setting: a Lovecraftian town whose houses consist only of gabled attics to hide the squamous half-human denizens of Outsmouth.

"Yog N'goggawoggah and Yoknapatawpha, twin masses of stone-cold cream chip beef that ooze sluggishly in the center of all time and space, are their chiefs, terrible in combat, unappetizing to behold. Their herald and messenger is Stor-Atroomtemp, Lord of the Luke-warm, Cosmic Blight, Master-of-Many-Shapes-and-Interesting-in-None-of-Them. Their publicity is handled by the horrendous Isaac Azathoth...."

BEYOND THE BLACK WALNUT
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Another murderer, Thpageti-Thoth, has fled into savage Pictland. Illustrated in gorgeous Frazetta parodies, the story shows Samurai Cat's meeting with Con-Ed the Barbarian.

"Amalric the East Anglian..., armored in a scale-mail corselet, was a tall weasly-looking teenager whose spiky hairdo sent orange and purple tufts up through the holes he had deliberately punched in his own helmet. His only weapon was a gigantic Wilkinson sword razor-blade with the words 'Hi Mum' written on it in crimson lipstick."

AGAINST THE GODS
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Tomokato's search takes him next to Asgard, as the gods prepare for the final war against the giants of the Greater Jotunheim Co-Prosperity Sphere.

"Odin nodded his grimly regal head and picked up the microphone for his P.A. system. 'Attention, attention,' he began. 'This is Odin, Lord of the Hanged. Ketil Jormunreksson, report to the Throne-Room, on the double.'"

This book is a must.

Must Read.......2000-07-20

This is definitely an excellent book. I have read both this and Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies and have found both to be hilarious and highly enteraining. While often very wierd it is a great book which I would highly recommend.

Pure hilarity, the height of literary humor........1999-10-19

I can honestly say these books (there is five in the series) are the best books I have ever read. My advice? Search them out and find them (I know I have all five in my personal library!). YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

read it as a child and never ever forgot it........1999-03-28

I read this book about 6 times in a row as a kid...the title page fell out because it had been read so much and I framed it and put it on my wall! I really wish it was still in print...please let me know if it becomes available. It is definately a world I'd like to revisit.

This is the book that made me want to read........1999-03-27

This book from page one was going to be a cult classic. Samuri Cat is modern day embodiment of antiestablishment. Rogers has crafted a story that you hate to see end. He attacks the mainstream with a piercing wit that can only be appreciated by the sickest minds.

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An amazing motley of comedy and action

More Adventures of Samurai Cat
Mark E. Rogers
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An amazing motley of comedy and action.......2002-08-28

This book is incredibly hilarious. The only way to duplicate it would be to mix Monty Python's humor with Robert E. Howard's pulp adventure fiction. Action-packed and with several side-splitting one-liners that never fit the time zone but the meld seamlessly with the humor, this book will keep you entertained every time you read it.

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The Adventures of Samurai Cat
Mark E. Rogers
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