Inside Art Deco: A Pictorial Tour of Deco Interiors from Their Origins to Today
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    		Inside Art Deco: A Pictorial Tour of Deco Interiors from Their Origins to Today
    Lucy D. Rosenfeld
    Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0764322753

    Book Description

    Art Deco brings to mind a glamorous era of brilliant architecture, striking interior design, elegant furniture, and superb objets d'art. The term evokes an era of the 1920s and 1930s that prized elegant design elements combined with exotic materials, subtle colors, and the finest workmanship. This amply illustrated survey traces the origins of Deco interiors in Europe and follows its American transformation, with concepts of beauty in design expanded to include stream-lined and machine-made interpretations. Many of the most beloved buildings and their interior spaces in America's cities were Deco-inspired. But Art Deco is not just an historic term. As we see in this full color book, a number of today's designers are incorporating Deco elements into contemporary settings. Here, both interiors and furniture exemplify the sinuous lines and geometric shapes of Deco as part of today's interiors. A visual feast, this book will inspire and inform.

    Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms
    • Li'l anatomy
    • Art Essential
    • Good supplement
    • Human Anatomy taken to the fantasy max
    		 Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms
    Glenn Fabry
    Manufacturer: Barron''s Educational Series
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    ASIN: 0764129503

    Book Description

    Here in a single volume is a practical, comprehensive training course for budding illustrators working to master comic book art, graphic novels, fantasy posters, sci-fi book covers and illustrations, and computer games. The author, a highly successful fantasy artist, teaches the basics of human anatomical drawing and musculature, as well as perspective and composition. He then instructs on ways to distort, develop, and transform the human figure, giving it features that range from monstrous or magical to super-agile or larger than life. Detailed artist's references and step-by-step instructions show how to build bodies that truly stretch the imagination—mighty alien warriors, kick-boxing cyber-punks, and mega-muscled superheroes, to name just a few. Art students also learn how to show their characters in many different dynamic action poses, such as flying, spinning, punching, and jumping, as well as how to express each character's emotions through facial expressions. More than 300 color illustrations.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms .......2007-07-24

    This is a good book if you want to learn how to draw action figures that are real life people not creatures

    2 out of 5 stars Li'l anatomy.......2007-03-25

    Thankfully, I was able to browse at this in my public library before buying it. The title doesn't reflect on the actual book. While the illustrations were clear and quiet a few were lovely the book failed to explain how the artists used anatomy and how they determined how to compose their figures. for an anatomy book, this falls horrible short. There about a handful (literally one handfull) of pages with live models. The images are of various sizes and almost on top of each other. More annoyingly for what few live model poses we are given the best are put inbetween two pages. You'll have an annoyign crease righti n the middle of the picture. It's not that hard to fill in the gaps, but certain details are lost from this type of placement.
    Also when going into skeletal structures he might have used a real model skeleton instead of sketches. You don't get an adequate understanding of dimension with a pencil depiction alone. Also, most of the book is dedicated to the common characters of comics (e.g. the barabarian, the female robot, Muu the fatman, Brutus the hulk). All these characters really show are sketches at different angles with bullets with brief common sense info.
    Plus the anatomy of most of the characters arenot really explored. It would have been nicer had they compared the exagerated features with realistic features.
    Overall , despite some talented artists' contributions, this book fails in teaching anything abotu anatomy.

    5 out of 5 stars Art Essential.......2007-01-12

    This is not only a great book but a wonderful guide on drawing great action figures. There are many tips and tricks I recommend in here and it not only looks at just one detain but many perspectives in drawing fantasy characters.

    4 out of 5 stars Good supplement.......2006-11-29

    Get Drawing and painting Fantasy Figures and/or Fantasy Worlds first. This book is good if you can't get enough of source/guide/inspirational material.

    Of Course, R. Crumb said "Wanna know how to draw better? Draw. Wishing won't make it happen!" and that's the first and best advice. Still, I have all these books I mentioned and do not regret my purchase!

    4 out of 5 stars Human Anatomy taken to the fantasy max.......2006-11-08

    When I think of the subject of anatomy I think of the human shape. And this is what this book does. It takes a really good look at the human form both male and female and then it expands on this to the limits of fantasy art by also delving into distortions of the human form in the shape of goblins, ogres, wizards, cyborgs and dwarves. This is what I was looking for in a fantasy anatomy book. How to take the human shape and expand it in new expressive ways.
    Strong points: Every single page has at least ten drawings - the book is absolutely stuffed with lots of illustrations and drawing
    In particular there is a strong focus on communicating action in your drawing - this stays true to the action figures part of the title.
    Large section of actual photographs of a male and female in various action poses; this a real handy reference.
    Some nice complete drawings of the human skeleton and human musculature - these are good references.
    Special Bonus: Glenn Fabry takes you through a 19 step process of doing an actual painting from first sketch to completed painting. This really helps in understanding the process of an artist.

    Weak points: the beginning sections on practicing drawing, getting inspiration and understanding light are rather sparse but I consider these to just be review like in nature .

    This is a really good book but it isn't aimed at teaching you how to draw. This book is aimed more at people who have some drawing ability already and want to learn about the ins and outs of anatomy in the fantasy genre. The title pretty much says that point: It is anatomy for fantasy artists
    The Fantasy Figure Artist's Reference File with CD-ROM: Hundreds of Real-life Photographs Depicting Extreme Anatomy and Dynamic Action Poses
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • Great for figure reference
    • my review
    • Cliche Central
    • Great for beginner fantasy artists!!
    • Not extreme or dynamic, but still has some good parts
    		 The Fantasy Figure Artist's Reference File with CD-ROM: Hundreds of Real-life Photographs Depicting Extreme Anatomy and Dynamic Action Poses
    Peter Evans
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    ASIN: 0764179616

    Book Description

    Both professional and student illustrators of action and fantasy art can take the guesswork out of rendering extreme anatomy and dynamic action poses with help from this valuable reference source. It presents more than 600 detailed color photos of live models, and represents a wide range of physiques, postures, and poses that can be incorporated in fantasy scenarios. The book's accompanying CD-ROM contains all of the book's posed images, allowing illustrators to swipe them directly and paste them into their own computer art projects. The book also instructs on rendering realistic effects to the illustrated textures of flesh, hair, clothing, and metal objects, as well as advice on adding highlights, backlights, and shadows. Here is a valuable reference source that belongs in every illustrator's personal library. All images are copyright free.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great for figure reference .......2007-09-11

    I really enjoyed this book. I actually downloaded the images onto my computer and use them as poses to draw from in the slide show format. Coupled with "The Natural Way to draw" this book really helps me out and gives me a "safe" place to learn away from the limelight, which is important to me.

    This images are good and very well done and give you some really good costume studies (as well as drapery studies) on top of basic anatomy and muscle drawing.

    Overall, a very good piece of work.

    3 out of 5 stars my review.......2007-07-04

    This book is a welcome addition to any cartoonist or illustrator's photo reference file as it includes physical and ethnical types different from the usual stereotypical idealized caucasians. On the other hand, it isn't as systematic, varied or consistent in its poses and points-of-view as the Illustrator's Reference Manuals or the Posefile series of books.

    2 out of 5 stars Cliche Central.......2007-01-23

    The 'Fantasy' of the title is, unfortunately, the heavily-stereotyped 'thud and blunder' style fantasy of Conan the Barbarian, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser and other such hackneyed, outdated types.

    The figures shown are Barbarian warrior, Warrior woman, Evil Sorceress, Fairy, etc. And they are all quite absurd.

    The book also includes little tidbits of information about costume and weapons, like this pearl of wisdom: "The nock is the part of the bow that the arrow rests on." Uh, yeah?

    Combine this with poses titled "Bring forth tidings", "Arise, my liege" and the like, you soon realise this isn't a particularly well-done piece of work.

    As for the CD, the images are huge - making them very difficult to work with.

    This book isn't completely useless, but there are surely better things to spend your money on.

    4 out of 5 stars Great for beginner fantasy artists!!.......2007-01-09

    If you are new to the fantasy art genre or are looking for a great quick reference for figure drawing, this is the book. It gives a diverse selection of different body types, sizes and looks, as well as a good smattering of accesories, close-ups and clothing...

    3 out of 5 stars Not extreme or dynamic, but still has some good parts.......2007-01-03

    Unfortunately, this book did not live up to my expectations. Overall, it was uninspiring to me, especially in creating my own characters. As a reference photo book, it fails because the poses are not extreme and dynamic as promised. It also seems to try to reach beyond its scope with a section on painting and many comments on characters beyond anatomy and costume.

    Pros:
    - "Anatomical studies" show each character type in only shorts (or shorts and sports bra for women) so you know what the body looks like in some poses.
    - Summary of character wardrobe
    - Poses of characters in wardrobe may help in drawing clothing -- depicting folds, how certain material hangs, etc.
    - As another review mentioned, an overweight man ("cleric" and "norseman" types) and a small person ("warrior dwarf" type) are shown here, and both are helpful.
    - Captions in the book often direct you to details (how material is bunching up a certain way, how a shoulder strap hangs off the body in a certain pose) or notes about anatomy ("legs need to be placed apart because they will have to bend to compensate for the weight of the ax")
    - Section of close-up facial expressions (male and female)
    - Although brief, there are also some photos of hand detail, including props like rings & bracelets, and accessory details -- boots, belts, jewelry
    - Spiral binding allows the book to lay flat (although when you're drawing, you'll probably print images from the CD instead)

    Cons:
    - Uninteresting poses. This is the sale-killer for me. Although the book says the photos depict "extreme anatomy and dynamic action poses" I found the poses to be too plain. There was no "extreme" posing where the body is in extreme angles -- lunging, jumping, twisting. Instead, someone is standing still with their arms raised and feet spread, but there is no action happening. You can tell because there is a lack of tense muscles.

    - The back of the book has a section on painting characters that seems out of place. This is a photo reference book, not a painting book. Unless you already know about painting with acrylics, this section is useless.

    - Some captions have irrelevant comments. In a caption of a photo showing a happy "warrior prince" face, it notes, "All characters should be able to feel elation and happiness."

    Summary: although a few poses are good, don't expect most of them to be "extreme" or "dynamic." Note that this is not an instruction book on learning anatomy, and you should have at least a basic understanding of human anatomy to use this book well.

    Books that I would recommend for beginning artists:
    - Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy by Christopher Hart
    - Drawing the Living Figure by Joseph Sheppard
    - Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogarth (great for flow of action)
    - Perspective! For Comic Book Artists by David Chelsea
    - Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery: Solutions for Drawing the Clothed Figure by Burne Hogarth
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    The Figure in Action: Anatomy for Artists
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Figure anatomy "How To" book showing figures in action
    		 The Figure in Action: Anatomy for Artists
    Louise Gordon
    Manufacturer: Batsford
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    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Figure anatomy "How To" book showing figures in action.......1997-01-01

    According to the ISBN number this is a book by Louise Gorgon title: "The Figure in Action, Anatomy for Artists" The publisher is Batsford. It is a good drawing book showing the figure and beneath the skin: bones-muscle. Shows the figure under stress which is unusual in figure drawing books. A lot of the drawings lack clarity and muscle definition. Why have clothed figures in an anatomy book? I felt it was way overpriced at $29.95. I almost returned it, but it filled a niche in drawing book collection
    Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist: How to Draw the New Streamlined Look of Action-Adventure Comics! (How to Draw)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • GREAT for those who love drawing animated-like stuff
    • Highly Recommend!
    • Well worth having
    • FANTASTIC BOOK FOR THE BEGINNER
    • Top notch book
    		 Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist: How to Draw the New Streamlined Look of Action-Adventure Comics! (How to Draw)
    Christopher Hart
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    ASIN: 0823047733
    Release Date: 2007-05-15

    Book Description

    Maybe you’ve noticed. Today’s superheroes and action heroes aren’t as brawny and muscular as they used to be. In fact, almost all the characters in comic books and on TV have a fresh, new look--simplified, streamlined, edgier, with a hint of anime/cartoon design, and appealing to kids and adults alike. Now Christopher Hart, the superhero of how-to-draw books, has come to the rescue of artists everywhere with Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist. Anatomy has always been a difficult subject, but for this book Hart uses his straightforward approach to show a simpler way. In clear step-by-step illustrations and text, he shows: how to draw streamlined figures in poses; body types and muscles; the mechanics of facial expression; how to know which muscles to eliminate in a simplified drawing; grouping muscles; muscle contours versus bone contours; muscles in classic comic-book poses like flying and punching; and more. Now artist can stop struggling with the fine points of anatomy and start creating modern looking heroes and heroines with help from Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars GREAT for those who love drawing animated-like stuff.......2007-08-24

    For starters, this book is by Christopher Hart, so naturally it's a great buy for people interested in the subject.
    This is a great book for people who prefer a more cartoony style to the graphic novel detail; I myself love drawing cartoons (including many Disney ones) and this book is wonderful in teaching you how to do your own, as well as be a most excellent reference guide for muscles, bones, and character ideas.
    A TOTAL recommendation if you want to try the more cartoony style.

    But if you're more into the hard-core graphic novels (like the newer X-Men series), I totally recommend Christopher Hart's "Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy: The Ultimate Reference for Comic Book Artists."

    5 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend!.......2007-08-21

    Simplified Anatomy for The Comic Book Artist teaches a new streamlined style of comics. In true Christopher Hart style, he breaks the concepts down for the reader, so that he or she can learn and progress quickly. This was very enjoyable, enlightening, and entertaining, and I highly recommend it.

    4 out of 5 stars Well worth having.......2007-07-06

    The only bad thing about this book is consistency due to the many different artists that worked on it. With that in mind this book is well worth having and a good resource about the adventure or Bruce Timm style of drawing.

    5 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC BOOK FOR THE BEGINNER.......2007-06-30

    Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist is comic art instruction Guru Christopher Hart's latest book and one of his best yet. Hart has been doing comic art instruction books for many years with a long list of titles to his credit. In this latest book, Hart tackles the modern, more simplified, and streamlined comic book art. Inspired by recent animated series such as Batman, Teen Titans, and Justice League, we are seeing more and more comics today being produced in this more simplified, animated looking style. This modern style has done a couple of things for the comic industry. First, it's far less time consuming to produce this type of art than traditional comic art...less time means less money. Second, and no knock on those artists, but obviously you can get away with somewhat less talent with this style as there is a minimum of detail required. Finally, much of this art today is being produced on computer, again saving time and money. This certainly accounts for the recent popularity of this style of art.

    Hart takes a step-by-step approach to his instructions. On one page he shows an example of a piece of art done in traditional style and next to it, the same piece done in the simplified style. Basically this is simply a matter of less definition being added to the character. Less muscle definition, fewer or no bone structure outlines to the face and body, hair designed as "one piece" as opposed to drawing several lines of hair and curls, etc...The examples are striking in their sheer minimalism.

    Now, this isn't merely a matter of taking out lines, but rather a complexly different approach to drawing figures. There's a whole change in thinking about how to construct the anatomy in this approach. Remember, you're not going for realism anymore. Fully the first 50 pages are spent just on the head and facial features. Hart will show you how to simplify the look of the eyes, nose, and mouth with dozens of examples included along the way.

    Next up is the body and it's the same process as before. Simple bone and skeletal structures, simple muscle definition... Again, Hart shows dozens of examples of body types from heroes to regular guys to mad scientists. In this style, bodies are more angular...the hips and knees often come to an exaggerated point as opposed to the rounder look of traditional comic art. In defining muscles, that standard six-pack now becomes a two-pack...the shoulders and chest exceedingly broad and triangle-shaped.

    Hart rounds out the book with a look at forced perspective, getting your characters to look like they are virtually jumping out of the page at you. Honestly, I believe that this book and this style of art has opened up a lot of doors to artists who maybe were not quite good enough to make it with traditional comic art. It's also allows small press publishers to compete against the bigger publishers. Heck, you even see this style of artwork showing up at major publishers like Image and Dark Horse.

    It's another well-done book by Hart and perfect for the aspiring comic book artist.

    Reviewed by Tim Janson

    5 out of 5 stars Top notch book.......2007-05-31

    The title says it all.
    With its simple to follow instructions accompanied by the related illustrations, anyone with the love of drawing comic figures ought to get this book. Every one of the dozens of character begins with the simple lines, angles, various views, simplified skeleton and moves into heavier lines and more details to compose a perfect figure. Special chapters touching on specific muscle groups for the male and female comic figure, body parts such as hands, feet, and hips, poses, modes etc.
    I highly recommend this book as it is educating, fun and challenging all in one.
    Figure in Action: Anatomy for the Artist
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      		Figure in Action: Anatomy for the Artist
      Louis Gordon
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      Photography of Natural Things: A Nature and Environment Workshop for Film and Digital Photography
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        Freeman Patterson
        Manufacturer: Key Porter Books
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        Book Description

        Patterson demystifies the techniques of photographing nature in this third edition of Photography of Natural Things. Readers are taught how to photograph a full spectrum of natural subjects and to explore their relationship to the natural world to create fine images of their own.
        Photography of Natural Things (Photography)
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • A different approach to nature photography
        • Photographing nature by personal interpretation
        • Natural seeing for natural things!
        		 Photography of Natural Things (Photography)
        Freeman Patterson
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        Book Description

        Photography of Natural Things, teaches readers how to photograph full spectrum of natural subjects; from a moon over a winter landscape to a starfish in a intertidal pool.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars A different approach to nature photography.......2002-01-22

        Freeman Patterson's books are always worth reading because his style and approach are different than that of most photographers. His images don't really bowl you over like the super-saturated pictures most nature photographers employ. They are much more subtle - almost pastel - pictures some might term impressionistic, although most are straight-forward documentary images of subjects within their enviroments. The subject as a part of its enviroment is very important in Patterson's presentations. The book also is a good lesson in ecology. Although not as instructive as several of his book, it is a good indoctrination about what to look for in nature. The images themselves, while most are not dramatic, are pleasing to look at might change your idea about what good nature photography is all about.

        4 out of 5 stars Photographing nature by personal interpretation.......2001-11-12

        Many books about nature photography seem to concentrate on capturing a mood, capturing all the details; almost like taking photographs to a customer's specifications on a paid assignment. If you are interested in taking that perfect photo of a flower or an animal for a calendar or post card, this is not a helpful book. If you want to take photographs that tell others your story of what it was like being there, this book is ideal.

        Without a doubt, Patterson is very much an impressionist with a camera and this book provides some techniques and guidelines for photographing nature according to your own interpretation. More importanly, he tries to inspire you to photograph nature with your feelings and convey that mood to others. If you see photography more as art and less as a journal, this is a useful book.

        4 out of 5 stars Natural seeing for natural things!.......2000-03-27

        Wonderful book! As everything I read by Freeman Peterson, I enjoyed it since the first minute. How to take great pictures with a non professional equipment.
        PHOTOGRAPHY OF NATURAL THINGS
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          		PHOTOGRAPHY OF NATURAL THINGS
          Freeman Patterson
          Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover
          ASIN: B000JWHVWY
          Photography of Natural Things
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            		Photography of Natural Things

            Manufacturer: Key Porter Books
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback
            ASIN: 9994331442

            Superosity: Stealing from Murderers (Superosity Series)
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              		Superosity: Stealing from Murderers (Superosity Series)
              Chris Crosby
              Manufacturer: Keenspot Entertainment
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

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              ASIN: 1932775145

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