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Creative Character Design for Games and Animation

$90.70

Report copyright infringementby Jenny Harder (Author)This book takes you through the practice of designing characters for games and animation. It covers aspects such as creative thinking, working with references through to the development phase and final render. It covers a range of styles such as cartoon, stylized and semi-realistic, and explains how to differentiate and use them effectively.Author BiographyJenny Harder has been working as art director, visual development and concept artist ...

$20.18

Report copyright infringementby Pierre Carlet de Chamblain Marivaux (Author), Neil Bartlett (Translator)What if four children had been kept locked away in darkness and complete isolation since birth? What if, tonight, they were to be released? How would bodies and minds reared in darkness respond to the first words, the first lies, the first kisses? What if you got to watch? Cruel, erotic and elegant by turn, The Disputeis rightly regarded as one of Marivaux's masterpieces.Author BiographyHe ...

A Practical Manual of Industrial Finishes: on Wood, Metal, and Other Surfaces

$33.05

Report copyright infringementby B. M. Letsky (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

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The Super-Cute Cozy Coloring Book: Simple, Relaxing Coloring for Stress-Relief

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Report copyright infringementby Fifi Snugglepuff (Author)Snuggle up with this cute and cozy coloring book, filled with adorable scenes to warm your heart and bring you comfort Whether you love drawing and coloring in or are looking for a calming activity to help you unwind, this charming little book is the perfect companion for a cozy evening at home. The delightful pages inside will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy all over, as you use pens, pencils, crayons, markers or any medium you'd lik...

Que Peindre?/What To Paint?: Adami, Arakawa, Buren

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Report copyright infringementby Jean-François Lyotard (Author), Herman Parret (Editor), Gérald Sfez (Afterword by)Seven writings assembled in the context of the philosophy of art that Jean-François Lyotard developed in the 1980s, at the time of the Differend (1983) and of the "Kantian turn" leading to the Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime (1992), are here published for the first time in English translation. The texts focus on three artists with widely divergent aesthetic orientations: th...

Giorgio Vasari: Artistic and Emblematic Manifestations

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Report copyright infringementby Liana De Girolami Cheney (Author)The essays in this book examine art historical manifestations observed in Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)'s paintings and writings, including his impact in the emblematic tradition. Vasari's conception of history painting evolves in the development of religious and secular decorative cycles in the sixteenth century. His classical education, his love for collecting art and his quest for artistic expression through disegno (drawing) re...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarajane R. Helm (Author)This amazing collection of polymer clay masks features many full sized (between 8 and 15 inches tall) masks made of polymer clay and also includes several hundred miniature masks that are sized to fit inside a three inch square. Masks of all sizes were created by a wide array of artists from around the world. The miniatures were made as part of annual Internet based "swaps" from 1998 to 2009. These fabulous works of wearable art utilize...

The Art Coloring Book: Unique & Beautiful art Coloring Pages

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Wishmonger (Author)The art coloring book is for you if you feel stressed and want to free yourself by coloring art. The book has 70 pages with some of the most famous pieces of art, pictures, sculptures, landscapes and more. The size of the book is 8.5 x 11 inches, so it is neither too big nor too small. Coloring art using pencil crayons, crayons, paint, or pastels combines the benefits of meditation and art therapy into a simple practice that can be do...

Classic Cars Colorin Book: Revive the Classics: A Sophisticated Coloring Experience

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Report copyright infringementby Laritzu (Author)Dive into the world of automotive elegance with our "Classic Cars Coloring Book." Perfectly designed for vintage car enthusiasts and artistic souls alike, this 50-page coloring book invites you on a journey through time, exploring the timeless beauty and intricate details of iconic automobiles from bygone eras.Unleash your creativity as you bring these stunning vehicles to life with your own unique color palette. From the sleek curves of 1950s r...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert De 1866-1932 La Sizeranne (Created by)Ruskin and the Religion of Beauty, translated from the Countess of Galloway, offers a profound exploration of the life and aesthetic philosophy of John Ruskin, one of the most influential art critics and social thinkers of the Victorian era. Robert de La Sizeranne delves into Ruskin's evolving views on art, nature, and society, revealing how his deep moral and religious convictions shaped his understanding of beauty....

Business Skills for Creative Souls: The Essential Artist's Handbook

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Report copyright infringementby Yes (Youth Employment Services) (Created by)Are you an artist who wants to make a living from your art? Let this book be your guide. Not sure that's the path you want to take? Let the expert advice from our experienced artists help you make that decision. Updated from the popular 2004 edition, including a brand new resource section and the latest in social media strategies, the Artist's Handbook is the perfect package. It will provide you with basic business sk...

Michael Fishel - Creations: author: Michael Fishel

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Report copyright infringementby Michael W. Fishel (Author), Nigel Suckling (Editor)Since the 1970's the paintings of artist Michael Fishel have been seen worldwide as posters, prints, jigsaw puzzles, calendars and in books. In 1976 his art was published by the Big O poster co. U.K. alongside artists Roger Dean, Rodney Matthews, Robert Venosa, Mati Klarwein and H.R. Giger among others. During the 1980's Michael illustrated RPG books for TSR Hobbies Dungeons & Dragons. Later in his career h...

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Report copyright infringementby Gyan Shrosbree (Author)In Year of the Bath, artist Gyan Shrosbree has created paintings emulating a variety of iconographies; boots, houseplants, ladies, and landline telephones, which carry their own signature personalities. During the course of this show Shrosbree has invited the curation of the work to be rearranged, enabling a process of storytelling.This engages the paintings to interact with each other as icons or props on the stage. Compositional friends...

The Nightwatchman: Essays on Portraiture and the Black Male Figure in Colonial South Africa

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Report copyright infringementby Hlonipha Mokoena (Author)Drawing on a rich archive of colonial photography, Mokoena explores how images of African policemen and nightwatchmen in colonial South Africa challenged traditional narratives of oppression, revealing how uniform and portraiture transformed the black male figure into an aesthetic subject worthy of admiration. This illustrated collection of essays brings into focus African men in colonial uniforms as a subject of portraiture. It extends...

Fame: Ed Boon: The Man Behind Mortal Kombat

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Frizell (Author), Igor Cicarini (Artist)From arcade origins to pop culture domination, witness the untold story of Ed Boon, the man who helped create Mortal Kombat, one of the most controversial and iconic video game franchises of all time. This comic dives into his journey from pinball programmer to legendary developer, navigating studio collapses, Hollywood adaptations, fan backlash, and reinvention. Enter the arena with Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and the ma...

A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals)

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur MacGregor (Author), Ellen Bolick (Author), Catherine Mortimer (Author)This publication comprises a complete inventory of the Ashmolean Museum's holdings of metalwork in gold, silver, copper-alloy and lead, dating from the early Anglo-Saxon period (fifth to seventh century AD). Each of almost 1,200 items (including the Amherst and Monkton composite brooches, the Ixworth cross and the Tostock buckle) is described and illustrated; chemical analyses are give...

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Report copyright infringementby Catharine Savage Brosman (Author), Scott P. Richert (Editor), Aaron D. Wolf (Cover Design by)From the Preface: Among the topics that arise [in this book] are family roots and other human connections; places; travel; books; food; manners and morals; urban design; womanhood; liberal education; natural scenes and objects; and music and architecture. Directed toward discriminating readers, the volume as a whole may be taken as an exercise in seeing the world, even ...

Andy Warhol's Mother: The Woman Behind the Artist

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Report copyright infringementby Elaine Rusinko (Author)While biographers of Andy Warhol have long recognized his mother as a significant influence on his life and art, Julia Warhola's story has not yet been told. As an American immigrant who was born in a small Carpatho-Rusyn village in Austria-Hungary in 1891, Julia never had the opportunity to develop her own considerable artistic talents. Instead, she worked and sacrificed so her son could follow his dreams, helping to shape Andy's art and...

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Report copyright infringementby Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Author)In The Transformation of Nature in Art, Ananda Coomaraswamy explains the theory behind medieval European and Asian art, especially art in India. He further supplements the Indian theory with that of the Chinese. The first principle of Asian art is that art does not exist for its own sake; it exists as means to religious conditions or experience. The comparison with medieval European art in this respect is extremely illuminating. H...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Lethbridge (Author)As the author of the twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart series, Émile Zola enjoys a reputation as one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century: but his essays on painting, and in particular his early championing of Manet, mark him out also as one of the most significant art critics of the age. Zola's Painters is the first book to explore the entirety of this body of work in its own right: some 150 texts written over thirty years. Rober...

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Report copyright infringementby Roz Jacobs (Author)Vibrant paintings of daylight and moonlight landscapes, figures, and still lifes captivate the eye and spirit in the first publication of Roz Jacobs' work. Covering 10 years during which she began serious exploration of time and memory, many of the paintings in this volume were made in southwestern France. As this rural area has been changing for the past 20 years, Jacobs has been capturing in paint the eternal qualities of the light, air and...

Short Film Distribution: Film Festivals, the Internet, and Self-Promotion [With DVD]

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Moore (Author)No detailed description available for "Short Film Distribution".Author BiographyMoore Jason: Jason Moore is an award-winning director of short films, television, and theater with over a decade of experience teaching film production and distribution. With an MFA in film production from the University of California, Los Angeles, Moore's short films have appeared at film festivals and have been distributed to outlets both domestically and inter...

Hallelujah Anyhow!: A Healing Anthology of Poems, Letters, Prayers & Art

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Report copyright infringementby Sabrina C. Nash (Author), Nikki Giovanni (Contribution by)Open your mind, heart and spirit to the healing powers of poetry and art!Hallelujah Anyhow! Is an anthology of poems, letters, prayers, stories and art about life. Hallelujah Anyhow! will take you (the reader), on a journey of growth and development through explored topics "Popular Culture & Life", "Relationships & Situationships," "Family Matters," "Growing Pains," and "Transitioning". This book...

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Report copyright infringementby Julia Mary (Cartwright) Ady (Created by), Sandro Botticelli (Author)Delve into the world of the Italian Renaissance with âThe Life And Times Of Sandro Botticelli, â a detailed biography by Julia Mary (Cartwright) Ady. This book explores the life and artistic journey of Sandro Botticelli, one of the most celebrated painters of the Florentine Renaissance. From his early influences to his most iconic works, including âPrimaveraâ and âThe Birth of Venus, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Garabedian (Artist)A visual concerto of dogs in watercolors, oils, ink, and more by Laura GarabedianThis book is a celebration of the artist's love of dogs, especially of sighthounds.Sighthounds are evocative subjects to draw. Their lean forms are a lovely juxtaposition of hard lines and soft curves, attenuated limbs, and their huge eyes and wonderful expressions just beg to be painted. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.08 x 10 x...

Tokyo Cinegraphix 2: 100 Bad Girls & Sexy Crime Film Posters From Japan

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Report copyright infringementby Kagami Jigoku Kobayashi (Author)Film poster art and design from Japan is renowned as being among the most striking and dynamic in the world, with kanji logograms adding an extra dimension of graphic integration for the Western eye. TOKYO CINEGRAPHIX is a book series which aims to represent some of the very best film posters created in Japan, both for indigenous films and also for foreign imports. Each volume is a single book edtion which features 100 full-colou...

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Williams-Chassot (Author)"Oasis" is a refuge of comfort and safety, a plunge into beauty, a respite from toil. It can offer a pause for reflection on the journey; perhaps a time for Memories of "Ice cream on a hot sidewalk where childhood skipped..." This precious resource, Laura Williams-Chassot reveals is within. It is not kind, not necessarily gentle, with Memories of "Healing pain that can't be fixed;" but is nurturing. It is not always accessible. Bu...

Messengers of Infinity: On the Pictorial Logic of Leonardo da Vinci

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Report copyright infringementby Eyal Peretz (Author)The first philosophical engagement with the pictorial work of Leonardo, seen as a systematic whole.Presented here is the first philosophical engagement with the pictorial work of Leonardo, seen as a systematic whole. It is not written from the point of view of an art historian, even as it tries to benefit from art historical insights and procedures, but that of contemporary continental philosophy and theories of modern artistic media. Author...

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Report copyright infringementby Paula Billups (Author)BERLIN, GERMANY. 2016. Brian Mistre, a developer who has a number of buildings to demolish, finds himself helping a band of "Microtemporal Archaeologists" - scientists who study the very recent past through the posters and signs that cover Berlin's buildings. Dr. Gioia Arrigoni, the group's enigmatic leader, puts him to work cataloging scraps for the archive, and an unlikely alliance takes root . . . A meditation on friendship, vocation, a...

Performing Folk Songs: Affect, Landscape and Repertoire

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Bennett (Author)Performing Folk Songsis the first full-length volume to explore English folk singing from the perspective of performance studies. Using archival sources, family repertoire and recorded performances of interviewees, this book argues that archives and repertoires are produced in sensory environments and through embodied encounters. Autoethnography, sensory ethnography, life-writing and landscape writing are used to explore the affective ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Anderson (Author), Liz Louis (Author), Catriona Murray (Author)A dazzling selection of art, jewellery, clothing and objects that reflects the dynamic court of James VI & I. James VI & I, the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots, has often been overshadowed by the dramatic lives of his mother and son, Charles I. This book seeks to redress the balance by centering the first monarch to reign over both Scotland and England and uncovering the artistic tre...

Gosford Edogawa Commemorative Garden by Ken Lamb: Japanese Gardens in Australia

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Lamb (Author)This is a wonderful book that guides you through the amazing Gosford Edogawa garden - internationally regarded as the best example of " hide and reveal" of any Japanese garden outside of Japan. Discover the origin of the history of the buildings, travel through centuries of tradition to understand this classic culture, revealed in the garden. This book is a simple and readable introduction to Japanese gardens in Australia! Number o...