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No other guide on the market covers the volume of comic book listings and range of eras as Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide does, in an easy-to-use checklist format.
Readers can access listings for 130,000 comics, issued since 1961, complete with names, cover date, creator information and near-mint pricing. With super-hero art on the cover and collecting details from the ... [click here for more] |
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$19.99 $7.99
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NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, UPDATED RESOURCES: ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ART CAREER!2012 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the must-have reference guide for emerging artists, who want to establish a successful career in fine art, illustration, cartooning or graphic design. For years, artists have relied on us to help them find new markets and navigate the changing busin... [click here for more] |
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$34.99 $13.99
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All the Tools You Need to Build a Successful Art Career!
2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the must-have reference guide for any artist who wants to establish or expand a career in fine art, illustration or graphic design. Thousands of successful artists have relied on us to help develop their careers and navigate the changing business landscape. The 2013 Artist's &... [click here for more] |
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$34.99 $20.00
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The Most Trusted Guide to the World of Children's Publishing
If you write or illustrate for young readers with the hope of getting published, the 2013 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market is the trusted resource you need. Now in its 25th edition, CWIM is the definitive publishing guide for anyone who seeks to write or illustrate for kids and young adults. Inside you'll ... [click here for more] |
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$29.99 $17.99
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"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."--Author Emilie Buchwald
Filled with beautifully illustrated reviews and a wealth of recommendations, A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics lovingly and thoughtfully reveals a world of graphic novels sure to capture the imagination and curiosity of your child.
Children's literature experts and... [click here for more] |
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$16.99 $6.99
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North Light's bestselling author Lee Hammond brings 20 years of professional experience – and a fun, lighthearted and reliable approach – to the popular medium of acrylic painting to provide everything the beginning artist needs to get started, including: an introduction to essential materials, basic techniques and key terms; more than 25 step-by-step demonstrations covering s... [click here for more] |
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$19.99 $11.99
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Inspiration From the Private Art Journals of Traveling Artists, Illustrators and Designers
Travel + Sketching = Inspiration
When we travel, we don't want to follow the same itinerary as everyone who's come before us. We want to feel like explorers, adventurers in undiscovered territory. And that's exactly what sketching can bring to the travel experience.
... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $14.99
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Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom!
Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal?
It's true, art journaling has no "rules" and is a safe place for free expression of your one-of-a-kind lif... [click here for more] |
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$26.99 $15.99
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• Features over 500 photos• Includes a wide range of wildlife including hoofed animals, forest animals, aquatic animals, and much more• Includes step-by-step painting demonstrations to illustrate how to use the photos in a compositionNature artists consider reference photos an essential component of the creation process. This unique reference features hundred of high-quality wild... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $9.99
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Build Your Own Thriving Illustration Business
The boundaries between art, design and illustration are blurring, and with all the new opportunities for visual creatives, now is the perfect time to unleash your talent on the world!
Breaking Into Freelance Illustration provides a step-by-step roadmap for promoting yourself and running your creative business. You'll find up-to-date ... [click here for more] |
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$19.99 $7.99
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Colossal Collection of Action Poses
Created specifically for comic book and fantasy artists, the Colossal Collection of Action Poses features page after page of energetic, high quality, artfully composed reference photos.
This isn't your average visual aid full of boring, lifeless models in the same staid poses. In this book, you get WHAM! (Karate chop to the head!) WHOOSH! (Lea... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $9.99
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Created specifically for comic book and fantasy artists, the Colossal Collection of Action Poses features page after page of energetic, high quality, artfully composed reference photos. This isn't your average visual aid full of boring, lifeless models in the same staid poses. In this book, you get WHAM! (Karate chop to the head!) WHOOSH! (Leaping out of danger!) ARGH! (I've been shot!). Runnin... [click here for more] |
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$29.99 $11.99
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Draw characters that leap off the page!
1000+ poses!
Whether a scene calls for your heroines to be sexy, scared or savage, Comic Artist's Photo Reference: Women and Girlswill help them strike the right pose. With more than 1000 reference photos to choose from, you'll find the inspiration you need in to give your female characters attitude, believability and life.
... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $9.99
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60+ years of comic book exploits-on the page and behind the scenes.
Welcome to Comic Books 101, the complete, definitive and super-cool guide to the universe of caped crusaders, irradiated spiders, fantastic foursomes, and the super-talents behind their creation.
Want to know when Marvel, DC and so many other publishers got their start? Wonder why Spider-Man can't challen... [click here for more] |
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$22.99 $13.99
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Top Pros Reveal the Complete Creative Process
You Can Work Professionally in Comics!
Jump-start your comic book career! Creating Comics From Start to Finish tells you everything about how today's mainstream comic books are produced and published. Top working professionals detail how comics are created from concept to completion.
Dig deep into every step of the process including... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $9.99
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52 Art Ideas, Projects and Exercises to Overcome Your Creativity Block
Paint outside the lines!
Jumpstart your creativity and inject new life into your art.
Struggling to get started? Paralyzed by the fear of failure? Find yourself falling back on the same colors again and again? Just plain stuck? It happens to every artist sooner or later. What can yo... [click here for more] |
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$26.99 $15.99
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Inspiring Challenges for Artists, Illustrators and Designers
Push the Limits of Your Creativity
Creative Grab Bag captures the spirit of exploration and innovation. Inside, you'll find inspiring work from 101 artists from around the world. Ethan Bodnar asked each artist to take on a task outside the realm of their normal work. Each task was randomly selected fro... [click here for more] |
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$25.00 $14.99
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Keep your eyes wide open because there's trouble ahead - and what fine trouble it is!
The best of the comic book world's bad girls come into view in this full-color tribute to the smokin' hot women who brought glamour and menace to oh-so-graphic tales of rousing (or should that be arousing?) adventure.
As Jessica Rabbit said "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."
... [click here for more] |
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$8.99 $5.99
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100 Ways to Improve Your CG Art
This book provides all the advice artists need to transform their digital painting; from brush, lighting and color basics to special effects, working with layers, and speed and matte painting. The 100+ expert tricks provide quick and easy solutions to all aspects of digital painting through clear instructions, step-by-step demonstrations and breath... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $9.99
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Dragons are terrifying creatures, and do not like to be drawn by just anyone!
If you're brave enough to take on the task, you'll appreciate the lessons in this book for guiding you on your treacherous journey!
By the end, you'll have created some great scaly friends. ... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $2.99
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A tribute to dragonkind
120 dragons with advice and inspiration from 49 international artists
From fire-breathing to friendly, dragons pretty much rule the fantasy world. Dedicated to the coolest of mythological beasts, DragonWorld is a showcase of some of today's best, most imaginative dragon art. Some stick to the popular notion of what a dragon is, while others offer more une... [click here for more] |
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$26.99 $10.99
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Dogs, Cats, Birds, Horses and More
Turn your love of animals into art you adore!
From her family farm in Kentucky, artist Jeanne Filler Scott spends her days joyfully surrounded by pets, barnyard animals and wildlife. In this book, she shares her love of animals and her easy techniques for capturing their beauty and charm in acrylics, oils and pencil.
5... [click here for more] |
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$26.99 $15.99
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Having trouble drawing a nose that looks like a nose? In this step-by-step guide, Lee Hammond will teach you how to draw realistic-looking portraits of your favorite people - more easily than you ever thought possible. Really!
The secret is in the blending: with pencil and paper, Lee shows you how to create gradual, smooth shadings of light and dark to replicate the subtle contour... [click here for more] |
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$14.99 $7.49
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This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined! Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all-from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong ... [click here for more] |
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$19.99 $11.99
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This e-book contains nine detailed step-by-step demonstrations on composition, texture, perspective and storytelling and includes a glossary of common art terms.
It is based on Drawing for the Absolute Beginner (North Light 2006) by Mark and Mary Willenbrink.
Note: This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the book. ... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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You won't be disappointed with the basic instruction based on the popular print book Drawing for the Absolute Beginner (North Light 2006) by Mark and Mary Willenbrink.
Learn all you need to know about getting started sketching and drawing including materials, basic techniques and perspective. Also includes a glossary of common art terms.
The Absolute Beginner series of e-... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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Explore exciting textural possibilities with techniques anyone can master. Step-by-step demonstrations show how to create the look of metal, wood, hair and other textures. ... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $12.49
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You won't believe the incredible drawings you can create using common pencils and the special techniques illustrated in this book.
These methods are so easy that anyone—from doodler to advanced artist—can master them in minutes! Step by step, you'll learn how to capture the look of metal, glass, weathered wood, skin, hair and other textures.
Two detailed start-to-fin... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $14.99
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In this guide, award-winning author Nancy Kress explores the crucial relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story.
In teaching you the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep your readers spellbound, Kress utilizes:
Dozens of excerpts from well-known f... [click here for more] |
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$16.99 $9.99
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This fun book shows readers how to make standalone fantasy character figures with polymer clay.
Readers will learn about materials, special precautions and quick, simple techniques; then they will get 3 step-by-step demonstrations including an Elf, Dragon and Bird. Each demonstration shows how to make accurate figures, from beginning supports to sculpting the head (including eyes, chins... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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This fun book shows readers how to make standalone fantasy character figures with polymer clay.
Readers will learn about materials, special precautions and quick, simple techniques; then they will get 3 step-by-step demonstrations including an Elf, Ogre and Goblin. Each demonstration shows how to make accurate figures, from beginning supports to sculpting the head (including eyes, chins... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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This fun book shows readers how to make standalone fantasy character figures with polymer clay.
Readers will learn about materials, special precautions and quick, simple techniques; then they will get 3 step-by-step demonstrations including an Elf, Troll and Satyr. Each demonstration shows how to make accurate figures, from beginning supports to sculpting the head (including eyes, chins... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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This fun book shows readers how to make standalone fantasy character figures with polymer clay.
Readers will learn about materials, special precautions and quick, simple techniques; then they will get 3 step-by-step demonstrations including an Elf, Witch and Fairy. Each demonstration shows how to make accurate figures, from beginning supports to sculpting the head (including eyes, chins... [click here for more] |
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$3.99 $2.99
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This fun book shows readers how to make standalone fantasy character figures with polymer clay. Readers will learn about materials, special precautions and quick, simple techniques; then they will get 1 step-by-step demonstration.
The demonstration shows how to make an accurate Elf figure, from beginning supports to sculpting the head (including eyes, chin, nose, brows, lips, cheeks, mo... [click here for more] |
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$3.99 $2.99
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From superheroes to manga - all you need to start creating your own graphic works
Watchmen. V for Vendetta. A History of Violence. The Sandman. 300. You've read them, you've loved them, and now you want to write and illustrate them. The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels is your shot at the big time. Whether you want to go as dark as Sin City, as funny as Bone, or as poignant as... [click here for more] |
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$14.95 $5.99
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Mixed Media Demonstrations + Explorations
Within the pages of Exhibition 36, readers will enter a virtual art exhibit featuring thirty-six mixed-media artists whose collage, digital, assemblage, altered and repurposed art adorn the walls and pedestals of this unique gallery. The artists are "present" throughout the exhibit, answering questions, sharing their thou... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $9.99
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Inspirational Approaches for Mixed Media Art
With page after page of stimulating possibilities, this book guides you on an uncompromising journey to visually dynamic, conceptually provocative, utterly original art.Embrace the spirit of creative play, break out of your comfort zone, and take your art to a whole new level. In her follow-up to the popular Art Revolution, Lisa L. Cyr delves... [click here for more] |
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$27.99 $11.99
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Presented in an entertaining style, these easy-to-learn techniques and basic processes will make the art of comic portrait drawing simple for readers of all skill levels. ... [click here for more] |
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$19.99 $11.99
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It can happen at any moment - A powerful light effect. A telling gesture. A unique posture.
When you're struck by am image or impression you want to use in your art, you must record it - quickly! - before it's gone. But what's an artist to do when there's no time for a carefully rendered drawing or even a good photo? Some quick field sketching, that's what!
This book will revolu... [click here for more] |
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$22.99 $13.99
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Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders
Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing: Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders is Digital Book World's first ebook. In interviews with 19 innovative ebook business leaders, Digital Book World's editorial director Jeremy Greenfield draws out how these professionals are leading the d... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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Explore Street Art Coloring Techniques
Scape Martinez offers up his expertise in taking the vibrant colors of street art to the page, providing easy-to-follow guidance and demonstration of techniques that everyone can learn. With a link to downloadable, printable images, budding artists can experiment on edgy, fun items like shoes and hoodies without spending hours just drawing the outl... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.99
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20 step-by-step demonstrations
How To Draw Lifelike Portraits From Photographs, Revised
Lee Hammond is back and better than ever, featuring all new step-by-step demonstrations that will have you drawing your best portraits yet. Her secret to success? The "Hammond Blended Pencil Technique," a proven method of shading and blending that captures the soft tones and dimensional sh... [click here for more] |
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$26.99 $16.99
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The Kick-Ass Guide to Drawing Hot Babes! Smokin' chicks at your fingertips!
You are holding the ultimate guide to drawing kick-ass comic book babes, from sultry eyes and succulent lips to the killer bodies that go with them. Whether you want to capture the likenesses of girls you know or bring fantasy women to life on paper, this book tells you everything you need to cr... [click here for more] |
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$22.99 $9.99
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Storytelling in the Age of the Tablet
iPad Design Lab - Basic is about storytelling in today's world, as more and more people consume information using the iPad and other tablets. This guide is the first to analyze the way that consumers take in information on the tablet platform and to help journalists and designers better understand the potential of this exciti... [click here for more] |
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$8.99 $5.99
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Master acrylic painting, as seen on PBS!
In Jerry Yarnell's Landscape Painting Secrets, readers will refresh their knowledge of basic acrylic painting (materials, terminology, color mixing, working with values and simple generic techniques) before mastering landscape elements that will take their painting to a new level.
Intermediate to advanced landscape painting techniques wil... [click here for more] |
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$24.99 $12.49
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Idea Index kick-started a revolution in graphic design books, unique in size, feel—and most important—wealth of ideas.
Layout Index is the next step, a compendium of layout idea-generators that will help designers explore multiple possibilities for visual treatments each time they turn the page.
The visual and textual suggestions are divided into eight major a... [click here for more] |
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$22.99 $13.99
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Art on a Journey
It started with an idea Darren Di Lieto had: Challenge illustrators and designers to create works of art on packages, envelopes and postcards - then actually send them to him through the mail. The response was overwhelming, and Di Lieto posted photos of each piece of art on MailMeArt.com , so people the world over could follow the art on its journey from artist to post office... [click here for more] |
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$30.00 $17.99
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It's THE book on manga from YouTube's most popular art instruction Guru!
There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style—from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads. You'll learn how a few basic lines will help yo... [click here for more] |
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$22.99 $13.99
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Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Bodies is an excerpt from Mastering Manga With Mark Crilley. Get everything you need to know to begin drawing manga figures of all types, from typical teens to parents and babies--with the correct proportions and in all sorts of poses.
Mark also shows how variations in height and proportion suit different manga styles, and you'll be delighted by how si... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $2.99
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Mastering Manga, How to Draw Manga Faces is an excerpt from Mastering Manga With Mark Crilley. True manga style is about more than big eyed characters, but Mark's lessons ensure that you can get them right, whether the character is facing you straight on, at an angle, or in profile.
With lessons on hair styles for boys and girls, and different expressions, you'll get everything you need... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $2.99
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