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Beginner's Guide to Comic Art: Characters

3dtotal Publishing. · 3dtotal Pub, 2016.
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Your journey into the world of comic art begins here! 3dtotal's latest successful Beginner's Guide delves into the creative processes behind great comic art, outlining both the traditional and digital tools of the trade. Learn all about the comic workflow, from storyboarding to speech...
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Abandoned Places: A photographic exploration of more than 100 worlds we have left behind

Kieron Connolly · Amber Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Children's schoolbooks left open in a classroom, trees entangled in a rusting Ferris wheel, hulks of ships high and dry, miles from any water - seeing images like these we're bound to wonder: what happened here? Ranging from the urban aquarium of a flooded shopping mall to majestic...
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Sgt. Pepper at Fifty: The Mood, the Look, the Sound, the Legacy of the Beatles' Great Masterpiece

Mike McInnerney · Sterling
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' mind-blowing landmark album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band celebrates its 50th anniversary in June 2017. Even after...
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101 Danish Design Icons

Lars Dybdahl · Hatje Cantz
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A definitive history of 20th-century Danish design through 101 classic objectsDenmark has long loomed large in international design history. Today, Danish furniture, textiles, home appliances and utensils from the 1960s and '70s are more popular than ever, for sale at design galleries...
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Never Built New York

Greg Goldin · Metropolis Books
Pages: 408
Format: Print book

New York City as it might have been: 200 years of visionary architectural plans for unbuilt subways, bridges, parks, airports, stadiums, streets, train stations and, of course, skyscrapersNever Built New York shows us the visionary architectural ideas of the city's greatest dreamers...
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Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters: Inside His Films, Notebooks, and Collections

Guillermo del Toro · Insight Editions Incredib
Pages: 152
Format: Print book

The perfect companion piece to an enthralling new exhibition on the visionary work and fervent imagination of director Guillermo del Toro.In 2016, a new exhibit on the work of visionary director Guillermo del Toro will begin at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) , before moving...
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Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond

M. L. Liebler · Painted Turtle Book
Pages: 504
Format: Print book

Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond is the first of its kind to capture the full spectrum of Detroit popular music from the early 1900s to the twenty-first century. Readers will find in this unique and stimulating anthology new essays, and a few classics, by widely known...
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How to Listen to Jazz

Ted Gioia · Basic Books
Pages: 253
Format: Print book

Jazz is the great American art form, its very essence is predicated on freedom and creativity. Its sound unequivocally calls forth narratives of past struggles and future dreams. Yet jazz can be as inscrutable as it is mesmerizing, especially to outsiders who don't know what to make of improvisation...
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Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers

Bobby Seale · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

In words and photographs, Power to the People is the story of the controversial Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. The words are Seale's, with contributions by other former party members; the photographs, including many icons of the 1960s,...
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Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution Through Painters' Eyes

Paul J Staiti · Bloomsbury
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The images accompanying the founding of the United States--of honored Founders, dramatic battle scenes, and seminal moments--gave visual shape to Revolutionary events and symbolized an entirely new concept of leadership and government. Since then they have endured as indispensable icons,...
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Learn to Draw Star Wars: Learn to draw favorite characters, including Darth Vader, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker, in graphite pencil

Walter Foster Creative Team · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars came to theaters. Ever since, this beloved franchise has been delighting audiences with great characters, epic adventures, and unforgettable moments. Whether it's Luke storming the Death Star in his X-wing starfighter or Jabba the Hutt...
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My Elizabeth

Firooz Zahedi · Glitterati Inc
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

Part memoir and part homage, My Elizabeth offers rare insight into a woman adored by millions but truly known to only a few. As a young man, then-unknown photographer Firooz Zahedi fell under Elizabeth Taylor's spell; they became lifelong friends, and the relationship changed his life....
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