Впервые на русском - новый сборник рассказов самого знаменитого мастера современной японской литературы. Герои этих историй слушают воду в человеческом теле и бегают во сне от зомби. А то и вовсе отвыкают спать и страшатся превращения в телелюдей - которые почти как настоящие, разве что слегка отмасштабированы и распространяются подобно вирусу.

The trend in comics today is toward more extreme figures whose muscles are bigger and more defined than ever. While this creates powerful, exciting comic book characters, it can present a problem for the artist, who needs to become more familiar with stylized, cutting-edge anatomy.

If there’s one thing above everything else that comic book artists must know, it’s how to draw the human figure. Therefore, many comic book artists stock up on anatomy books but are often disappointed with their purchases.

This book will enlighten you on how to see and explore the power of force through drawing. You will draw with thought and opinions that will strengthen your originality and decisiveness. This will also develop your awareness of the stories our bodies communicate, through the actions we perform.

To be able to see and enjoy what you are seeing is much to be grateful for. But even more, being able to reproduce and convey to others, by drawing, what you see or imagine provides greater satisfaction. As in all my books, my purpose and pleasure are to show others, like yourself, a way to construct drawings.

This world is full of glorious things to see. I think you’ll agree that the flowers, fruits, trees, and the rest of the subject matter here are testament to our beautiful world. In my earlier books, living subjects were all chosen from the animal kingdom.

Dieses Buch führt Sie in die Kunst des Bodypointing em und bietet zohlreiche fontosievolle Anregungen für die Bemalung von Gesicht und Kórper. In elnem ousführlichen Kapitel zu Moterialien und Schminktechniken wird cues Wissenswerte onschaulich und leicht nochvoll’ ziehbar vermittelt. Der Höhepunkt des Buches sind die etwa 50 kunstvollen nKompositionen auf Haute. Neben Motiven aus bekannten Musicals stehen Märchen- und faritostische Figuren sowie Gestalten, die uns ouch im toglichen Leben begegnen. Nur mit Hilfe von Schminkfarbe und etwas Glimmer kreiert Matthias von Matuschka sowohi üppig qestoltete, dekorative Motive als ouch skurrile und witzige Figuren.

The Guideways through Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) is a unique and enduring record of a wide range of beliefs held by the ancient Chinese about their world, encompassing religion, mythology, geography, flora, fauna, minerals, and medicine. An encyclopedic cosmography mostly compiled from the Warring States period to the Western Han dynasty (c.4^th -c. 1st cent. B.C.E.), it has been repeatedly hand-copied, reprinted, and re-edited through the centuries into our own time... Since the nineteenth century, it has also attracted the attention of foreign scholars and in recent years has been translated into at least five different languages...

Make your point - visually and in a funny way - by creating cartoons. If you can put an idea or observation across in a drawing then you can be a cartoonist. Here’s how not only to sharpen your illustrative skills, but also to convey humor, satire, and the emotions of your characters.

It is no so long ago  that books on airbrushing were practical unobtainable simply because publishers did not think there was an adequate demand. However, the continued and increasing need for highly finished, quality illustrations in every area of graphic design has brought an awareness of airbrushing to a wider audience, even though the techniques themselves may still be elusive to many.

In this book, Charles Reid guides the reader through a complete, step-by-step tour of the watercolor materials and methods needed to create expressive, masterful portraits. He begins with the basics, including which paints to use: how to choose your brushes; which papers are best for sketching; and how to set up and position your drawing board. Reid then presents 25 informative, beautifully illustrated demonstrations that incorporate such techniques as mixing washes and over-washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush, lifting out, and using more than one value.

An understanding of perspective is mandatory for all students and professionals involved with representational drawing. This includes a wide variety of fields, such as: Illustration, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Engineering Design, Scenic Design and even Fine Arts. While each of these areas applies perspective techniques for different purposes and to varying degrees of thoroughness, artists in all of them must be knowledgeable and experienced in basic perspective fundamentals and principles.