(Part 2) Best art history by theme books according to redditors
We found 466 Reddit comments discussing the best art history by theme books. We ranked the 163 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
As someone who isn't American, don't worry, before long the rest of the world will indirectly feel the pain as well as they did the last times your country did a major fuckup.
My country is still recovering from the last one actually and lost a significant amount of sovereignty by having to sell off assets to cover a debt. That's partially due to its own incompetence/corruption, but the succession of decisions made by America and the economic state they helped plunge the world into certainly didn't help.
So from where I'm standing, the UK can enjoy the national tea-bagging it gladly swallowed and to America, thanks again for helping screw over not only yourselves but also the rest of the world and probably even the planet. Well done.
It's going to take more of a book to fix the mistakes you made.
I have some experience with webcomics. I write and draw Miamaska, which has been going on for 2+years, and I'm about to start my second comic next month.
General advice for web comickers!
(or: How I learned things the hard way and eventually stumbled into a good system)
Regarding dialogue and pacing... what I tend to do is thumbnail an entire scene (3-15 pages for me) first and read through it a few times. I'll leave mini-cliffhangers at the end of each page (like a question, or a realization, or a character entering the scene). During this little review process, I'll also make sure the view for the reader doesn't violate the 180 rule too much, that it's obvious which bubble should be read next, and where the reader is going to look first.
I don't have any experience in the print form of comics yet. So no advice there. Just make sure your comics are in print resolution as well (300+ DPI), or you'll be sorry later.
Resource time
I didn't have many resources starting out, but I'm gonna recommend these for you and anyone else interested:
PaperWings Podcast -- podcast and blog on web comic-making (ongoing, good community, regular but sparse updates, good backlog). Has even more resources on its website.
Art and Story -- podcast on print +web comic-making and the comic industry (ended, but a great backlog).
Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics by cartoonist Scott McCloud, worth a read for any comicker. A little more geared towards print, but breaks down comic theory really nicely.
Comics and Sequential Art, Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative, Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative, by Will Eisner.
Those books are pretty popular, so you can probably pick them up from the library or find them on the web somewhere.
First let me say, DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED! We were all beginners and this kind of thing takes a lot of time to master. The best thing you can do (which you already are doing) is post for constructive criticism.
That being said, there are far too many anatomy errors to list them all but fixing the main ones will help the others fall into place. The head shape is off. It looks more alien than anything. The sides of the head should be flat not rounded, and the facial skeletal structure isn't well defined. (The jaw is lacking, the cheekbones as well). The ears look too thick and the lips are too wide for the nose and too thick. The chin also looks more like a male chin which is wider.
The neck doesn't look like anything on a human either and the whole body proportion is off. The hands aren't well defined either and there are no definitive wrist bones. The pose is also awkward.
You will want to improve your human anatomy sculpting and this will take a lot of time. Here is a book that will help you tremendously:
http://www.amazon.com/ZBrush-Digital-Sculpting-Human-Anatomy/dp/0470450266
Can you tell us a bit about your workflow so that we can make some more suggestions? Did you use a base mesh? Spheres? Dynamesh? The more detail you can give about your workflow the better since we can either help you with your current workflow or suggest a new one.
Just please don't get discouraged. I know you put a lot of hard work in to this, and letting us help will only make your next one that much better :)
First thing you will want to do is use Z-remesher under the geometry tab ( this will re-mesh your face with some helpful edge flow.
after that it is basically your preference ,
some people like working on on very low polygon models and then subdividing and refining what they roughed out.
if you have used a program like mudbox prior to zbrush this would probably be the way to go because mudbox has a Lovely Lovely layering system that helps prevent destroying volumes you have already established with the smooth brush.
as far as brushes go I think everyone has their favorite, way of approaching things.
clay tubes is a really nice one, as is the clay brush, each can give you a specific look as you sculpt. Personally I am fond of the clay tubes brush with a square alpha. but the standard and clay brush are just as good.
in addition to the build up brushes I also tend to use the dam standard brush to score or dig in and then smooth out the transition. the Face has a Ton of plane transitions So I tend to use it to keep things as crisp as possible when I start smoothing. ( note: having control over your brush strength is important, just because the tools are torqued up to 11 does not mean you have to use them that way.)
also one thing to make note of, you may not see the Dam_standard brush as an option when you press B there are more brushes that you can add to the pop up menue though the lightbox. ( click on the lightbox button top left and then from the drop down browser there should be a brushes tab in the standard folder)
once you have the topology at a density that you like and found a brush you can work with, masking and Poly grouping specific parts of the mesh can help separate things that would normally be almost too close to work on separately. I use this mainly on the Mouth. I follow the method in Scott Spencer's book ZBrush Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy
he basically has you dig in a hole where the mouth is to be and drag a mask selection on everything from the middle of the hole down . then he has you polygroup that mask so you just have to CTRL +SHIFT Click on it and it will auto isolate select the polygroup. its quite handy for adjusting and moving the upper/bottom lip independently of each other.
Hopefully this helped, have fun messing with all the brushes.
It looks like the cover of this https://www.amazon.com/Halo-Building-Worlds-Titan-Books/dp/0857685627
I'm gonna disagree with a lot of people and tell you to not buy Understanding Comics. I mean, you can, I don't disagree with most of what he teaches, but I disagree with his results. Perhaps it's one of those 'good in theory, terrible in practice' things. The Sculptor, his latest (?) book uses his UC technique 100% and while it makes for an easy read, it's visually boring and the story is just one unbelievable trope after another, complete garbage.
I'm also not going to tell you to copy other comic artists, that's a very common mistake in comics. When you copy other comic artists you learn their mistakes, or shortcuts, or cheats. I still find after I've drawn a page I'll go back and see where I unintentionally swiped a pose or technique from John Buscema (How to make Comics the Marvel Way had a big influence on me as a teenager, which is who it was made for).
For figure drawing you want George Bridgeman. His figure drawing techniques are the foundation for pretty much every other great illustrator in the last 100 years.
Another good source is Burne Hogarth (Dynamic Anatomy, Dynamic Figure Drawing) his stuff is more action and hero based, but his lessons are sound. He founded what became the School of Visual Arts. These were my first art books when I was a teenager, and they still hold up.
For storytelling, I go for Will Eisner's Graphic Storytelling and the Visual Narrative, Sequential Art Principles and throw in Expressive Anatomy, because, why not?
David Chelsea's Perspective for Comic Artists is great, because it teaches you exactly how to do correct perspective, then in the last chapter he tells you how to cheat at all of it.
For classes, take a look at the horribly designed website for http://comicsworkbook.com/ it's run by a guy, Frank Santoro, who's actually not one of my favorite artists, but he knows his shit, for sure, and he's a helluva nice guy who loves comics 100%. I think his full online class is $500 and he runs it twice a year, I think. Also look in your area for a college or art store that might have figure drawing classes, they are invaluable.
オライリーの表紙の動物は、ドーバーの"Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc"という本から主に採られているらしい。
Quick info:
The deluxe edition costs $77 and will include:
A non-deluxe edition will cost $37.35 and is due on the 7th of November. Its description says:
"Undisputed Street Fighter™ features in-depth interviews and exclusive, behind-the-scenes looks into the making of the Street Fighter games, and the iconic art, design, and imagery from across the Street Fighter universe."
edit: stuff.
Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics https://www.amazon.com/dp/090779162X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QJ4EDbB3R1DCY
Secret Drugs of Buddhism https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692652817/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_wK4EDb733CREK
Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/dp/1579511414/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_CM4EDb7WCZCJJ
The Effluents of Deity: Alchemy and Psychoactive Sacraments in Medieval and Renaissance Art https://www.amazon.com/dp/161163041X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_PN4EDbMCDQ1CQ
Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy https://www.amazon.com/dp/0892819979/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_gO4EDb3KYSGN5
The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist https://www.amazon.com/dp/089089924X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_FO4EDbH0C12RD
Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds: The Bhagavad Gita as Psychedelic Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00770DJRW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_2Q4EDb7AEKZ2F
Hey! I get what you mean!
I have this quite big book titled "Dinosaur Art: The World's Greatest Paleoart. It includes all of the most respected artists in the industry and some of their finest work. If you really want to enjoy some amazing dinosaur art (and yes, actual art) then I suggest you to get this book.
Also thank you for mentioning Tuomas Koivurinne. Always great to see fellow finns mentioned around the world.
That's actually an artbook! It was released fairly recently, as far as I understand. If you're a fan, it's definitely worth it
If meditation, exercise, getting up earlier, etc. isn't working for you and the longest you can sustain that regimen is a month, find another approach that fits better with your lifestyle. Also, stop trying to achieve "greatness", or just realize that greatness for most folks is just being productive, and, if not blissfully happy all the time, then at least proficient at not letting your negative thoughts get the best of you.
When you find yourself being lazy, get up and do something. ANYTHING. It doesn't have to be the gym, because, honestly, who the fuck wants to go to the gym? Go for a walk. Take your laptop to the nearest cafe and write something. Go buy an adult coloring book. Also, do the things you know you're good at. I know there's at least a couple. This may require some motivation, but try and force it to happen. I'm really good at video editing, but because of my depression I find it very difficult to persuade myself to do it more often. As soon as I sit down and start, I get sucked into it. Find your activity and do it, even if you don't feel like it.
There's no formula, there's just doing and not doing. Only one of those options will get you anywhere.
Amazon! :)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1785655620/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Can I reccomend this? https://www.amazon.com/Undisputed-Street-Fighter-Anniversary-Retrospective/dp/1524104663/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535760729&sr=8-1&keywords=street+fighter+book
it's really great, goes into the history of Street Fighter and covers SFV a bit also
https://www.amazon.com/Rick-Morty-Official-Coloring-Book/dp/1785655620
Buy yourself one!
mute_proxy is referring to this.
If you're interested these are the books on my wish list:
Art of Pixar: The complete colour scripts
The art of How to Train Your Dragon
Beginner's guide to digital painting in Photoshop: Characters
Drawing on the right side of the brain
https://www.mtgpics.com/sets
look for the Ravnica Sets.
-Ravnica
-Guildpact
-Dissension
-Return to Ravnica
-Gatecrash
-Dragon's Maze
-Guilds of Ravnica
-Ravnica Allegiance
-War of the Spark
​
If you like analog resources
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Magic-Gathering-Ravnica/dp/1974705528
Sorry Everybody
If he'd be into this sort of thing, Dynamic Custom Beadworks does a lot of SF stuff.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCBPerlerSprites
I got this SF encyclopedia/ artbook for Christmas and I'm quite fond of it.
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-Warrior-Encyclopedia-Hardcover/dp/1927925304
Happy to help! What's your budget? I'm on mobile - let me see if I can grab links to what I would recommend based on what you want to spend
Edit: these are the markers I have and I love them. A bit pricy but worth it if it's in your budget: http://www.amazon.com/STD334SB20A6-Staedtler-Triplus-Fineliner-Pens/dp/B0007OEE7E
(There is actually a bigger set you can get from JetPens.com I think)
For a coloring book, I have a couple I like:
This one (and the other ones by this author/artist) is great: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1780671067/ref=pd_aw_fbt_229_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0C8DWW0SZ6WKWXY2EX4N
This one also looks nice. I don't have it but one of my friends does: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1941325122/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=61DETogR%2BIL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL100_SR100%2C100_&refRID=1NJH3VAEG30BFHGYWTF4
Again.
https://smile.amazon.com/Sorry-Everybody-Apology-Re-Election-George/dp/1592581633
(I actually own a copy.)
Rick and Morty Official Coloring Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1785655620/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DE6Pzb3XPEB9B
For medical history, the Morbid Anatomy Anthology has several books that helped fill the void The Knick left. They have Kindle editions but they're useless because they scanned the pages of the hardcover books so the text is tiny and unreadable. Worth getting the hardcovers; the illustrations are gorgeous. I really liked:
Crucial Interventions
The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic
Also this one, it's new but I heard only good things about it:
https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Sculpting-Characters-Clay/dp/1909414409/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EYRZF6C9M76X6ZHG8101
You’re most welcome. 😀 Like you, I have an interest in writing science fiction and, years and years ago, I discovered that book, which is part of a series of books for writers. There’s one on time travel as well, written by Paul Nahin, that’s also very good:
Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Travel-Writers-Science-Plausible/dp/1421400820/
Edit: oh, and one on alien civilisations. Let me find a reference.
Here:
Aliens and Alien Societies
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B2B8FOO/
This one focuses on biology and how to create believable aliens from a physiological point of view.
The evidence does indicate that psychedelics played a huge role in the early formation of religions, but that the religions were later butchered. Carl Ruck is probably the top all-time scholar on this subject.
https://www.amazon.com/Effluents-Deity-Psychoactive-Sacraments-Renaissance/dp/161163041X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Carl+Ruck&qid=1557676372&s=gateway&sr=8-1
This one? http://www.amazon.ca/Dinosaur-Art-Worlds-Greatest-Paleoart/dp/0857685848
Heres the link: https://www.amazon.com/Kirby-Art-Style-Collection-Various/dp/197471179X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=kirby+book&qid=1574830100&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0857685627 hers a link to amazon.
Regular version
Fun fact: That octopus is featured in a book with 1400+ copyright free animal drawings. The octopus specifically was used in the Sing the Sorrow album artwork by AFI
Not sure but you can buy it of amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0857685627/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=SL75&qid=1347948820&sr=8-1-spell
Yes https://www.amazon.com/Art-Magic-Gathering-Ravnica/dp/1974705528
But the artwork will most likely focus on the current ravnica set and maybe some art from first return.
Dominaria artbook focus mostly on art from the last set.
Haha more like morbid anatomy stuff like this
https://www.amazon.com/Anatomical-Venus-Wax-Death-Ecstatic/dp/1938922913
And this https://m.youtube.com/user/OrderoftheGoodDeath
Sup LazyJ507. It looks like nobody's really given you any tips yet, so I'll try, and see if this helps at all.
Work on drawing.
By that I mean draw from life. Often. Get a sketchbook and go out and draw a whole lot. Draw your family, your friends, your classmates, etc. Studying anatomy helps a lot! The real meat for drawing figures is in learning what things are SUPPOSED to look like. Try to find some life drawing classes.
Read a lot.
And by this I mean reading lots of comics. Read lots of comics and read lots of books about comics. See what you like and try to emulate--NOT COPY-- things that you think are awesome. I recommend checking out Scott McCloud's Making Comics and Understanding Comics. Also, check out Will Eisner's books: Comics And Sequential Art, Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative and Expressive Anatomy have helped me tons. It's awesome seeing professionals in the comics world give you tips and visuals that help you learn. Also, read novels, watch cartoons, watch movies, play video games. Find the aspects that you like about each and see how you can connect that to making comics. Comics are a pretty limitless medium.
As for this comic specifically, work on size, spacing, lettering, panel layouts, and black-and-white balance. And maybe comedic timing, but that's more in the writing area.
I can't really think of any more tips, but if you're wondering about anything else, go ahead and ask.
(i'm a sequential arts student a bluh bluh bluh)
Cool concept, but I would rather not bloat the game or take up dev time with this sort of thing. Udon has done a really good job building out Street Fighter lore and art with their books. And they actually created a book titled "Street Fighter World Warrior Encyclopedia" dedicated to character profiles. Or if you want digital/free there's always the Street Fighter wiki which the community does a great job of keeping current.
Not that expensive actually!
Kirby: Art & Style Collection https://www.amazon.com/dp/197471179X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_GvHqDbEWJY4RH
I'd love to get Galaxy hair but it's expensive and I'd have to bleach my hair and I don't want to do that.
I am so excited for the gifts I ordered for her! I can hardly wait for 2 week for them to arrive. I never felt this excited about gifting anything to anyone.These are not to win her love or receive gratitude, I just felt like if I were her I'd be happy to get this from someone. I wish I have known more about her til now so that I could get more things. Obviously she won't be very pleased that I spent money for her, but it's not about the money, it's about her happiness. I just hope likes these.
The first thing I got for her is a Beats X. She loves music and deserves something far better than the cheap skullcandy earphone she uses. I got the blue color as it's her second most favorite color after purple. I would've even bought the Bose I use but she tried it she felt the treble was too much for her. I digress but I felt so happy she wanted to try them on, I mean come on a girl interested in gadgets!
Next I got her a Sketch pencil set as she draws on paper too. I am very excited about this.
Then couple of days ago she asked for portrait tutorials and I thought I should give her a book. This seemed the perfect book to me, may be she knows a lot of it already but may be she can learn some new techniques and pro tips.
All these I got from amazon Canada, next I want to buy some things from here as well. I must get a sketchbook to go along with the pencils. Plus I will visit Miniso and grab random things that she might like and be useful to her.
Finally I have this idea to put sticky notes on each of the items writing a thing or two may be even pack them in gift wrap.
I am not sure if I should leave her a secret hand written letter among the presents.
I'll second James Gurney's books, his blog and his "In the Wild" video series.
I really like the Complete Guide to Drawing Animals by Gottfried Bammes. It brought together a lot of concepts about anatomy in art that I hadn't really fully understood until I read it. Similarly, I think Sarah Simblet's Botany for the Artist has beautiful and inspiring art.
I'm a big old paleontology nerd, so I have a lot of books on my shelves with fantastic paleoart: Dinosaur Art, edited by Steve White, is a great showcase of modern paleoartists, and Feathered Dinosaurs is full of gorgeous paintings by Peter Schouten. For drawings of dinosaurs of the non-extinct variety, I'm fond of Katrina van Grouw's The Unfeathered Bird.
And I just got a copy of Shaun Tan's The Bird King and, oh man, I really love it. His imagination is incredible. Highly recommended for when you're in a creative rut.
some good books you can use for figurative sculpting:
https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Sculpting-Anatomy-Expressions-Clay/dp/0975506501/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540671406&sr=8-1&keywords=phillipe+faraut
https://www.amazon.com/Clay-Bronze-Studio-Figurative-Sculpture/dp/0823006387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540671453&sr=8-1&keywords=tuck+langland
https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Sculpting-Characters-Clay/dp/1909414409/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540671519&sr=1-4&keywords=figure+sculpting
I cannot speculate about this because I wasn't there with Jesus, to my knowledge, when all this was happening. I am, however, desperately curious to meet the being if it's at all possible, if for no other reason than just to say "thank you" in a more relaxed setting.
You may wish to check out the following books on what the final supper could have been:
The Psychedelic Gospels
The Effluents of Diety
Information stored through history is guaranteed to have been corrupted. It's possible that Jesus used bread and wine...but it's also possible that other widely-considered "forbidden fruit" was used for mind-expanding spiritual properties. I try to keep all possibilities in mind.
Erotic coloring books?
They already exist!
I've gifted this one before.
Seems like adult coloring books are now a thing:
http://www.amazon.com/Adult-Coloring-Book-Relieving-Patterns/dp/1941325122
You said the guy was perverted, so... (The following links are NSFW. Funny, but NSFW.)
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https://www.amazon.com/Aliens-Alien-Societies-Extraterrestrial-Life-Forms-ebook/dp/B00B2B8FOO?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffsb-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00B2B8FOO
http://www.scifiideas.com/writing-2/writing-advice/how-to-create-an-alien-species-in-3-stages/
I just did a painting of some salmon, and it took days of combing through Google results to find what I wanted, slow but it works. I also have this book which can be helpful. Any way you do it though, if you have something really specific it's hard to find good reference.
Edit I see you said photos, sorry that book probably won't help
I own about a thousand books for my personal library, this is utter bullshit.
The artbooks are NOT large, whatsoever, I own all the XIV Boxset artbooks and they're TINY, they're about 1/6th to 1/8th in terms of thickness compared to the actual Artbooks.
Here's a hardcover artbook. Currently retails at $20. It has 280 pages. That's FIVE TIMES the content the flimsy box set Artbook offers.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Art-Fullmetal-Alchemist/dp/1974703797/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549452782&sr=8-1&keywords=Full+Metal+Alchemist+artbook
You seem to have absolutely no comparison to actual hardbound artbooks, and how much they cost, as well as any sort of comparison to scale figures, and how well they're usually made for the price range SE is trying to sell at.
Not to mention that the "Quality" of the Ultima figure they're selling at 240 fucking bucks, has been obvious from all these videos, there's a crapton of unshaded paint applications and underdetailed sections for the price range they're selling at. Look at other Japanese PVC figures retailing at that level and dare tell me again that they're offering the same value.