(Part 3) Best individual artists books according to redditors

You can find translations of DaVinci's notebooks, what he wrote is just as if not more important than his illustrations for learning how to draw. I suggest it for any beginning artist
https://www.amazon.com/Leonardos-Notebooks-Writing-Master-Notebook/dp/1579129463/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=PXK79V2C1R5W6099R3FH

You can often find a copy, sometimes without illustrations, in a used book store for cheap

I traced it with a light box type set up (glass cutting board and a light underneath) with a Pilot Frixion pen. The book that I've been using the patterns from is this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Animals-Coloring-Elephants-Horses/dp/1098578805

Highly recommend the Pilot Frixion pens, it just vanishes when you iron over the material at the end! I use a black one for the main outline, then anything I want to change or pay attention to I use a red one for.

Wish I could draw freehand that steadily but I need a lot more practice and a less shaky hand!

https://www.amazon.ca/Hand-Drawn-Halifax-Portraits-neighbourhoods/dp/145950397X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501681070&sr=8-1&keywords=hand+drawn+halifax

Small, cute, not expensive, and gives them something to look forward to (seeing the landmarks in person).

Limited Edition includes region-free Blu-ray (3 hours of material), two mini-lithographs by Amano, individually signed and numbered card from Amano

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506707548

https://i.imgur.com/7eytE7p.jpg

This is an excellent graphic novel that explains the forces that created modern day Singapore.

Thanks!I have alot of other videos on my channel. I also published a book in February with 85 pieces included.http://amzn.com/1519419449
my deviant art page http://doodlemagic.deviantart.com/gallery/
my instagram is kevsdoodlemagic
I also sell prints via my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Doodlemagic?ref=hdr_shop_menu

I second the recommendation for Garden of Enid. It's smart, funny, thought provoking, and deeply Mormon. Always fun to read her t-shirts
or the titles of the books she's holding. Start from the beginning, though, because there is a narrative to it.

Maybe I'm oldschool, but I usually read newspaper funnies. But I read them online--does that count as a web comic?

Pickles is very consistently funny and it's by an LDS cartoonist (it's fun to spot the temple pictures in the background or see that Earl and Opal are reading the Ensign).

I'm a big fan of Cul de Sac. It's my favorite comic and I feel that the humor (although not the same as Calvin and Hobbes) will appeal to anyone who likes Calvin and Hobbes. Sadly, the cartoonist passed away from Parkinson's not too long ago, so the strip is no longer running. He was a political cartoonist and a caricaturist before creating Cul de Sac--if you can get your hands on a copy, I recommend looking through a retrospective of his work that was published a few years ago: The Art of Richard Thompson.

Lio has a distinct Addams Family vibe (the Addams Family was originally a New Yorker comic before it was a TV show, by the way). None of his characters ever speak, so sometimes it's like the comic strip version of an old silent film.

One Big Happy is written by a Catholic cartoonist (not that it matters, but I guess it's interesting since this thread is in a religion subreddit). It's witty, sometimes a little irreverent (but totally G-rated).

Rip Haywire is a comic much in the flavor of a Dick Tracy serial, but it's filled with funny pop culture references and lots of explosions and fistfights. This one is narrative-heavy, so it takes reading a few before getting into the swing of what's going on.

I think Basic Instructions was originally a web comic. It isn't much like a traditional 4-panel newspaper strip--it's hard to describe. It's consistently clever though.

Speed Bump is an underrated gem. It's a one-panel comic that likes visual gags, puns, and occasional (very mild) potty humor. It nearly always gets a laugh from me.

If you're looking for artistic inspiration, maybe look through the lists of past Reuben award winners? The Reubens are like the Academy Awards, but for cartoonists and illustrators. There's an overall winner and then winners for specific categories. I think they added a web comic category just last year.

One of my favorite coffee table books!

I've got a list for books I plan on reading, movies I need to catch up on, things I hope to one day buy.

I track how many cups of water I drink per day, whether or not I remembered to take my pills.

Birthdays and holidays coming up and what presents to get for whom.

I recently bought a Daily Coloring Calendar for 2017, something like this, and plan on taking one out each day, coloring it in, and putting it into my bujo for the daily spreads when the new year begins.

Knitting patterns based on Viking artifacts! Knots and such found on runestones, belt buckles, and other such things as well as historical information on the knots and cultures which may have influenced each other. :D

The coloring calendar so far is awesome!

Also I forgot the book, I recommend Giovanni Civardi's Complete Guide to Drawing. I started with this book and as a complete beginner I loved it. The illustrations are sometimes criticized by experienced artists as lacking tonal range (in-depth shading) but for a beginner I find this book to be a great resource and at its current price its a steal considering this book combines all his other drawing books into one (I paid $40 for it at the time ಠ_ಠ)
. It basically provides the fundamentals in a 'crash course' style, definitely a great read. Despite the criticism I find the sketches in this book to be quite beautiful.

And since you're a designer I'd also recommend conceptual drawings from the world's most influential designers for inspiration. It gives you a practical view of how designers sketch out ideas, not really what I'd consider essential but I like looking at this book from time to time. I collect lots of graphic design books lol.

My brother has the color ET in a coffee-table book called Every Man My Enemy: http://www.amazon.com/Every-Man-My-Enemy-Skinner/dp/1584234695. it's only 8.5x11" though.

There is an ET one on his online store but it's not that one: http://shopcriticalhit.com/collections/prints-1?page=3

On that page there is also a "Simple Life" print with what appears to be a chihuahua coming out of Paris Hilton's vagina. Which is all right by me.

You could try contacting the artist too maybe.

That's weird, I was just cataloging his book today. Here it is.

(FREE page For personal use only, no resale)
FREE coloring page from my Coloring book RAINBOW line art.
Print, color, enjoy! Please feel free to share this image , and post your colorful creations so I can see what you do with her!
The full Coloring book available on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/1543146260

I am in almost the same situation.
I have also been looking for books for motivation, inspiration and so on.
Here are some stuff that keep getting recommended as well as other books that I think are interesting judging by their description and reviews (note: I haven't read anything yet I am just sharing my searching results from the past 2 or 3 days):

For creative problems

• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
  
• Burn your Portfolio
  
• The Design Method
  
  For Inspiration
  
  
• 100 ideas that changed graphic Design
  
• Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills
  
• Graphic Design, Referenced
  
• Drawn In
  
  And this one seems to go into depth of the business itself:
  
  
• Know Your Onions
  
  Like I said, I haven't read any of those but maybe this will save some time for you or for other people searching for books.
  
  There is also Thinking with Type, The Elements of Typographic Style, Universal Principles of Design, Deign for how people learn, How to be a Graphics Designer without losing your soul.
  
  Edit: I was actually going to make a thread similar to this but I am gonna post my similar question here anyway,
  Does anybody know of more books for people who are already involved in the medium ?
  
  A lot of recommendations I see around the internet seem to be for someone just starting graphics design or still in school but rarely is it something for a higher level.

Is it this one?

http://www.amazon.com/Adult-Coloring-Books-Swear-Word/dp/1944575359/ref=la_B011OD1P7

Edit to add Reddit addition

http://www.amazon.com/Swearing-Cats-Coloring-featuring-hilarious/dp/1523710977

Any one of these amazing adult coloring books for spoonies!

Or Hawkman, Batgirl/Harley Quinn, Fallout Power Armor... if you're feeling funky!

On selling Art

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1497200245/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483492630&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ultimate+coloring+book+treasury&dpPl=1&dpID=61Skrn7jM9L&ref=plSrch

Here ya go!!