(Part 3) Best individual artists according to redditors
We found 1,780 Reddit comments discussing the best individual artists. We ranked the 825 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
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Since the 1980s, Jeff Bridges has been taking set shots and behind-the-scene photos from all his films with his unique panoramic Widelux camera. Here is a gallery of them.
Bridges is actually quite renowned for his work with the Widelux, and has published a book of his on-set photography titled Pictures, the proceeds from which he donates to charity to end hunger.
^^^per ^^^/u/VictorBlimpmuscle ^^^and ^^^/u/DonTago ^^^here.
Here you go boss hog: Sketchy Stories: The Sketchbook Art of Kerby Rosanes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631061755/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xeANDb8R7KGJ3
Not the same sketchbook, but another one by the same artist
::EDIT:: I have that one and a couple of his coloring books. They are all amazing and an incredible value.
MY MOMENT HAS ARRIVED
I've been a fan for well over a decade, and have several books (collections of his work). Most notably this one: The Fantastic Art of Beksinski, published by the Morpheus Gallery (they specialize in surrealist art of this sort). I enjoy looking at this book about once a month - its large, with many full-sized pages being reproductions of his paintings.
From this book - arguably one of the most in-depth books about this artist that exists - we learn that this work, like most of his paintings from this era, is Untitled, and painted in a manner of hours while he was running his vaccuum cleaner and the radio (the man lived in terminal fear of silence, and found it terrifying).
The subject matter, again like all paintings from this era, is meaningless (to him). He saw things in a waking dream sort of way, and just painted them without even attempting to add meaning or context.
He died when a dope head broke into his apartment looking for money; he was home and was stabbed to death by the intruder. I had a particularly bad day when I got the news.
There is a gallery in his native Poland that has most of his originals, if memory serves.
You should be able to buy a print from either link. Happy hunting.
EDIT: If nothing else, the book is under twenty bucks, and that's a steal, IMO. That particular painting is par; there are really some pages in there that are breathtaking. I am especially partial to this one because it reminds me of the internet in a lot of ways, although the low-res image really does not do it the justice it deserves. Also, this Untitled, commonly referred to as "The Lovers" by his fans, is one I pause and stare at for a while.
Most of these are more Image than Text.
Hedi Slimane: Anthology of a Decade
Rick Owens
Ann Demeulemeester
Dries Van Noten
Pharrell: Places and Spaces I've Been
Supreme
Raf Simons
KAWS
Hedi Slimane: Rock Diary
Undercover
Alexander McQueen: Savage Diary
Yves Saint Laurent
Vanity Fair 100 Years: From the Jazz Age to Our Age
Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion, and Architecture
Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style
Dior Couture
Tom Ford
Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out by Marc Ecko
Sneaker Tokyo vol.2 'Hiroshi Fujiwara'
Bape
Hiroshi Fujiwara: Fragment
Wow. That was an unpleasant, hate spewing chunk of the Internet. I've always associated the term Hapa with pride. First learned the term from this photo book with forward by Sean Lennon.
Part Asian, 100% Hapa https://www.amazon.com/dp/0811849597/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gFZuzbPB4FBKQ
The book is relatively well known. Last time I saw it was in the LA MOMA souvenir store.
If he doesn't like Wacom, I'm guessing he is one designer that loves the artcraft of something material and not digital.
Books! Hardcover offcourse.
http://www.amazon.com/Saul-Bass-Life-Film-Design/dp/1856697525
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Archives-Alison-Castle/dp/3836508893
or other special books of people he likes.
I highly recommend getting this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fantastic-Art-Beksinski-Masters/dp/188339838X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332230815&sr=8-1
It's dirt cheep and has most if not all of Beksinski's work printed in good quality, a truly great artist to get to know.
For those that are interested, this is from a book called Barlowe's Inferno.
http://www.amazon.com/Barlowes-Inferno-Wayne-Barlowe/dp/1883398363
It is amazing, not only are there gorgeous depictions of hell, but they have complex explanations of why they look the way they do. Souls are compacted into bricks to be used to build walls, or torn apart to be turned into sashes for demons.
Also interesting is his other art book Expedition, where an astronaut travels to an alien world and documents the flora and fauna in great detail and their life-cycle.
Oh, god. His "Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials" is an old favorite. I forgot how much I loved that as a kid. Need to order my own copy now.
> I wish Kirby had lived to see the modern success of the characters he created with some help from Stan Lee (not the other way around). He deserves much, much more credit for the work he did and all that he created -- if you still think that Stan Lee was the genius of the two go read those shitty Just Imagine reboots that Stan wrote for DC. They're embarrassingly bad.
Let's not turn this into another Stan vs. Jack argument. They both had their talents and their faults.
OP, if you haven't read Mark Evanier's Kirby: King of Comics I urge you to do so. It's an informative read with some beautiful illustrations.
My several month old list: Fashion Podcasts and Interviews
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I've been collecting a few podcasts to listen to in my spare time and came across an enormous amount when searching both on /r/malefashionadvice, /r/malefashion and /r/femalefashionadvice.
I thought it'd be nice to share a few I've found which were interesting and which other people can enjoy.
I know my fashion interests can definitely skew to the boring, so if you have any more suggestions please comment below!
Podcasts & Youtube:
Others:
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Sources and thanks to:
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/u/setfiretoflames booklist Well Regarded Fashion Books: A Community List
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Hey, want to get a nice coffee table book? Let’s make a list of some of our favorites.
Note: I don’t own all of these, some are off friends’ recommendations, and some are for books that haven’t even come out yet. They are mostly in Amazon links for ease of use, but none of the links are affiliate ones (and any that are found in the thread will be removed).
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
Ann Demeulemeester
Blue Blooded
BEAMS: Beyond Tokyo
The Carhartt WIP Archives
Dries Van Noten 1-100
Hiroshi Fujiwara: Fragment
Maison Martin Margiela
Margiela: The Hermès Years
Martin Margiela: The Women’s Collections 1989-2009
Rei Kawakubo
Rick Owens
Rick Owens: Furniture
Take Ivy
Undercover
Vintage Menswear
Yamamoto & Yohji
Yohji Yamamoto
I had to research this in response to your question, because I didn't actually know, I was just reposting the image set.
Google image search points me to Danzig Baldaev: Drawings from the Gulag.
Http://strassenversion.net . thats me! haha thanks very much. ill just jump in here and also give a shout out to pJ Tierney who re released his F1 posters.
http://pjtierney.net/#2323544/Formula-1-Print-Series
also I own a bunch of F1 books this one being my favorite: http://www.amazon.com/Formula-Camera-1980-89-Quentin-Spurring/dp/1844251098/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1322597995&sr=8-20
another book i am going to either get for myself or ask for is this concept work from Dan Simon http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Motors-Spaceships-Another-English/dp/1933492279/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322598044&sr=1-1
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i have some new stuff coming out in a week or so if you want to wait to check that out. its going to be different from other stuff that i offer
He's advertising his new book:
https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Donwood-There-Will-Quiet/dp/1419737244/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=there+will+be+no+quiet&qid=1569530879&sr=8-1
I've got this book by Drew struzan, he's responsible for some of the best art move posters ever. He talks quite frankly about how he was replaced by modern techniques used to lesser effect. Really good book, I highly recommend.
Art of Drew Struzan
USSR also had gulags where 'Enemies of the people' were sent to die in the most horrific ways possible.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawings-Gulag-Danzig-Baldaev/dp/0956356249
http://www.amazon.com/Gentlemen-Bacongo-Daniele-Tamagni/dp/190456383X/
holy crap $250. would be an awesome coffee table book though
Canadian here, our bus stops are shit.
Now, the USSR had some AMAZING bus stops!
http://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Bus-Stops-Christopher-Herwig/dp/099319110X
I have this one:
Amano: The Complete Prints
It has quite a few of his final fantasy art along with other commissions. It's a beautiful book.
Annie Leibovitz is my favorite female photographer. The book Annie Leibovitz at Work is a good introduction to her photography.
Not sure if it's the exact book from the gif but the artist sells one just like it on Amazon
Sketchy Stories: The Sketchbook Art of Kerby Rosanes
You are thinking about Zdzisław Beksiński
Here is the book that Day[9] was talking about
Sori na kasnom odgovoru. Za fotografiju je najbolje potražiiti sadržaj o kompoziciji i boji. Iskreno, radije bi ti preporučio knjige od Burne Hogartha, pogotovo Dynamic Light and Shade. Knjige iz likovnih umjetnosti će ti daleko više pomoći oko fotografije nego knjige o fotografiji.
Što se tiče režije, scenaristike i montaže - najbolje je to skupno gledati kao jedno širinu, ali i cjelinu. Da bi se bavio režijom moraš poznavati scenaristiku i scenarističke tehnike, a da bi se bavio montažom moraš razumjeti režiju koja podrazumijeva razumijevanje scenaristike - i tako u krug. Fora kod filma/TV-a je da svi "zanati" postoje negdje drugdje osim montaže. Gluma postoji izvan Filma i TV-a, fotografija također, scenaristika također... jedino je montaža jedinstven zanat svojstven filmu i tv-u. Gledaj na montažu kao na ključni dio u procesu proizvodnje za koji izrađuješ sav materijal. Stoga podijeli učenje na pet cjelina: Fotografija, Montaža, Storytelling, Režija, Gluma.
Fotografija
Montaža
Storytelling
Režija
Gluma
Ima tu još dosta sadržaja kojeg bi bilo dobro spomenuti (recimo Sanford Meisnerova nadogradnja Stanislavskove škole glume i sl. ), ali ovo je već više nego dovoljno za dobar, široki, uvod u temu. Sve navedene knjige (osim za fotografiju) se koriste kao štivo na Columbiji i na Chapmanu i ostalim top filmskim školama. Razlika između čitanja štiva i učestvovanja na nastavi je što imaju i radionice - koje su iznimno bitne kod glume zbog glumačkih vježbi i redateljskih uputa. Kod nas nažalost ne postoji neka radionica i/ili glumačka škola koja radi po punom i ispravnom sustavu Stanislavskog, a kamoli po Meisneru, tako da ćeš i za to morati van.
The Bringhurst Bible
James Victore's book is amazing. It's a quick read but is packed with inspiration.
Envisioning Information is great for info design.
Megg's History of Graphic Design
The rest of these I haven't read yet, but here is a list of things I currently have on my amazon wish list:
Some People Can't Surf by Art Chantry
Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by Jennifer Bass
Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design by Michael Bierut
Damn Good Advice by George Lois
How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy
How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer by Debbie Millman
The Design of Dissent by Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilic
Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State by Steven Heller
Maybe Annie Leibovitz at Work?
Pre-order:
I'm sure this isn't it, but the only book I know along those lines is Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials. That link is Amazon. While there, check the "also viewed" list for similar titles.
Yeah, I grew up in Hawaii and then moved to NY for college. It took me a number of years to sort out what was going on and identify the racism that I was being subjected to. When I first started coming to terms with it I wondered if I was going crazy, but then I'd come back home and remember what it was like to be seen as an equal. I'm much more vocal about racism now, but since I'm Hapa people constantly try to invalidate my status as a minority.
I always say that being biracial only counts against you. I get all the negative stereotypes of being asian, but if I try to speak out against it then I'm considered white and my voice doesn't count. I really recommend this book by Kip Fullbeck. It's a great work of photography that documents the Hapa experience.
In regards to OP, I'd say to hang in there. It's hard being biracial, and especially hard being hapa. You don't fit neatly into the racial boundaries that society has drawn and it can make it really difficult to develop your sense of identity. It's always something you'll have to deal with, but you can learn to see it as a source of strength instead of a character flaw. Besides, isn't genetic diversity healthy and superior anyway?
It's actually Yoshitaka Amano: The Complete Prints. It's quite a big collection, includes some fold out pieces as well. Love his artstyle!
I saw it first in her book "At work"
Pure worldbuilding and minimal narrative describes pretty well Expedition and Barlowe's Inferno by Wayne Douglas Barlowe.
Granted, these are books where the framing story (a person exploring the setting in question) is there to provide context for Barlowe's paintings, but you can do pretty much the same thing with words as he does with illustrations- take an explorer, an archaeologist, a historian, or some other sort of researcher, and follow them as they acquire knowledge about the setting. The story will thus focus on their discoveries, rendering exposition and story one and the same.
The SCP Foundation's various exploration logs are the best examples of this that I can name at present, as the characters involved in the framing story are generally anonymous redshirts whose only significance is the strange phenomena they encounter. As far as novels go, I also see the general formula in Jeff Fahy's Fragment.
Another example of an approach that works is the SCP-Foundation. There are traditional narratives on the site, but the main attraction for most of the Foundation's existence has been the collection of fictional documents describing various paranormal phenomena.
A fictional document or fictional documentary strikes me as a perfect method of doing what you seek. You can have an in-universe history book, an in-universe encyclopedia, some other sort of reference work like the Zombie Survival Guide, etc. You could call some of these "stories" by some definition of the word, I guess, but the bottom line is the format and content are quite different from what you typically see in things described as stories.
Is this one from this book? https://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Bus-Stops-Christopher-Herwig/dp/099319110X/
I love Wayne Barlowe's work so much, it is detailed, fantastical, organic, and sometimes terrifying. I spent a long time attempting to find and buy my rare copy of Wayne Barlowe's Inferno, and it was worth it. If you see it, buy it! I copied down the description from my copy of 'Barlowe's Inferno':
>The perimeters of Hell are salients to be watched over, borders of constant dispute with the Enemy From Above. They are a region of endless ebb and flow as characterized by the city-large blocks of buildings that float without direction over the smouldering landscape. Because of its sense or remove from the heart of Dis, I decided that extraordinary warning systems needed to exist to alert the armies of Darkness. These Watchtowers with their giant, bone-lidded orbs seem perfect for the job. Encrusted with barracks and other military buildings, appropriate to a hostile frontier, the archiorganic towers are the demons' first line of defense. Surmounting them are gaping jaws attached to long tubular necks that can swiftly extend to scoop up flying prey.
>Prowling around the Watchtowers are two Sphinx-like Beasts. Barely controllable, they are seen here sharpening their claws on the Watchtowers' flanks sending buildings, debris and demons showering to the ground below.
Wayne Barlowe is well known for his realistic paintings of surreal alien (or fantastic) life. His Barlowe's Guides to extraterrestrials and to fantasy are his interpretations of specific creatures and beings from well-known science fiction and fantasy literature. His Inferno is an interpretation of the demonology contained in the Grimoire of Honorius. His Expedition is a complex look of the speculative evolution of the fictional planet Darwin IV. - wiki
Wayne Barlowe's WordPress . Wayne Barlowe's IMDB (he worked on art for Avatar, Harry Potter, and other films)
Regular edition ($40) :
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419737244/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sout?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sout-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1419737244&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2
Here are just a few recently recommended to me. Thought I'd share and bring some pulse to this subreddit.
Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars and Pilots of Another Galaxy
Lift Off: Air Vehicle Sketches & Renderings from the Drawthrough Collection
Syd Mead's Sentury II
DRIVE: vehicle sketches and renderings by Scott Robertson
Sketching (5th printing): Drawing Techniques for Product Designers
The Art of District 9
here, he’s also gonna release these water tattoos
It is Yoshitaka Amano, it was published in a book of his work.
Unfortunately, the book I have is at home and don't recall it's title.
Google Fu - This is the book I have.
He's an American treasure and a reminder of how good us movie lovers had it in the '80s. Anyone who likes his art and the movies they represented should check out this book. Got it for a present and have been enjoying it religiously ever since.
For any and all Kirby fans and anyone even slightly curious about him (I would hope that would be everyone on this sub) I would recommend you check out this link to Mark Evanier's blog. Mark was a friend and one time assistant of Jack's and has plenty of great stories about him. He also wrote Kirby: King of Comics about Jack's work.
> Now how many do you think would have seen us together and assumed I was fetishizing her and that she hated Asian men or whatever the suggestion is. Someone who applies those assumptions on the regular would have seen me with her, at a party or just walking down the street, buying groceries together, and just have that belief re-enforced, despite being wrong in this case.
I don't assume that.
> "Seems to be a trend" is a bit of a cop out, an apology to absolve one of the intellectually lazy, shallow, negative generalizations that are about to follow.
Wouldn't you say that it's a trend that the_donald is often transphobic or islamaphobic? There is a new dude from /r/the_donald saying they have a traditional wife but "will be well rounded kids with no identity issues." Maybe twice a week? If you don't believe me come join the sub. Do I think all white guys dating asian girls fetishize them? No. That would be grossly hypocritical. I have a white ex.
> but is anyone really benefiting from a conversation that seems to revolve around and reinforce these generalizations?
Is it radical to ask couple to analyze why they are together and to make sure it isn't because of internalized racism or fetish and to make sure it truly is of love? Better couples with internalized racism or fetish don't have kids. It's not a good home environment. Racist people are not competent to raise mixed race children. They will only make their children's lives miserable.
Who is benefiting, I would say future hapa kids who are born from the a toxic environment need people to relate to and become comfortable in their racial identity, it's one place you won't be othered for being hapa. I would say it's a community by hapas for hapas mainly.
Oh and it's also benefitting future parents. There have been several threads asking for advise to what people thought their parents got right and got wrong and how to help raise a healthy mixed kid. Making sure people have access to hapa representation and common mistakes is also important. These are great booksr on raising mixed race.
http://www.amazon.com/Part-Asian-100-Hapa-Fulbeck/dp/0811849597?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Mixed-Race-Multiracial-Post-Racial/dp/1138999466?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
On typography:
On grids:
On colour:
On usability:
On information design:
On inspiration:
On theory:
On history:
Monographs:
You might want to check out Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy. It isn't as good as his guide to Extraterrestrials, but it isn't bad.
For another excellent reference there's Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
Both of these books have lots of information for you.
Cosmic Motors by Daniel Simon
There are a lot of great suggestions here already, but I'd like to add fashion books. I'm talking like those big coffee table books on historical fashion or specific designers. Stuff like 19th Centry Fashion in Detail or Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. They can get a little pricey but I've found that there's a fair selection of those sorts of books at my local library.
For inspiration on trends, I like to go to fast fashion websites (large inventory, often refreshed) that do more full-outfit styling on their stock photos like ASOS and see what sorts of elements are recurring and how I feel about the styling.
As many people have mentioned already, Pinterest isn't great for up-to-date trend inspiration but I like to use it for more mood-based or non-fashion-based inspiration like botanical inspired fashion. I recommend keeping an entirely separate pinterest account for fashion stuff and using it frequently to get better recommendations. I also make sure to add my own pins to boards periodically from shop photos or instagram and that seems to help with getting more recent-looking pins.
For direct outfit inspiration on instagram I mostly just follow the #redditffa tag. I've yet to find any larger tags that are not completely polluted with referral links and shops.
Recent books that I've read on a more philosophical stance:
Design As Art by Bruno Munari - a book revered by many, turned out a little bit trivial at times or annoying, but in general was a good read. The author finds correlation between designing and the way nature shapes things. A bit outdated though.
Signs and Symbols Their Design and Meaning by Adrian Frutiger - I actually stumbled upon a complete PDF scan when I googled it (it's in the link). Adrian Frutiger was a master typographer/designer and wrote a book on why certain symbols are the way they are. I have a huge problem with this book not having any scientific backup, author just claims things, but for the most part he's right. It's a lot about semiotics, but it also gives insight into the history and development of mankind. Not the most thrilling, but definitely worth reading.
Design Form and Chaos by Paul Rand - a surprisingly good read, but not worth buying. Borrow it from a library. It's pretty thick, but has very little text.
You could also look after books that are compilations of essays on graphic design.
You should read Drawings of the Gulag... by Danzig Baldaev, its his forth book, but they are all amazing.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawings-Gulag-Damon-Murray/dp/0956356249/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1VYM0VFBHDRCSAPSMHN3
this book covers this event... its worth a read if you are interested.
Well it seems you already have your mind set by calling one "white collar" and the other "artsy-fartsy" but if you're looking for a deeper discussion than can be found in the comments here I strongly suggest the classic by Bruno Munari Design as Art even if you disagree with his ideas which may be a bit outdated (it was written in the 60s).
You might try looking for a book titled Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials. Wayne Barlowe produced a book of “field guide” illustrations of aliens featured in a number of classic science fiction novels and stories, and some of them are definitely weird. You could then look for the books featuring the aliens you find most interesting.
Bruno Munari does a better job than I ever could.
I ended up buying the book for a mate's birthday. It's great! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Bus-Stops-Christopher-Herwig/dp/099319110X
Also, Barlowe's Inferno (for the work that started it all). He also wrote an additional book called God's Demon, fleshing out some more of the world he created with his paintings.
Edit: With Amazon links now!
There's a documentary about him called Drew: The Man Behind the Posters. He also has a couple of nice books out showcasing his work.
I'd start by putting their names into Amazon and seeing what books there are about them. Like these:
Annie Leibovitz, "At Work." Read it.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375505105/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=3579082155&ref=pd_sl_35kr0kbn68_b
Uncategorized:
Thoughts On Design: Paul Rand
Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design
How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul
100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design
Paul Rand
Paul Rand: Conversations with Students
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design
Bauhaus
The Vignelli Canon
Vignelli From A to Z
Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible
It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World's Best Selling Book
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)
Josef Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design
Popular Lies About Graphic Design
100 Ideas that Changed Art
100 Diagrams That Changed the World
Basics Design 08: Design Thinking
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965
Lella and Massimo Vignelli (Design is One)
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
History of the Poster
How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics
George Lois: On His Creation of the Big Idea
Milton Glaser: Graphic Design
Sagmeister: Made You Look
Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?
Things I have learned in my life so far
Covering the '60s: George Lois, the Esquire Era
Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
[Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration]
(http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812993012/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=VEJ64Y4T0U6J&coliid=I1WMMNNLTRBQ9G)
Graphic Design Thinking (Design Briefs)
I Used to Be a Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then and Now
The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design
Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills
Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference
Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Envisioning Information
The elements of dynamic symmetry
The elements of content strategy
Corporate Diversity: Swiss graphic design and advertising
Book Design: a comprehensive guide
Meggs' History of Graphic Design
It's amazing to have a word describe that specific feeling one has when admiring something no longer perfect, but somehow transcends the meaning of perfection and into beauty. Much like how we would admire and appreciate the simultaneous growth and decay of an ancient ruin such as the [Ta Prohm Temple] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm)...or a hilarious glitch in a game.
 
There's a really great illustrated book I think you'd might enjoy, Lost In Translation. It shares these "foreign words that have no direct translation into English." The Japanese word, "Wabi-Sabi," was in there along with this Yiddish word, "Trepverter." It's that perfect comeback we finally think of, but only, it's too late.
Just gonna recommend Kirby: King of Comics to anyone interested in Jack. It's a great biography with plenty of oversized Kirby art sprinkled in.
Link to the Tinycards deck here.
Amazon link to the book here.
This was a really great book on the subject.
Also, Burne Hogarth has a series of fantastic books on drawing the human figure.
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Figure-Drawing-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015777/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y/186-3990155-9103639
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Anatomy-Revised-Expanded-Edition/dp/0823015521
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Light-Shade-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015815/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z
Shame that one was never in this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Bus-Stops-Christopher-Herwig/dp/099319110X
Awesome. I have a copy of this collection by him and the pictures are quite beautiful. Seems to be out of print now, but there are (expensive) copies available through Amazon Marketplace.
I'm not sure that this is what you're looking for, but you might find it interesting: https://www.amazon.com/Part-Asian-100-Hapa-Fulbeck/dp/0811849597
I bought this book, then moved across the planet and left it in storage :(
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Motors-Spaceships-Another-English/dp/1933492279
edit: added sad face
Might help if you specify whether you want tips for Traditional medium or digital? This is a tut for digital but you can apply the concepts to trad., here is a fun youtube vid as well. As for print material, I suggest buying/renting/borrowing "Color and Light" and the Hogarth classic on the same subject.
There is a book about this: http://www.amazon.com/Gentlemen-Bacongo-Daniele-Tamagni/dp/190456383X
Search "Gentlemen of Bacongo" in google and youtube for more pictures.
EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg562l2WFHo
I was sad that it was sold out as well so I did a quick search and found it on Amazon. It's a presale, not out till October. I have a feeling it's going to be a different issue. Just a hardcover and not like the original limited edition issue shown on the vol site.
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https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1419737244/ref=pe_3034960_233709270_TE_item
I found a boxed set of these in a bookstore in Philly! They're based on the Lost in Translation book, which I love!
You just have to hope you're posted in Bacongo
As you have seen in the other responses there is indeed a large portion of lingusitics and anthropology and cognitve science and sociology devoted to how language has shaped cultures and vice versa . Indeed, there are many concepts for which some cultures have no words.
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Here's one list of some of the better known examples:
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https://www.rocketlanguages.com/blog/20-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-untranslatable-words/
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There are somr fun books about this topic
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They Have A Word for It
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Lost In Transalation
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Other Worldly
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is very informative and a fun read. Kirby: King of Comics by Mark Evanier is excellent as well.
Also for a bit of a laugh (but still informative) see this old show on Youtube:
The Masters of Comic Book Art
Wow, those are really amazing; thanks for sharing, OP.
Apparently he published a whole book of his collected photos, but unfortunately it looks like it's pretty pricey.
Here's a video of how that kind of camera takes panoramic pictures. It seems like rather than having a shutter that snaps open and shut it rotates a little slit across the field of view to let light in.
http://www.amazon.com/Amano-The-Complete-Prints-Yoshitaka/dp/0060567635/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1B2R4WMY1N8ERPNP29CQ
This is a good one that showcases a lot ofwork from his other projects as well as final fantasy. I can never get enough of Amano's work. He's easily my favorite artist of all-time.
This is looking really good! Keep it up!
I highly recommend you check out these books... they are something I wish I had read (or been available) when I was your age.
1)Color and Light: A guide for the realist painter
2)Imaginative Realism
These two books do a really good job of explaining some practical 'rules' for painting. You do not always have to follow them, but you should for sure know them and learn them.
3)Dynamic Light and Shade
This is just a book that is full of really great black and white drawings that that show how much can be expressed without any color. It is a great book to study from and to try copying images from.
I'm going to throw out a different idea than what's already been suggested: maybe get them a book related to the fashions they enjoy? Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is incredible, although it's a little on the pricey side. I'm sure you can find something cheaper, though.
You're in luck https://www.amazon.com/Pictures-Jeff-Bridges/dp/1576871770/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1541705605&sr=8-2&keywords=jeff+bridges+book
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
Design as Art
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
Meggs' History of Graphic Design 6th Edition
Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving
The Art of Drew Struzan https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848566190/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_Sb8PDb0W1XMCV
This is perfect for you then! Amazing coffee table book for the living room!
If you're into this, check out Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig.
So beautiful. I teared up a little. I wish he would publish it as a book. I would buy it.
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Y’all. Sketchy Stories: The Sketchbook Art of Kerby Rosanes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631061755/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.rvNDbWXBT31E
Best gift I've received: I am a bit of an Alexander McQueen (fashion designer) freak. About three years ago, I mentioned to my boyfriend that I wanted this book about his work. It is a rather expensive book, and I never splurged on it for myself. For my last birthday, my boyfriend gave it to me. He remembered that book for three years! I cried. :)
Best gift I've given: I think the best gift I've given was to my mother. She collects "old Santas" - not those little models or dolls you can find in Joann Fabrics, but old antique things with Santa on them. She has a Santa cake mold from the 1930s, for example. Once while browsing in Goodwill, I got extremely lucky and found a very old silver Santa music box. She loves it, and he's become the centerpiece of her collection!
Not sure if these are good are not but are on my wishlist
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/500-composition-hints-tips-and-techniques-for-photographers-book-review#more-4587
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375505105?ie=UTF8&tag=dpsgeneral-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375505105
http://www.amazon.com/50-Photo-Projects-Kickstart-Photography/dp/0715329766
http://www.phaidon.co.uk/store/photography/steve-mcurry-the-iconic-photographs-limited-edition-9780714856339/
http://www.phaidon.co.uk/store/photography/steve-mccurry-the-unguarded-moment-9780714846644/
http://www.phaidon.co.uk/store/photography/steve-mccurry-south-southeast-9780714839387/
there's a fantastic (and cheap)book about his art (I own it) get it for christmas!
http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Art-Beksinski-Masters/dp/188339838X
Your values are rough. If you set all of your paintings to grey scale, none of them read very well.
Idk if you're trying to improve or not but here are some reliable resources for rendering/lighting/form.
https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Light-Shade-Burne-Hogarth/dp/0823015815
https://gumroad.com/l/RjyGk
https://www.schoolism.com/lp/fundamentals-of-lighting-sam-nielson/
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May or may not be genuine but Sapeurs is a legitimate fashion subculture in Africa. Also see: Gentlemen of Bacongo
So are you now going to claim that amazon.com is a neo-Nazi website?
http://www.amazon.com/Danzig-Baldaev-Drawings-Damon-Murray/dp/0956356249