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--In Design Your Own Manga & Animé Characters, acclaimed artist Sasha Vahadane will provide you with a complete roadmap for creating your own original characters from scratch. Filled with step-by-step demonstrations, expert guidance and advice and tips and tricks, this book will teach you everything you need to bring your unique characters to life. This is the ultimate manual for beginner artists, and includes chapters on: · Getting started and understanding your tools, both traditional & digital · Learning the basics of anatomy · Drawing faces and facial expressions · Adding hair, clothes, accessories · Creating dynamic poses and exploring body movement · Composition tips and tricks · Other characters: chibi, animals and kemonomimi · Finding your own style · Drawing your own manga stories

This Christmas, give the gift of creative and calming watercolour projects that all budding artists will love. Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour. The perennial favourite material for beginner artists, watercolour can be a surprisingly tricky medium to get to grips with. In this essential guide, bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton walks readers through all the essential materials, tools and techniques to get started with creating art in watercolour. Readers will then feel empowered to approach 20+ step-by-step projects ranging from very simple to more complex works, and dealing with landscapes, flowers & botanicals, still lifes and abstracts. Pick up a new creative skill with confidence with this comprehensive, accessible guide. Topics covered include: - Washes and gradients - Highlights and lowlights - Underpainting - Lifting and blotting - Shadow and light sources - Perspective - Depth and distance - Finding your style

The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists. Full of beautiful, intricate handpainted colour wheels and practical advice on using and mixing colour, this book is a must-have for any artist working with pigment and paint. Starting from the basics of colour and working up to the complexities of tonality, harmony, opacity and pigment, artist Ian Goldsmith explores and explains all the key elements of colour and what it can do. A comprehensive paint index at the back of the book provides an indispensable reference guide for choosing and purchasing materials that no practising artist should be without. Including: - Understanding the colour wheel - Primaries, secondaries and tertiaries - Colour temperature - Hue, value and saturation - Opacity and transparency - Materials and pigments

Hayden Williams's unique fashion illustrations have captured hearts across the fashion industry. In this, his first book, discover dozens of original artworks to make your own. Let your creativity run free and experiment with your own designs by dressing up Hayden's paper dolls, or play with colour palettes and patterns by colouring in some of Hayden's most famous designs.

A beautifully illustrated handbook, profiling more than 50 characters from Greek Mythology Get to know the ancient Greek gods and goddesses...and find out why their stories are still so enthralling today. Discover how to identify each god, demigod, hero or monster from the ancient Greek world through their attributes and symbols, learn about their most famous stories from ancient sources and myths, and find out how these characters were viewed and worshipped in classical times. From Aphrodite to to Dionysus, Helen of Troy to the Minotaur, bestselling author and classicist Caroline Lawrence brings together all the information you need to really get to know the gods and goddesses. Classical sources such as the Homeric epics, ancient art and archaeological finds inform each god's profile, while sections on mythical figures in contemporary culture show how these gods and their stories have stood the test of time. Classical illustrator Flora Kirk's stunning, colorful artworks accompany each profile, making this a beautiful, must-have companion guide to the myths.

From online sensation Rosie Hardy, this is the ultimate guide to photographic self-expression. Drawing on both her unique skills and lived experience, Rosie delivers a masterclass in self-portraiture, giving the reader the knowledge base and inspiration to tell their own stories, control their image and go far beyond the standard 'selfie'. Do you want to elevate your portraits beyond the tired old selfie? From Instagram sensation Rosie Hardy, this is the ultimate guide to photographic self-expression. Drawing on both her unique skills and lived experience, Rosie delivers a masterclass in self-portraiture, giving the reader the knowledge base and inspiration to tell their own stories, control their image and go far beyond the standard 'selfie'. Learn how to upgrade your photography skills and express yourself in meaningful and captivating ways with this invaluable guide. Ideal for both beginners and professionals, discover essential tips and advice on shooting, editing and personal confidence. Rosie lays out all the ingredients necessary for creating captivating self portraiture, presenting a recipe book for those hungry for self expression.

Discover paper's true potential with this book full of exciting ideas. There are many things you can do with paper but what can paper do for you? Discover paper's true potential with this book full of exciting projects that enable you to discover new paper arts, such as pop ups, papercuts and 3-D shapes. Learn how paper can be used to communicate ideas, how it can be photographed and lit to great effect and even how it can be animated. Develop skills in construction, tessellation, model making and scene creating, while also working with scale and moving parts. Paper has never been more fun and more intriguing. Projects include: animal masks, ice creams, shadow puppets, tropical island, Ferris wheel, 3-D pig, car, lantern, geometric mobile, paper food, pop-up greetings card, paper theatre, giant pencil, and many more. This mindful practice is a sure-fire way of not only bringing some much needed calm into your life, but also some wonderful paper creations that can be given as gifts or left around the house as unique decorations.

The ultimate, accessible guide to fostering mindfulness through drawing and doodling flowers and botanicals. Mindful, achievable and satisfying, this book gives readers a unique way to interact with the natural world around them, whether that's drawing cut flowers in a vase, or wild flowers in their front garden. Start at the beginning of the book and get a back-to-basics guide to line drawing, then move on to accessible step-by-step tutorials for stunning projects such as bouquets, patterns, wreaths and other floral motifs. Artist and educator Chloe Wilson breaks down each flower into easy repeatable elements, and gives plenty of tips on overcoming the fear of the blank page. She also provides plenty of tips on choosing the right materials, finding inspiration and developing your own style, along with ideas for using your drawings to create personalized stationery and artwork to go on your walls, so you can immediately enjoy the benefits of your new hobby in your home.

Well Worn is the perfect book both for stitching pros and for those who have never picked up a needle and thread before. The sustainable darning and sashiko techniques taught in this book fight against perfectionism as well as fast fashion. Begin by getting to grips with core mending skills, with a handy introductory compendium of visible mending techniques. Then, move on to convenient garment-led chapters, from socks to jeans, and from knitwear to stretch fabric, each with a wide variety of ideas and advice for approaching whatever piece of clothing you wish to revive. Whether you're interested in fostering a more sustainable lifestyle, saving money by avoiding fast fashion, or simply engaging with a new creative outlet, this book is an accessible introduction for anyone looking to explore visible mending and revolutionise their wardrobe. Including advice for mending: - Jeans - Jumpers & Knitwear - Shirts - T-Shirts - Leggings - Socks - Jackets - Delicate fabrics

Contemporary crochet star Rose Svane will teach you how to crochet your own cool clothes, accessories and Scandi homeware. With a calm, creative vibe, this is the perfect guide for complete beginners, and those who've already caught the crochet bug. Start with a crash-course in the key skills, then move on to 15 stunning step-by-step projects, from a tote bag and a bucket hat, to a plant basket and a cute bikini. Once you've got to grips with the techniques, you'll find that crochet can be a very mindful practice, and you'll soon have an essential new calming and creative outlet. In just a couple of years, crochet designer and author Rose Svane has created a global business whose customers count influencers Emma Chamberlain, Maddie Ziegler, and Meadow Walker. Her designs have been featured in Cosmopolitan and copied by people all over the world.

From Robert Mapplethorpe to Deborah Bright, this is the essential guide to queer photography. Photography - A Queer History examines how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and expand the category 'Queer'. It bookmarks different thematic concerns central to queer photography, forging unexpected connections to showcase the diverse ways the medium has been used to fashion queer identities and communities. How has photography advanced fights against LGBTQ+ discrimination? How have artists used photography to develop a queer aesthetic? How has the production and circulation of photography served to satisfy the queer desire for images, and created transnational solidarities? Photography - A Queer History includes the work of 84 artists. It spans different historical and national contexts, and through a mix of thematic essays and artist-centred texts brings young photographers into conversation with canonical images.

Stylish, accessible and aspirational. Learn the traditional craft of leatherworking through 20 contemporary projects, from stylish accessories to essential homewares. Destined to be a classic, this modern introduction offers a contemporary twist on the age-old craft of leatherworking. Welcome to Candice Lau's award-winning workshop, where she walks you through all the fundamental skills, techniques and tools needed to make beautiful and durable pieces. Try your hand at 20 step-by-step projects, complete with scaleable templates, from keyrings and clutch bags to travel cases and knapsacks. Each piece focuses on a different technique and is accompanied by guidance on how to make the design your own. Arm yourself with everything you need to know to design and create unique leather pieces from scratch with The Leathercraft Handbook.

Learn all there is to know about one of the most enduring methods for presenting photography, monochrome images remain timeless and now you can capture with perfect image using Michael Freeman's expertise. A quiet revolution has been gathering pace in photography - an exploration of the subtleties, excitement and pleasure in making images in black and white. This is not a case of old traditions reasserting themselves, but rather a rediscovery of what imagery made purely out of tones can offer to the creatively curious. The fourth book in Michael Freeman's newest series, Michael Freeman On...Black & White is a clear and concise guide to a unique, enduring and very popular subset of photography. Broken down into chapters covering every type of monochrome photography, the book provides both a practical guide to working without the distraction colour, details of the unique challenges posed by a genre that is so defined by shape and light and the ways in which working in monochrome can hugely improve your photographic practice.

Discover over 30 intricate artworks to colour in, from the brilliant mind of artist Duchess of Lore. With subjects inspired by the occult, myth, legend and folklore, readers will find beautiful line drawings of Gaelic goddesses, astrological signs and tarot images, pagan symbols, ancient Greek gods, magical motifs and much more. Let your imagination roam, find a mindful escape and create your own beautiful, colourful artworks with The Occult & Folklore Colouring Book.

Discover the history and theory of graphic design from the past 150 years, and how that comes to bear on contemporary design. Designer, writer and lecturer Theo Inglis takes readers through the core building blocks of graphic design such as composition, colour, medium and typography, and explores how each has been utilized and revolutionized by designers through history, and up to the present day. This book will expand your knowledge of the world of design and provide you with practical take-aways to inform your own creative practice.

Get started, get inspired, and get creating your own stunning collage artworks. The ultimate accessible artform, collage is truly for everyone. Stephanie Hartman, creator of Collage Club Ldn, takes you through all the basics you'll need to create your own works of collage. Learn how to find and choose materials, what tools you'll need in your basic kit and how to get started on your artistic journey. Simple warm-up exercises give you the confidence to overcome the fear of the blank page, and more complex step-by- step exercises will motivate you to push your practice to the next level. Never be stuck for inspiration again, and discover a unique, tactile and transformative artform that anyone can learn.