A unique reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics An original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe. Combining step-by-step instruction with expert tips and advice, Drawing Cartoons & Comics For Dummies is a one-stop reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics. While many books tend to focus on specific characters or themes, this thorough guide focuses instead on helping aspiring artists master the basic building blocks of cartoons and comics, revealing step by step how to create everything from wisecracking bunnies to souped-up super villains. It also explores lettering and coloring, and offers expert marketing advice. The book's color insert provides guidance on how to add color to cartoon creations.

This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

A doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial social issues of our time. It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Though the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home—which hospice care provides—many of us spend our last days fearful and in pain in a healthcare system ruled by high-tech procedures and a philosophy to “fight disease and illness at all cost.” Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the country, argues that how we die represents a national crisis today. To ensure the best possible elder care, Dr. Byock explains we must not only remake our healthcare system but also move beyond our cultural aversion to thinking about death. The Best Care Possible is a compelling meditation on medicine and ethics told through page-turning life-or-death medical drama. It has the power to lead a new national conversation.

Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techiques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with Digital Painting Techniques for Animators.

A collection of 25 photographs of fair-haired female performers, both famous and obscure, from the Hollywood of the 1940s-60s. The photographer, Bruno Bernard, was well-known for his portraits of Hollywood stars, and is credited with promoting pin-up photography to a recognized art form.

Welcome to Winter Fantasy Retro Vintage Pin Up Girls Adult Grayscale Coloring Book! Make your pin-up girls come to life by coloring over all of the varying shades of gray. Use different colors to highlight, shade, and shadow your pin-up girls. There are many avenues of coloring tools to use. Colored pencils, gel pens, and Prismacolors are among the most popular. The backgrounds are made for you to either color or leave them as they are. It's the colorist's choice. This grayscale coloring book includes- 1. 26 high-quality grayscale coloring pages. 2. 8.5" x 11" pages. 3. Each page is one sided. 4. Each page has a large pin-up girl for you to color. 5. Each page has a different winter theme to match the girls. 6. Several elements are on every page for you to color. Including flowers, jewels, hearts, and many other fun things. Feel free to review the coloring book and let me know how you enjoyed your coloring. Please visit JoyfulColoringBooks.com and join my newsletter. If you have a picture of a special pet or something else you would like made into grayscale coloring pages please contact me. I'll be happy to make a custom grayscale coloring page or coloring book for you. Please contact me at [email protected] More books to come! Enjoy your coloring journey! See the flip-through of the coloring pages here”youtube.com/channel/UCroL0Govs-YVWAJlOhm4_XA/videos