Street Art Anthology: From Graffiti to Contextualised Art
by Magda Danysz
What is behind the tidal wave of street art that is sweeping through the cultural scene today? What are its artistic features, its codes, and its language? How has its production, which was originally exclusively centered in the urban space, invaded galleries, bringing with it real popularity for some artists? These are some of the questions that Magda Danysz, a gallery owner and recognized expert on street art, answers with an easily comprehensible and entertaining style in this unique, richly...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Kevin Eastman Notebook Series: 2014 Annual (TMNT Notebook)
by Kevin Eastman
TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman has been making comics for 30 years—and across three decades he’s amassed mountains of developmental character sketches, script notes, page roughs, and even alternate pages. Along the way he’s created one-of-a-kind notebooks filled with the detritus of his process, entirely unique collections exploring the inner workings of his creative methods. But now these unattainable treasures are ready for fans far and wide, tirelessly reproduced from the original notebooks, a...
Discover how to create great comic strips and make a career out of doing it.Packed with superb illustrations by industry professionals, this comprehensive book takes you step by step through the entire process - from initial idea to final printed page.Develop dynamic characters: discover where to find inspiration; how to simplify the figure; how to render movement, body language, and facial expressionsUnderstand comic book storytelling conventions and find out how to pace your story, lay out the...
Celebrate the world of Steampunk: a world filled with beauty and innovation. A world in which steam power and technology intertwine to create machines that are not only functional and practical, but also unique and striking. "The Art of Steampunk" celebrates the vision of Steampunk artists from around the world, providing a unique insight into the captivating and dynamic world of a vastly underground genre. The 17 artists featured have had their work displayed in an exhibition at The Museum of H...
The untold history of the seminal cultural venue Jabberjaw-the underground star of Los Angeles's historic indie scene of the 1990s. Billing itself as a coffeehouse art gallery when it opened in 1989, Jabberjaw quickly became not only the cornerstone of the Los Angeles post-punk scene but also a hub of the underground music scene nationwide. Bridging the gap between punk and indie, Jabberjaw was a bastion of counterculture that hosted shows for bands from the obscure (Hole, Unsane) to the legenda...
Hellboy, Mike Mignola's famed comic book demon hunter, wanders through a haunting and horrific world steeped in the history of weird fictions and wide-ranging folklores. Hellboy's World shows how our engagement with Hellboy's world is a highly aestheticized encounter with comics and their materiality. Scott Bukatman's dynamic study explores how comics produce a heightened "adventure of reading" in which syntheses of image and word, image sequences, and serial narratives create compelling worlds...
50 Herzliche Malvorlagen und Alles Liebe zum Valentinstag
by Various Artists
It’s the most complete collection of official Street Fighter artwork ever! The Art of Street Fighter gathers over 1,500 illustrations created by Capcom’s top artists over the past 20 years. Included are character designs, concept art, sketches, promo artwork, plus many never-before-published pieces from both Street Fighter’s past and from the all-new Street Fighter IV!