The Silver Way: Techniques, Tips, and Tutorials for Effective Character Design

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The Silver Way: Techniques, Tips and Tutorials for Effective Character Design by Stephen Silver offers invaluable instruction from one of best teachers in the industry. Whether you're a professional artist interested in improving your drawing skills, or an aspiring designer fresh out of high school looking to add to your portfolio, The Silver Way will help you build your confidence and strengthen your work in order to successfully design characters for any project, in any style. Chockfull of helpful--and entertaining!--drawing techniques and easy-to-follow tutorials developed through his decades of experience as an artist on popular animated shows (Kim Possible, Danny Phantom, The Fairly OddParents) and as the owner of Silver Drawing Academy, The Silver Way is the kind of educational art book you'll revisit again and again for guidance, encouragement, and inspiration.

Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun

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Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro?s critically acclaimed movie.Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro?s hit movie Pan?s Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for readers of all ages, complete with haunting illustrations and enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world.This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.A brilliant collaboration between masterful storytellers that?s not to be missed.

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

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"Poignant . . . Powerful . . . Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory."??The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed writer?Julia Alvarez?s beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up?in two cultures. The?Garc?a sisters?Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sof?a?and their?family must flee their home in the Dominican?Republic after their father?s role?in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in?New?York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the?Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always?welcoming U.S.A., their parents try?to hold on to their old ways as the girls try find new lives: by straightening?their?hair and wearing American fashions, and by forgetting their Spanish. For?them, it is at once liberating and?excruciating to be caught between the old?world and the new. Here they tell their stories about being at home?and?not at?home?in

The Invention of Sound

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A father's decades-long search for his missing daughter.A young woman about to engineer the perfect scream.The most dangerous secret Hollywood has ever kept.Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth.Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real.Soon Foster and Ives find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywood's glamorous fa?ade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, THE

Escorting the Billionaire (The Escort Collection, #1)

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Love don?t cost a thing? except everything. When billionaire mogul James Preston hires an escort as a date for his brother?s wedding, he knows he?s taking a risk. One thing he won?t be taking? The escort?s clothes off. He just wants a date ? not a girlfriend. Not a relationship. No strings. No ties. No games. No sex. He has his reasons. He lost someone he loved, and isn?t interested in trying again. Too many opportunities for mistakes or worse, heartbreak. Audrey Reynolds became a high-end escort to keep her brother in his expensive group home. James Preston is the client of her dreams ? he?s offering to pay her more money for two weeks than she?s ever made before. But James is... difficult. He?s gorgeous, troubled and all too human for Audrey's business-like tastes. Determined to complete her assignment and collect the money, Audrey tries to play by James?s rules. But before she knows what's happening, he's rewriting the contract. When Audrey ends up in James?s bed, he realizes

Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition): Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People

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Have you ever been in a relationship with a psychopath? Chances are, even if you did, you would never know it. Psychopaths are cunning charmers and master manipulators, to the point where you start to accept the most extreme behaviors as normal? ? Even if it hurts you. ? ? All around us, every single day, human beings devoid of empathy are wreaking havoc and destroying lives in the coldest, most heartless ways imaginable. In constant pursuit of money, sex, influence, or simple entertainment, psychopaths will do whatever it takes to gain power over others. They hide behind a veil of normalcy, arranging their friends and partners like pawns in a game of chess. ? Using false praise and flattery to get what they want, they can lure any unsuspecting target into a relationship.? Once hooked, their charming promises spin into mind games and psychological torture. Victims are left devastated and confused, unable to recognize?or even put into words?the nightmare that just took place. ? This

Animal Friends of Pica Pau: Gather All 20 Colorful Amigurumi Animal Characters

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Meet Pica Pau and her amigurumi friends! They're charming, cheerful and cute, and once you get to know them, they'll never leave your heart. The gentle rhino, the energetic otter, the chatty crocodile, the dreamy donkey and many more: each and every one is a happy member of the Pica Pau band.Toy maker, character designer and crochet knitter Yan Schenkel has gathered many colorful amigurumi around her. In this book, she shares her love and knowledge of amigurumi crochet in 20 new designs, and she also gives away the secret ingredients that go into every single project.All patterns contain detailed instructions and are accompanied by step-by-step pictures and explanations of all techniques used, so both beginners and advanced crocheters can easily get acquainted with her amigurumi companions. Immerse yourself in the wonderful world and marvelous magic of Pica Pau and friends.