Saturday, January 12, 2008
COMING THIS WEEK -BONE 7, COSMIC MOTORS..
Before jumping to the new items coming on Wednesday - i wanted to mention a couple of new books.
The first book is Dream Worlds by Hans Bacher. Hands down, a really remarkable book that can teach you a lot about colour and scene composition in film. Hans has worked on many classic films including Mulan, Alladin, Little Mermaid and Lilo and Stitch. The book basically looks at visual development in film. Being an artist, I am usually not too worried about the writing in a book, so long as there are plenty of pretty pictures to study (and by the way -there is tons of eye candy in this one). Having said all that, the information that accompanies all the wonderful imagery is invaluable to anyone that's ever thought of becoming an art director or wanted to see first hand what kind of thinking goes into doing art direction at a feature level. The book is in store now.
The Second book I want to mention, will be in the store on Thursday. It's called Cosmic Motors - and it's the latest book from Design Studio Press (Skillful Huntsmen, etc..). Now I haven't actually seen inside the book yet -but it's full of hundreds of sketches and illustrations of futuristic vehicles that must be seen to be appreciated. Daniel Simon is a really talented guy and the book is definately something to be excited about if you love creative industrial design.
Finally a reminder: I would like to mention that the New Gnomon DVDs are now on display in the store. Feel Free to stop by and take a peak. If you want to get ahead in areas like Matt Painting, Painter, Photoshop, Concept Design, Maquette building, Comic art or Creature Design - you got to check these out. You can spend years toiling -trying to figure things out for yourself, or you can speed the process along by seeing how the professionals (Syd Mead, Ian McCaig, Scott Robertson,David Finch, etc..) approach their work.
Coming on Wednesday.
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #1 -back in stock (finally!)
ARMY OF TWO GN
BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 07 GHOST CIRCLES
CANTARELLA VOL 9
CASE CLOSED GN VOL 21
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE HC VOL 01 WIND IN THE WILLOWS
CRUSHING LOVE GN
DOCTOR WHO FLIGHT CONTROL TARDIS - yes it's back: don't miss it again!
DOOM PATROL TP VOL 06 PLANET LOVE - three cheers for Grant M!
EC ARCHIVES CRIME SUSPENSTORIES HC VOL 1
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK DIGEST TP
FIGHT FOR TOMORROW TP
HEROES FOR HIRE TP VOL 03 WORLD WAR HULK
HONEY SENIOR DARLING JUNIOR VOL 1 GN
HOUSE OF M HC
HULK PREM HC THE END - by Dale Keown (if you love the hulk - this is one of the classics)
ILL BE YOUR SLAVE GN
ILLUSTRATION NOW VOL 2 SC
KING OF THE LAMP GN
LAST MUSKETEER SC
LOST AT SEA NEW ED GN -back in stock by Scott Pilgrim's Brian O'
LOVE SHARE GN
MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 15 MARK SCHULTZ
MOME GN VOL 10
OH MY GODDESS EVERYONE HAS WINGS BELLDANDY PVC STATUE
PARTY GN
PINUP ART OF DAN DECARLO SC VOL 02
REFLECTIONS THE ARTWORK OF KOSEN
SCHOOL RUMBLE GN VOL 08
SHOJO BEAT FEB 08
STRAWBERRY PANIC MANGA
THUNDERBOLTS BY ELLIS VOL 1 FAITH IN MONSTERS TP
WALKIN BUTTERFLY GN VOL 2
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #3
X-FACTOR PREM HC MADROX MULTIPLE CHOICE