Cisneros: Portrait of a New American

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Cisneros: Portrait of a New American
Kemper Diehl
Manufacturer: Corona Pub Co
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0931722373

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The First San Antonio Catalogue (A Portrait of Specialty Places)
Neal, and White Gray
Manufacturer: Ensemble Publications Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0920770223

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Great ideas for dining, specialty shopping & entertainment in San Antonio.

Frederic Dard dit San-Antonio: Un portrait

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Frederic Dard dit San-Antonio: Un portrait
Jean Durieux
Manufacturer: Renaudot
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 2877420159

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San Antonio Portrait
Mike Osborne , and T. R. Fehrenbach
Manufacturer: Maverick Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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Celebrate the charm of one of America's most distinctive cities as it unfolds in nearly 150 dramatic color photographs in San Antonio Portrait.

Mike Osborne's camera captures the architectural and festive spirits of Spain and Mexico that have pervaded the city for nearly three centuries, as he takes a fresh look at treasured historic landmarks and at exciting contemporary additions to the scene. Many of the city's favorite places, and some of its most festive events, will be recognized quickly. Others may take a bit longer. A foreword by the noted historian T. R. Fehrenbach puts them in perspective, and includes several rare archival photos as well.

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The spirit of this unique city in Texas is captured in Nawrocki and Lair's entertaining text and Langford's vivid color photos. The book is a thorough introduction to San Antonio, detailing the city's history, architecture, military tradition, and cultural events.

The authors outline the history of what is perhaps San Antonio's best-known landmark, the Alamo. They also highlight more recently developed points of interest in San Antonio, focusing on the River Walk, the development that turned the San Antonio River into a graceful, romantic, and historic centerpiece for the city. They recommend several of the city's many Botanical Gardens, the San Antonio Museum of Art, Brackenridge Park, and HemisFair Plaza. And they present San Antonio's varied menu of cultural opportunities, from a day spent at the rodeo or Sea World to an evening at the Grand Opry House or the San Antonio Symphony. Finally, the authors summarize the city's most popular fiestas and festivals. Throughout, Mark Langford's color photos celebrate the diversity and spirit of San Antonio.

Also recommended: Dallas: Shining Star of Texas, Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest, Texas Wildflower Postcard Collection.

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Retratos
Jr. (Senior Curator Latin American Art, San Antonio, Miguel A. Bretos (Senior Scholar National Portrait Gallery, Washington), Carolyn Kinder Carr (Chief Curator National Portrait Gallery, Washington) Marion Oettinger
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSB8CC

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The San Antonio story: A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of San Antonio, Texas (The American portrait series)
T. R Fehrenbach
Manufacturer: Continental Heritage
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006CZ1EM

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Simple instructions for illustrating everything Manga.

This guide teaches manga lovers how to create their own characters and stories. From bodies to the nuts and bolts of “mech” (manga for anything mechanical), readers will learn all the basics necessary to start rendering the exotic worlds and creative characters that attracted them to manga as readers. Over 200 illustrations will show readers exactly how to draw everything from heroes to vehicles to backgrounds.

• Manga is the fastest-growing segment of the publishing industry, with 2004 sales projected to reach 120 million, up 20% from 2003
• There are few instructional manga books that are truly instructional and even fewer with this guide's step-by-step directions
• The single most comprehensive source for learning all the manga basics

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Great for Beginners like me!.......2006-11-10

This book is a great starting place for beginning manga artists such as myself. It gives real in-depth information and photos to give the artist/reader a good idea of what features should ideally look like. It gives an awesome starting point for poses and features, and even a little background information. There are sections for young, teenage, and adult males AND females, including sections on specific features. I'm thrilled to have made this purchase, and I recommend it! Especially to beginners.

Grandson says yes!.......2006-07-20

I gave this guide to my grandson, age 12, for a summer project. He said to give it 5 stars. He has produced some exceptional pictures. Even took it with him for a one week camping trip. Kudos to John Layman.

Not what I needed.......2006-05-24

This book is okay for beginner, so it was a little to basic for what I was looking for. If you've never been introduced to drawing Manga before, then this book is good for you. It vaguely goes over different nose styles (personally it could've done the same with eyes) and it could have gone over action and poses more, but again, I'd recommend this book for a beginner.

Good if.........2006-03-02

This is a good manga book if you want to be able to make manga comic books, make proportianal bodies and have basic training in making little creatures! It also explains difference between Japanese and American. By the way if your a beginner its fine for you, but if you want to understand well, you might need little experience.

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A survey not just of how to draw, but covering the basic differences between Japanese and Americanized manga.......2005-10-11

If you're a manga fan thrilled with the Japanese-style comic art which comprises the medium, and wish to know how to draw your own, then The Complete Idiot's Guide To Drawing Manga Illustrated is for you: a survey not just of how to draw, but covering the basic differences between Japanese and Americanized manga. From typical manga characters and their props to using the symbols and sound effects involved in drawing the manga style, this covers all the basics,

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Basics Illustrated (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

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This text lacks a friendly feel
The Book for People who say they can't Draw

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Basics Illustrated (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
Frank Fradella
Manufacturer: Alpha
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1592575471

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An all-new, step-by-step guide to moving beyond the stick figure.

With more than 400 illustrations, this guide teaches beginning artists how to use the tools of the trade and then guides them stroke by stroke through various drawing formats. Readers learn how to render the objects they see, as well as things from their own imaginations through effective use of shading, light, perspective, dimension, and many others techniques. The book also includes coverage of drawing mediums and the geometry of drawing.

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This text lacks a friendly feel.......2006-12-16

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Basics Illustrated
(Complete Idiot's Guide to)
by Frank Fradella

When I review DRAWING books, the first question I ask is, "Is this for BEGINNERS?" Because I feel an obligation to the book buyer to provide good information, and also to prevent a beginning student from being discouraged, and feeling that they are defective, or ....just cannot get it.

It does not seem to occur to the buyer that many authors just cannot teach. Instinct seems to suggest that that if book gets published, it must contain credible instruction by someone who knows how to teach. It may seem surprising that this is just not so. Perhaps as many as half of all drawing books are not very good for beginners. I know. I've gotten familiar with most of the books on the market, and I know what I'm looking for in good instruction.

For example, take the current text under consideration. Upon opening the book and flipping through the pages, there is a small amount of illustration on most of the pages, but primarily, the communication is through "wordy" explanations. This gives the entire book a "cold" feel. I do not doubt that all the usual "technical" data is there, but good beginner drawing books teach by showing DRAWINGS, not by wordy paragraph after wordy paragraph.

There are so many books on the market that make learning HOW-TO-DRAW less intimidating and a less intellectual activity that they should be sought out.

Finally, the reader should know that the better books typically cost between $7.95 and $12.95. Paying the list price for this book, $18.95 should cause hesitation.

The Book for People who say they can't Draw.......2006-10-14

I've been waiting for a book like this forever. Seriously,this is THE BOOK for anyone who wants to draw but is afraid they have no ability. Author Fradella provides tons of illustrative examples with a great sense of humor to teach the basics ideas of how to draw.(Which is a refreshing change from all these books on drawing that are too word intensive and don't provide enough illustrated examples, something any book on creating art needs.)
Fradella offers encouragement in reminding us all"Michaelangelo sucked. Davinci sucked too. Man they both stunk on ice! Then they made something worth putting up in your bathroom." By letting us know that even the great masters were lousy starting out, that no one is born being talented with a pencil.

Fradella makes learning to draw fun, which is what it's truly all about.
Because if you don't enjoy creating art, there's no point to it.
If there were a rating high enough, I'd give this one 10 stars.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illus (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

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I'm really glad I picked this up
THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO DRAWING PEOPLE ILLUS.
Great drawing book
Great Book
Better than anything that I learned in school or college!

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illus (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Brenda Hoddinott
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1592572235
Release Date: 2004-08-03

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The fine points of faces and figures...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illustrated expands upon the success and ease-of-use of the successful The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Illustrated, but focuses entirely on the process and techniques of drawing people. This book covers each step between the first stroke and the last, including composing portraits, creating three-dimensional reality, creating light and shadow, blending techniques, rendering the human figure, and much more.

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I'm really glad I picked this up.......2007-09-28

I have several books on portrait drawing. Some of them are great and some are not. This one falls into the great catagory. What I really like is the first part of the book gives you guidence and exercises to help you learn the skills you need to draw portraits. Some books will tell you a head is shaped like an egg and the eyes are in the middle. Ok great, you know where they go, but if you don't know how to draw an eye, it doesn't help much. I really like the shading section as well. I've done some nice portraits only to mess them up by not shading them correctly. Drawing portraits can be very rewarding and stressful. This book has really helped me overcome some of the more difficult aspects of this art. I think having some drawing experiance is a plus and will lead to better results faster, but even beginners will really benefit from what this book teaches.

THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO DRAWING PEOPLE ILLUS........2007-08-31

So far, this is a very good book on the drawing of figures. Lots of good information on the measurements of the human body parts, and a lot of instructions on the hands, feet, and every area of the human body. I still have a lot to explore in this book.
Exellent!

Great drawing book.......2007-01-19

Way better than most art books, Covers so many necessary points. The author has a great website too.

Great Book.......2006-11-10

Great book, gives you very good instruction for drawing people. A must for budding artists.

Better than anything that I learned in school or college!.......2005-04-13

I am a stay at home mom of 4 boys and after 13 years of staying home, I thought that I would start refreshing my memory. I am a graduate of the Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia and this book did more for me than my anatomy or fashion illustration classes ever did! I had always struggled with my faces and proportions and I bought Brenda's book and in minutes I had a face drawn, proportions correct and it didn't take me the hours or days that it used to and I have even used it with my Adobe Illustrator 10 software! I recommend this book for everyone, because I had always been taught that if you can master the human face or body, you can draw anything!

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

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Look elsewhere
Useful as a general reference,
A good resource, but not the best starting point
Great for adult beginners
I went from stick people to...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
Lauren Jarrett , and Lisa Lenard
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1592570801
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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This updated and revised guide to various drawing styles offers easy-to-follow instructions for creating still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and cartoons-plus tips on how to use basic drawing paraphernalia such as pencils, charcoal, pen, and ink. It also covers how illustrators enhance their work through shading and lighting techniques, adding depth and beauty to even the simplest sketch

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You will learn to unlock the artist within you so you too can draw and express yourself!! This book will show you how to use different basic mediums, such as pencils, charcoal, pen and ink. It will also teach you different types of drawing such as line, cartoon, figure, perspective and technical drawing. The book will include using shading, light, dimension, energy and mood techniques. Blank pages are included to serve as practice pages.

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Look elsewhere.......2005-06-15

At best, this is an oversimplified rehash of Betty Edwards', "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain." As a much better alternative to both of these books, look into Brenda Hoddinott's, "Drawing for Dummies." Brenda's method is very methodical and step-by-step, not to mention fun and a little silly,(just like Brenda!) whereas this particular book calls for a "If you only look at what your drawing, it will be easy!" attitude. Nothing truly worth doing is easy. Check out Ms. Hoddinott's Drawspace.com website as well. You won't be sorry you did.

Useful as a general reference, .......2004-04-27

This book is bargain-priced, but there are better "how to's" out there for beginners. It is a good reference book for the money, and full of useful general information. As an additional resource for your study, it has something to offer; but it's more of an "extra".

A good resource, but not the best starting point.......2004-02-02

I bought /The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing/ on a whim, because it had lots of illustrations and a wide variety of topics contained within. I'm not at all disappointed with the book, but I feel I should warn potential buyers that this is not necessarily the best book to start with.

The authors start out with basic drawing theory, left brain vs. right brain, etc. and a few exercises to help you understand how best to approach drawing in general. They move on to talk about different types of paper, pencils, the picture plane, viewfinder, and other tools for drawing - very useful and well thought out information. Then the book jumps into various ideas for what to draw, what perspectives to try, etc.

If you're thinking it sounds like something has been left out, you're right. While /Idiot's Guide to Drawing/ covers a lot of tools and drawing ideas, it doesn't offer much in the way of exercises or practical advice for actually _drawing_. So while you may be inspired by, say, the section on still life drawings, you will find very little in the way to help you practice.

So what it comes down to is this: if you've dabbled a bit in drawing and aren't afraid of experimentation, this is an excellent book. Lots of good stuff in here, and great ideas for where you might want to point your creativity. But as I said, there aren't very many guided exercises in the book to help you explore the concepts you see and get any decent amount of feedback. Some would argue that lots of little exercises are silly or pointless, but I think they can be great confidence builders for those of us who tend to be overly critical of our own artwork... Or those of us who expect far too much from ourselves early on.

I highly recommend this book - but with a strong suggestion that you start with one or two more basic drawing books (like /Drawing for Dummies/), unless you want to do a great deal of experimentation on your own.

Great for adult beginners.......2001-07-14

Most drawing books either get too advanced early or are written for young kids. This one contains useful exercises in every chapter at a pace that isn't boring but can be followed. This is the fourth drawing book I've started and the only one I've stuck with. By chapter 8 (or 12 at the latest) your drawings will no longer belong on the refrigerator door. Good luck to all the other adult beginners out there!!

I went from stick people to..........2000-10-03

Well...stick people with depth! But seriously, I always though I had a drawing impairment gene but even after spending a few minutes with this book and the excellent ideas and advice on how to "see" objects I could actually sit down and do a drawing of my hand that looked dimensional. I am really amazed by the results so far and can certainly recommend it to those who want to have some fun and try a little drawing beyond stick people.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cartooning

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Not much for drawing, but...
Only a real idiot would think this guy can do cartoons
For the Serious Cartoonist

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cartooning
Arnold Wagner , and Shannon Turlington
Manufacturer: Alpha
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0028643798

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Not much for drawing, but..........2006-08-11

This book is actually quite useful. It gives you some real important tips on copyright and licensing that are INDISPENCEABLE. While it is laking somewhat in terms of how-to-draw, this is still a pretty good book

Only a real idiot would think this guy can do cartoons.......2004-09-23

If your idea of getting ahead in cartooning is being able to draw in the most basic manner, while listening to the authors address you like some high school drop out with ADA, then this book is for you. First of all, this guy is a lousy cartoonist and it's almost exclusively his work that is presented. Secondly, the book goes long on history and short on current stuff. I suppose this is because the early stuff was in the public domain and the cheap-assed publishers were more interested in saving a buck, than doing a real cartoonist book. Do yourself a favor, don't buy this piece of crap.

For the Serious Cartoonist.......2002-08-15

Leave the word "Idiot's" out of the title, and you'll have a clearer idea of what this book is about. Let me make one thing clear... this is NOT a beginner's "how to draw" book. This book assumes that you already know how to draw, and offers you guidelines on how to apply that skill to cartooning. The authors give a much too brief overview of the origins and history of cartooning (with a few minor errors), and discuss the basics of cartoon construction: expression, perspective, composition, and gag writing. They also briefly review the various forms of cartooning, and what special talents and knowledge each one requires: gag panels, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, greeting cards, animation, and computer graphics. There's an entire chapter devoted to manga, the Japanese style of cartooning that's currently popular in the US. Plus, a helpful bibliography, glossary, and lots of tips on how to get your work published.

My one complaint, and it's a minor one, is that I was distracted by the authors' repeated use of the word "media" as a singular noun rather than plural... but that's the proofreader in me.

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Learn how to draw fantasy creatures—manga style!

Reading manga has grown increasingly popular over the past few years, as has the desire to learn how to create one's own manga characters. Following in the footsteps of the highly successful The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Drawing Manga, Illustrated, this guide offers readers how-to instruction for creating fantasy creatures in the manga style. With more than 300 illustrations, readers will learn how to create everything from chibis and furry creatures to dragons and monsters. Each step-by-step illustration builds on the last, using a second color to highlight the new strokes, and ends with a full-color rendering of the final creature.

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Complete Idiots Guide To Drawing
Lauren Jarrett
Manufacturer: Alpha
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O93RN4

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing: Illustrated

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing: Illustrated
Lauren; Lenard, Lisa; Lenard-Cook, Lisa Jarrett
Manufacturer: Alpha Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J4XECS

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