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Draping — the art of using calico to design directly on a dress form — is an essential skill for fashion students. Starting with the basics of preparing the dress form and fabric, the book advances through pinning, trimming and clipping, and creating shape using darts and tucks, to adding volume using pleats and gathers, and handling complex curves. Advanced skills include how to use support elements and how to handle bias draping.

Each exercise and project is explained with step-by-step photographs and line drawings that bring to life the art of creating womenswear in three dimensions.

About the Author:

Karolyn Kiisel is currently teaching costume at the historic Theater Academy of Los Angeles City College, California, and taught in the fashion department at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles for over twenty years. Her fashion designs have been sold internationally, and her costume work has appeared widely on screen and stage.

In this book, professional artist Brett Bean has taken everything he knows about drawing and created an invaluable collection of straightforward tasks, expert advice, and incredible examples of how simple techniques can result in imaginative illustrations. All you need is paper and a pen or pencil to start practising, taking the lead from Brett's clear directions and exercises along the way. Discover the techniques and tools available to you as an artist, from simple lines and shading methods to the effective use of shape, contrast, and negative space. Later in the book, build your confidence in tackling trickier tasks such as drawing perspective, anatomy, and lighting. Every piece of advice is illustrated with cool drawings and presented with Brett’s witty personality, making this the truly fun way to learn to Draw!

Accessible, comprehensive, and emphatically enjoyable, this book by drawing nerd Brett Bean will have you filling your sketchbooks before you can say DRAW! Brett has taken everything he knows about drawing and created an invaluable collection of straightforward tasks, expert advice, and incredible examples of how simple techniques can result in imaginative illustrations. 

_Featuring essential drawing techniques: shape, contrast, lighting, colour, value, pattern, texture, rhythm, flow, perspective, and more!
_Learn how to draw characters, creatures, props, vehicles, and environments
_Exercises at the end of each chapter prompt you to practise and grow in skill
_Brett Bean works in comics, film, TV, video games, and board games -- he is also a soughtafter art teacher and has worked on book series for top publishers such as Penguin and Scholastic

About the Author:

Brett Bean is the author and illustrator of the series Zoo Patrol Squad with Penguin Workshop, and the illustrator on I Hate Fairyland (Image Comics), Battle Bugs (Scholastic), and the Beasts of Olympus (WORKSHOP) book series. He works in film, TV, video games, and board games with Disney, Riot Games, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Marvel, Ravensburger, and more. Brett has taught character design and concept art at Gnomon School of Visual FX, LAAFA, CGMA, and various workshops around the world. He loves board games, comics, original art, basketball, Tom Waits, and travelling.

Contents:

How To Use This Book

Introduction
Visual communication
Art & design
You-nique

An Artist's Supplies

Equipment & supplies
Pencils
Pen & inks
Markers
Paper & sketchbook
Digital

The Tools We Use

Tools
Lines
Shapes
Negative space
From simple to busy
Rhythm & flow
Patterns
Textures
Contrast
Tonal values
Colour theory
Perspective
Light & shadow
Tool exercises

Body Breakdown

Study & observe
The body 
The head
Nose & ears
Teeth
Eyes
Hands
Feet
Physical balance
Clothing tips
Body exercises

Building Character

Character design
Gesture drawing
Gesture drawing exercise
Shape exploration
The scribble method
Building up a character with basic shapes
Building up a human character
Character design exercises

Creatures

Creature design
Creature design exercises

Props & Vehicles

Props
Vehicles
Tips on props
Prop exercises

Environments

Environments
Environments exercises

From delicate dogwood blossoms to hardy oak and maple leaves, this collection of stained glass lampshade patterns offers a glorious assortment of original designs. Beautiful but not overly detailed, the easy-to-replicate designs ensure a successful finished product for stained glass artists and hobbyists.

The four-sided panel-construction shades, most of them four-sided, feature motifs that flow in a continuous fashion to form an overall pattern. Less rigid than the prairie style commonly associated with panel shades, the designs are much easier to re-create than the complicated Tiffany styles. Simple yet elegant patterns include foil overlays that add a special flair to the designs, which use standard-size vase caps that can be resized for a variety of bases

Following the success of her Doodle Stitching Transfer Pack, Aimee Ray offers a new selection of delightful woodland-themed transfers.

Embroiderers will enjoy hours of stitching fun with this charming transfer pack from popular author Aimee Ray. Featuring more than 50 designs adapted from her whimsical coloring book, Woodland Creatures, these enchanting nature-based patterns rangefrom complex mandalas to simple critters, like frogs, turtles, deer, and owls. These designs are printed on reusable transfer paper — just tear out the pages, iron the pattern onto your fabric, and start stitching. Plus, there’s a handy pocket in the back of the book to store your cutout transfers. Give the finished projects as gifts, turn them into wall hangings, or incorporate them in larger embroidered items. For those new to the craft, Ray provides a complete introduction to embroidery as well as a fully illustrated stitch library.

About the Author:

Aimee Ray is a prolific Lark author whose books include Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection, Doodle Stitching: Embroidery & Beyond, Doodle Stitching Transfer Pack, as well as Aimee Ray's Sweet & Simple Jewelry, Woodland Creatures, and Patchwork Embroidery (all Lark). She's also contributed to numerous other Lark titles. You can see more of her work at aimeeray.com and follow her daily crafting endeavors at littledeartracks.blogspot.com. Aimee resides in northwest AK with her husband, Josh, and their son and daughter.

Embroidery Now is a stylish hand-embroidery guide for the modern maker. Author and textile artist, Jennifer Cardenas Riggs, known on Instagram as @Threadhoney, walks you through the embroidery process. You'll learn about the materials included in the practice, nine different stitch techniques with illustrated step-by-step instructions, and 30 individual projects designed for you to use in your home and wardrobe.

Perfect for both new and experienced embroiderers alike, projects include a boho stitched lampshade, embroidered accent pillow, constellation tablecloth, minimalist canvas wall art, starry-stitched dresses and much more. You will be delighted by the unique, current designs, sophisticated colour palettes and on-trend motifs. Each project is broken down into step-by-step instructions and templates so you can recreate them yourself, even if you have no prior embroidery experience. Packed with tips and tricks and a lot of inspiration, Embroidery Now shows that anything can be embroidered and gives you the confidence to continue to embellish your world through embroidery.

The first art collection by Entei Ryu, the concept artist who is active in the gaming and video industries!

Entei Ryu is a creator who makes full use of 2D and 3D media, from digital painting to sculpture, 3D printing and more. This book is a carefully curated collection of 2D (analog) and 3D computer-generated design works other than 3D objects such as figures. We hope readers enjoy Entei Ryu’s various works, including rough sketches, character designs, and 3D computer-generated digital works. Her works are depicted and reproduced in detail and are of overwhelming quality.

Ryu is a 5-dimensional artist from the 22nd century who can manipulate the magic of analog and digital!
―Hideo Kojima, game creator

Experience new forms of digital illustration with this art book! This book is recommended not only for gaming fans but also for creators working in the gaming and video industries.

About the Author:

Entei Ryu has previously provided art for various titles, including the ASSASSIN’S CREED and FINAL FANTASY series, and is currently working as a Kojima Productions concept artist involved in the development of works such as DEATH STRANDING 2. 

Entertaining at Home presents gatherings in the homes of leading tastemakers from the worlds of interior design, architecture, culinary arts, and society -- including Lynn Wyatt, Suzanne Kasler, and Julia Reed, among others -- who show readers how best to entertain with flair and finesse.

Leading party aficionados share their successful strategies for delighting family and friends, offering their personal viewpoints and providing behind-the-scenes details that go into creating memorable occasions. They offer their approaches to arranging flowers, setting the table, selecting menus, stocking the pantry, compiling killer playlists, and purchasing the perfect hostess gift. Included are a variety of easy-to-master delectable recipes, such as bacon-wrapped pretzels, seafood chowder, spicy gazpacho, and refreshing sangrias.

From a summer social in New Orleans and a lively luncheon in Texas to a lavish winter smorgasbord holiday dinner in Washington, D.C., the hosts offer a myriad of inspirational ideas. Whether it's an elegant table set with Leontine Linens or Pinot Grigio served in colorful cups and paired with potato chips and caviar, this book is a visual trove of festive get-togethers in beautiful residences. Lavishly photographed, it is the essential new go-to entertaining guide

About the Authors:

Ronda Carman is the author of Designers at Home and a contributing writer for the Huffington Post and New York Social Diary.
India Hicks is an author, model, and entrepreneur. Her lifestyle brand, India Hicks, produces beauty and home products and fashion accessories.
Matthew Mead and Michael Hunter are lifestyle photographers.

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An invitation into the endlessly inspiring and unique celebrations of the iconic tastemaker and hostess, this elegant entertaining book reveals how to bring beauty, style, and joy into milestone events, holidays, or everyday moments and meals.

Aerin is a lifestyle legend. From an early age, she learned from her grandmother, Estée Lauder, that any occasion can be beautiful if you take the time. In the pages of this stunning book, Aerin weaves a spell as she shares memories of beloved childhood traditions as well as those she has created with family and friends using her own unique blend of luxury and ease. For the first time, Aerin also reveals how she thinks about hosting and how she sets the most gorgeous and inviting tables so that every gathering is unforgettable.

Organized by season, this book encompasses more than twenty celebrations, from a spring floral dinner or a lobster-roll picnic on a boat to Thanksgiving leftovers in a log cabin and a white winter Champagne party in the city. Mini-chapters on stylish family and friends like her mother, Jo Carole Lauder; Daniel Romualdez; Caroline Sieber von Westenholz; and Maria Hummer-Tuttle reveal Aerin's own entertaining inspirations, as does an "Homage to Estée" chapter about her legendary soirées. Aerin holds back none of her secrets, her tips, and her imaginative ideas in this unparalleled, lavishly illustrated, and irresistible volume.

About the Author:

Aerin Lauder is the founder and creative visionary behind AERIN, a global lifestyle brand that creates cosmetics, fashion accessories, and home decor. Aerin began her career at Estée Lauder and continues to hold the position of style and image director for the Estée Lauder Companies. She has also been featured as a style icon in every major fashion and shelter magazine. She lives in New York with her husband and two sons. For more information, visit aerin.com.

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This inspirational tome is full of simple entertaining ideas for casual — big and small — summer get-togethers.

From a lunch around a weathered picnic table set with mason jars full of herbs under a pergola and a vintage boat picnic to cocktails on the deck overlooking the marshes and a dessert party of bakery favorites in an open-air garage, this book is brimming with ideas for entertaining with ease during the warm weather months. Designer Tricia Foley has gone to her creative friends and influencers to collect their advice. Presented are beautifully photographed joyous gatherings at their beach retreats that reflect an artful—sometimes bohemian — approach to today’s entertaining. They provide the details for memorable occasions, from arranging garden roses or wildflowers to setting relaxed tables with a mix of heirlooms and new accoutrements and selecting delectable menus to organizing a bar on a white lacquer tray. Included are go-to recipes for light summer fare: lobster-salad lettuce wraps, salmon with grilled lemon slices, peach almond cake, musk-melon daiquiris, and more. There are sidebars with tips on setting an outdoor table using a beachy blue-and-white tablecloth or burlap, placing white stones to hold down napkins, using clamshells for salt and pepper, and stocking the pantry to make gatherings a breeze.

About the Author:

Tricia Foley is a lifestyle authority whose clients have included Ralph Lauren Home and Wedgwood. Foley’s design work has been featured in such publications as Elle Decor and Martha Stewart Living. She is the author of numerous books, including Life/Style. Marili Forastieri is a lifestyle photographer, whose work has appeared in many publications, including Elle Decor and Hamptons Cottages and Gardens.

An indispensable guide to casual home entertaining filled with imaginative ideas, practical tips, and delicious recipes from well-known chefs, restaurateurs, and tastemakers.

Following the success of Love Where You Live: At Home in the Country, Joan Osofsky and Abby Adams serve up an array of inspiring seasonal parties hosted by food professionals and home cooks. These gatherings range from an intimate houseguest breakfast to a large harvest party. Carefully selected for their flair when it comes to entertaining, the hosts welcome the reader into their homes in New York’s bucolic Hudson Valley and New England. Featured are food star Julia Turshen and Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge, who give a neighborly supper; Dana Cowin of Food & Wine fame, who throws a garden cocktail party; and Erin French, the James Beard–nominated chef/owner of The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine, who prepares a lunch in the orchard from her vintage Airstream.

The book includes menus with sixty easy-to-prepare dishes and drinks, such as a tantalizing rhubarb spritzer, falafel with dipping sauces, a savory chicken potpie, and ginger cookies. Throughout are ideas for setting festive tables, floral choices, and decorative touches, as well as how to create a functional kitchen and well-stocked pantry. A list of sources of regional markets carrying local products rounds out this go-to entertaining guide.

About the Authors:

Joan Osofsky owns Hammertown Barn, the three Hudson Valley– and Berkshires–based independent lifestyle stores, which have been featured in many publications.
Abby Adams is the author of several books including The Gardener’s Gripe Book.
Photographer John Gruen’s interiors work has appeared in books and leading lifestyle publications.

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Compared with traditional design emphasizing on the functionality of products, designers today turn an eye on the ergonomic aspect of products to meet the increasing need of people today requiring more scientific and comfortable products. To echo this double-need, Ergonomics in Product Design introduces the basic knowledge of ergonomics with rich illustrations, aiming to explain the discipline in a more accessible way. It further enhances the reader’s understanding by elaborate case studies and abundant product designs which come with useful ergonomic diagrams.

Perfect for display or close observation, the posters in this elegantly produced collection of Ernst Haeckel's exquisite illustrations of natural forms demonstrate his exceptional artistry.

Biologist, physician, philosopher, and artist, Ernst Haeckel was also a prescient observer of the natural world. His highly detailed and expertly rendered illustrations, first published at the turn of the 20th century, are not only beautiful works of art, but also have scientific underpinnings. Now available as a series of large format posters sumptuously printed and suitable for framing, Haeckel's most elaborate and captivating works illustrate his fundamental notion of the unity of all living things. From otherworldly radiolaria to psychedelic sea anemones, Haeckel's science and artistry continue to provide inspiration for 21st-century illustrators, architects, graphic designers, and anyone interested in exploring nature's perfect geometry.

About the Author:

Kira Uthoff is an art and lifestyle book editor. She lives in Munich, Germany.

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No more second-guessing yourself, thanks to the only guide with the power to transform a man into a complete success. Esquire's Biggest Black Book Ever shows you how to do everything right, in every area of your life.

From work and grooming to fitness and sex, it's got 1,037 tricks, techniques, and secrets so you can handle yourself with confidence and style, whether you're meeting the boss, going on a first date, or attending a black-tie event.  

Includes 875 photos and illustrations.

About the Author:

As the only general-interest lifestyle magazine for sophisticated men, Esquire defines, reflects, and celebrates what it means to be a man in contemporary American culture. Required reading for the man who is intellectually curious and socially aware, Esquire speaks to the scope and diversity of his passions with spirited storytelling, superb style, and a tonic splash of irreverent humor. Esquire has an audience of 3.2 million with 95% of its audience from subscriptions. It publishes 27 editions around the world.

Essential Human Anatomy for Artists is a series of anatomy lessons that guides artists to see and draw the shapes and structures of the human form as it exists in life.

Study human anatomy to translate nature into drawings that are both anatomically accurate and artistically beautiful.

Essential Human Anatomy for Artists is an anatomy course in a book that’s designed to offer you new tools to help you understand the connections between exterior forms and underlying structures.

- Along with demonstrations of key materials are in-depth discussions of the skeleton and study of the muscles.
- The drawing demonstrations, which are based on a series of live model poses, are designed to help readers understand the various forms of the human body.
- Key information on movement and lighting is also included.

For artists at every level of experience, Essential Human Anatomy for Artists allows you to learn to work freely and confidently with the human figure and use the information it provides to create an accurate visual impression.

The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.

Also available from the series: Drawing the Head for Artists, Figure Drawing for Artists, Life Drawing for Artists, Drawing and Painting Botanicals for Artists, Dynamic Still Life for Artists, Landscape Painter’s Workbook, Plein Air Techniques for Artists, and Sketching Techniques for Artists.

About the Author:

Ken Goldman is an internationally known artist, author, teacher, and art juror. A recipient of numerous awards, Goldman has exhibited widely in various group shows and solo exhibitions in The Netherlands, Paris, Italy, Greece, China, Colombia, Mexico, New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. In California, Goldman has shown at the Oceanside Museum of Art, USC Fisher Museum of Art, and Autry Museum of the American West. Ken's work has been exhibited throughout China at The Shanghai International Biennale, two Shenzhen International Biennales, and five universities: Jimei, Quanzhou, Tsinghua, Qingdao, and Shanghai. Please visit goldmanfineart.com for more information.

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Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World is a celebration of the beauty of the scenes and backgrounds in anime and manga. 

This unusual book turns the spotlight exclusively on the scenes and background illustrations. With only a few ordinary characters in these scenes, attention here is focused on the beauty of the illustrated backgrounds.

These background artworks feature familiar scenes from daily life: nostalgic townscapes, detailed cityscapes, intricate architecture, rooms that look like doll houses, etc. They are extremely realistic and detailed -- almost like photographs -- but at the same time give readers the sense that we are looking at images of a parallel world.

The works featured are by 39 well-known, mostly Japanese creators, illustrators, and animators. Some creators featured have made their entire careers specializing in drawing backgrounds. Frequently overlooked, this book finally gives them the recognition they deserve. Additionally, a section that explains drawing techniques and materials is included. The profiles of creators with messages from each, descriptions of each creator's techniques and preferred materials are written in both Japanese and English text.

This stunning collection will appeal to all art lovers and is sure to bring creators massive inspiration, too.

About the Author:

PIE International specializes in books for graphic designers, and high-quality visual books on photography, art, and Japanese Culture (Traditional and contemporary), as well as manga and comic art, and more.