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Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature

by Jr., Edwin C. Symmes & HIH Prince Norihito of Takamado

Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature presents over seventy full-page color photographs of netsuke in enchanting settings. The accompanying text gives technical details about the netsuke as well as...

History at War: The Campaigns of an Historian

by Noble Frankland

History at War is a unique book. It throws light on important unexplored aspects of the pursuit of historical truth. It tells how, alone among historians, Noble Frankland fought in the bomber offensive during...

The Inspired Garden: 24 Artists Share Their Vision

by Judy Paolini & Nance Trueworthy

It's not surprising that visual artists would create particularly interesting gardens. Besides a trained eye, they use their penchant for fearless artistic expression. This book offers a most unusual personal...

Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 Foundation

by Autodesk

Learning Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2008 | Foundation is your shortcut to learning 3ds Max quickly and effectively. You'll get hands-on experience with the key tools and techniques through easy-to-follow, step-by-step...

Designing Sound for Animation

by Robin Beauchamp

Sound is just as crucial an aspect to your animation as your visuals. Whether you're looking to create a score, ambient noise, dialog, or a complete soundtrack, you'll need sound for your piece. This nuts-and-bolts...

Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist: A Practical Guide to Principles & Techniques

by Angie Taylor

Master the fundamental concepts and techniques of motion media design so you can apply--and occasionally break--the rules to achieve your communication goals. This authoritative guide presents all of the design...

The Complete Guide to Game Audio: For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, and Game Developers

by Aaron Marks

This comprehensive guide gives readers with basic music compositional skills the information they need to become commercially viable artisans. In addition to providing a foundation of prerequisite technical...

How to Cheat in Maya: Tools and Techniques for the Maya Animator

by Eric Luhta

"How to Cheat in Maya" focuses on the art of animation and how it is done in Maya. The book presents productivity tips and tools so that animators can get things done in the most efficient way possible - and...

How to Cheat in Maya 2012: Tools and Techniques for Character Animation

by Eric Luhta

The Maya guide for animators, How to Cheat in Maya 2012 presents everything you need to know about character animation in Maya. Fully updated for the latest revision of Maya, this book provides you with complete,...

Gun Digest Glock Exploded Gun Drawing

by Harold Murtz

From Gun Digest Book of Exploded Gun Drawings, you get an exploded view of your Glock with numbered and labeled parts to assist you in disassembling and reassembling.

Above the Din of War: Afghans Speak About Their Lives, Their Country, and Their Future-and Why America Should Listen

by Peter Eichstaedt

What will happen when international forces finally vacate Afghanistan? The answer to that question is unknown, but if there is any hope for Afghanistan, veteran journalist Peter Eichstaedt asserts, it is with...

The illustrator's survival guide

by Amélia Giroux-Gagné & Nicolas Trost

Since its inception in 1983, Illustration Quebec (Quebec Association of illustrators) has developed numerous promotional tools for illustrators. It has also created documents regarding copyrights, contracts,...

The Art of Duelling

by A Traveller

THE ART OF DUELLING By "A Traveller." AN OBSCURE PRESS CLASSIC REPRINT. This rare little book was first published in 1836. Only a handful of the original editions remain, and are now extremely costly. OBSCURE...

Cinema as Weather: Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change

by Kristi McKim

How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic...

Designing for the Museum Visitor Experience

by Tiina Roppola

Exhibition environments are enticingly complex spaces: as facilitators of experience; as free-choice learning contexts; as theaters of drama; as encyclopedic warehouses of cultural and natural heritage; as two-,...

Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts

by Tina O'Hailey

Rigging a character can be a complicated undertaking. Move from a bi-pedal character to a quad- or poly-pedal and, well, things just got real. Where do you begin?

Unlike all of those button-pushing manuals out...

Acting and Performance for Animation

by Derek Hayes

Character animation involves more than the principles of animation and the mechanics of motion. Unique, believeable characters that think, feel and captivate your audience are ones that involve emotion, performance,...

Architectural Rendering with 3ds Max and V-Ray: Photorealistic Visualization

by Markus Kuhlo

Create high-quality photorealistic renders of architectural visualizations using 3ds Max and Vray with the project-based tutorials in this book. Learn how to combine lighting and rendering options to end-up...

Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classical Principles of Animation

by Roland Hess

Expand your animation toolkit with foundational animation techniques, software expertise, professional best-practices, proven and time-tested work flows. Roland Hess, a leading Blender artist and instructor,...

BLADE's Guide to Making Knives

by Joe Kertzman

Learn the Secrets of Knifemaking From the Masters of the Trade

With an all-star cast of renowned knifemakers, BLADE's Guide To Making Knives 2nd Edition brings you the most up-to-date, inside information available...