"A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing" by Bernard D. Bolas is an essential resource for anyone interested in the art and science of glass-blowing specifically tailored for laboratory settings. This comprehensive guide covers various techniques and tools used in the craft, providing detailed instructions that cater to both beginners and experienced glass-blowers. Bolas emphasizes safety and precision, ensuring that readers understand the importance of proper methods in creating high-quali...

Markers are an amazing and very versatile tool but are sometimes under appreciated when it comes to drawing and sketching.  This is the first in a series of books especially written for the e-book devices which will teach rendering and marker techniques.  This book focuses on the concepts on how to use markers and how to create metal shapes using those markers.  The book contains step by step examples of how to create the metal looks for brass, stainless steel and aluminum ...

Make the most of your digital artwork. State-of-the-art advice from Gary Tonge, one of the world's leading digital art pros, covers every aspect of computer-generated art from combining a range of source material into one cohesive image to adding super realistic effects. Eight step-by-step demonstrations offer advanced level instruction, making these tips immediately applicable so you can begin right away. With real-world perspective and a practical focus, this is a powerful resource. By a...

As a sophisticated and highly stylised art form, Manga presents a series of challenges for budding artists, from character and set design to creating dynamic page layouts, perfectly paced narrative and panels with ever-changing camera angles.Here, award-winning professional Manga artist Sonia Leong and a collective of acclaimed creators lay bare the expert techniques that you need, from essential drawing tips to designing characters, painting vivid illustrations and exciting storyt...

Turn your love of animals into art you adore!From her family farm in Kentucky, artist Jeanne Filler Scott spends her days joyfully surrounded by pets, barnyard animals and wildlife. In this book, she shares her love of animals and her easy techniques for capturing their beauty and charm in acrylics, oils and pencil.• 50 paint-along projects--complete with reference photos, color lists and illustrated step-by-step directions.• Simple ...

Jump start your creativity with Zentangle®, the mindful and meditative drawing style that is taking the world by storm! This indispensible guide to tangled lettering will get you started in a relaxing, confidence-boosting, and totally addictive art form. Packed with patterns, practice exercises, and a charmingly tangled alphabet, AlphaTangle, Expanded Workbook Edition is the perfect addition to any letter-lover's library. You don't need to be a calligrapher to create awesome drawi...

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Here are a multitude of ways to help you move outside your comfort zone and into the realm of heightened creativity for when you need an inspiration boost.Beginning and advanced artists alike have experienced "artist's block" at some point in their endeavors. Now artists can turn to this book in their time of need. Artist's Block Cured! provides a stimulating array of ideas for beating blank canvas syndrome and conquering other creative ailments. Broken dow...

Digital technology has not only revolutionized the way designers work, but also the kinds of designs they produce. The development of the computer as a design environment has encouraged a new breed of digital designer; keen to explore the unique creative potential of the computer as an input/output device.Data-driven Graphic Design introduces the creative potential of computational data and how it can be used to inform and create everything from typography, print and movin...

Industrial Hydraulic Systems provides an in-depth coverage of conventional hydraulic systems encompassing ? fixed-displacement pumps, control valves, and actuators as well as the most modern hydraulic systems encompassing highly efficient variable-displacement pumps, electro-hydraulic proportional valves and/or servo valves with integrated electronics. The coverage is further supplemented by many typical hydraulic and electro-hydraulic circuits. Details of di?fferent types of auxiliary dev...

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on enamelling metal, with interesting historical information, simple instructions, comprehensive explanations, helpful tips, and more. It was originally designed for artists, art connoisseurs, and young art students who enjoy enamelling and know something of its basics. Although old, “The Art Of Enameling Upon Metal” contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable utility to modern readers with a practical interest in th...