There are a lot of great suggestions here already, but I'd like to add fashion books. I'm talking like those big coffee table books on historical fashion or specific designers. Stuff like 19th Centry Fashion in Detail or Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. They can get a little pricey but I've found that there's a fair selection of those sorts of books at my local library.

For inspiration on trends, I like to go to fast fashion websites (large inventory, often refreshed) that do more full-outfit styling on their stock photos like ASOS and see what sorts of elements are recurring and how I feel about the styling.

As many people have mentioned already, Pinterest isn't great for up-to-date trend inspiration but I like to use it for more mood-based or non-fashion-based inspiration like botanical inspired fashion. I recommend keeping an entirely separate pinterest account for fashion stuff and using it frequently to get better recommendations. I also make sure to add my own pins to boards periodically from shop photos or instagram and that seems to help with getting more recent-looking pins.

For direct outfit inspiration on instagram I mostly just follow the #redditffa tag. I've yet to find any larger tags that are not completely polluted with referral links and shops.

Hey there. You got a lot of recommendations for the channel but since you mentioned your love of Lynch I thought I would throw a couple films to that may interest you and reminded me a little about Lynch.

Under The Skin-is an incredible, somewhat minimalist sci-fi film. It doesn't have the wit of Lynch but the alien scenes have a little bit of an abstract, horror bent that reminded me of the more intense red room/bob scenes. In some ways I feed this is how Lynch would portray aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcR5KHjoc-0

Second is Holy Motors. This is a wonderful film that to me mixes the humour, bizarreness, and creativity I love in the best of Lynch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWu9WjEcdbk&list=PLCJeOyMTQAFiSgL22VKyOf1Ug22nZgIVI&index=17&t=0s

Finally if you love Lynch, I'd suggest exploring his art and writing. The recent book giving an overview of his work is wonderful and really a great price: https://www.amazon.com/David-Lynch-Someone-My-House/dp/3791384708/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=someone+is+in+my+house&qid=1566404356&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I felt so sorry for him that year, because I was one of the very few people (and the only journalist) that had a chance to interact with him in a professional manner and talk about a lot of fascinating things (like his early comic strips/pre-Joker era works, his relationship with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster & how Neal Adams was there to support them during their legal difficulties over the rights to Superman in the 70's).

And his stories were amazing too: he almost met Heath Ledger on the set of The Dark Knight, but the timing wasn't right and then there were some scheduling problems that prevented Heath from meeting Mr. Robinson, which is a shame.

He was very fond of the TAS & 1989 Jokers because they reflected his personal philosophy (flashy personality, fearless gangster, imaginative ways of dealing with his victims, very unusual view of the world) & said that he very much enjoyed the Brave & The Bold cartoon because it was contextually and aesthetically in the same vein as his, Dick Sprang, Curt Swan, Bill Finger and many other classic artists' stories that were published at DC Comics at the time.

He was very, very happy that this character of his that they originally planned to kill of in the very first issue of his initial appearance, because they didn't believe that he would become iconic or popular, got to live and to prosper, not to mention the fact that Mr. Robinson was very much pleased with the way he evolved over the years (from his initial concept that mixed certain images and ideas from the gangster genre/Poe's Red Death from The Masque of the Red Death/Gwynplaine from the 1928 film) and that he truly transcended his original comic book appearance and how he never stops reinventing himself.

He was totally okay with what Bill Finger did with the very first Red Hood story and found Alan Moore's later iteration quite interesting (although he was concerned that it sort of made the Joker way too violent), even though he was always concerned about preserving the character's aura of mystery.

In any case, I would like to recommend you all to check these amazing books out, it's great if you want to find out more information about Mr. Robinson's personal journey & development:

1. https://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Joker-Adventures-Comic-Art/dp/1506702252

2. https://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Robinson-N-C-Christopher-Couch/dp/0810977648

My several month old list: Fashion Podcasts and Interviews

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I've been collecting a few podcasts to listen to in my spare time and came across an enormous amount when searching both on /r/malefashionadvice, /r/malefashion and /r/femalefashionadvice.

I thought it'd be nice to share a few I've found which were interesting and which other people can enjoy.

I know my fashion interests can definitely skew to the boring, so if you have any more suggestions please comment below!

Podcasts & Youtube:

• Dressed podcast run by two fashion historians this weekly podcast explores the incredibly rich and complex history behind the clothes we wear.
  
  
• Stuff you Missed in History Class which is part of the HowStuffWorks podcast network has some great episodes on fashion history, Marie-Antoinette and the first fashion designer Rose Betin. Search 'fashion' for some good hits.
  
  
• The Ultimate Fashion History is run by another fashion historian who produces great original content.
  
  
• Loose Threads this fashion intelligence and analyst company also has a nice podcast which talks about power suiting to product manufacturer.
  
  
• Unravel is done by three alumni of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) graduate program who take a fresh and more modern approach to their topics. They go in-depth with their podcasts and have nice light hearted tone.
  
  
• The Talks has a wealth of good interviews with people in all walks of life, and there’s a good chunk of interviews of people in fashion. Here are a few selected ones: Tom Ford, Rick Owens, Thom Browne and Craig Green.
  
  
• Blamo! is a podcast by Jeremy Kirkland who talks to various people in the fashion world, from designers to GQ editors to street photographers. Notable episodes include: Robert Geller and Lawrence Schlossman of Four Pins fame.
  
  
• Business of Fashion has their own podcast section which takes fashion from a business perspective. The website as a whole is great. Original articles are informative and they have an indispensible Daily Digest worth going through. Site has a soft paywall.
  
  

  Others:
  

  
  

• Racked even though they have a lot of fluff articles and have to pull a lot of clickbait stunts the writers over at Racked occasionally write some really insightful articles on topics about garments, the industry or the politics of clothing and fashion.
  
  
• Google: We Wear Culture has a project centered around 'Fashion' titled "the stories behind what we wear". It has a lot of fascinating text and articles accompanied with beautiful images. They collaborate with notable several museums and brands.
  
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  Sources and thanks to:
  
  
• Early Morning Thursdays: Podcasts and Interviews by /u/setfiretoflames
  
• /r/AskHistorians flaired users' pages and sidebar
  
• An amazing amount of discussions and recommendations on /r/malefashionadvice, /r/malefashion and /r/femalefashionadvice
  
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  /u/setfiretoflames booklist Well Regarded Fashion Books: A Community List
  
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  Hey, want to get a nice coffee table book? Let’s make a list of some of our favorites.
  
  Note: I don’t own all of these, some are off friends’ recommendations, and some are for books that haven’t even come out yet. They are mostly in Amazon links for ease of use, but none of the links are affiliate ones (and any that are found in the thread will be removed).
  
  Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
  
  Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
  
  Ann Demeulemeester
  
  Blue Blooded
  
  BEAMS: Beyond Tokyo
  
  The Carhartt WIP Archives
  
  Dries Van Noten 1-100
  
  Hiroshi Fujiwara: Fragment
  
  Maison Martin Margiela
  
  Margiela: The Hermès Years
  
  Martin Margiela: The Women’s Collections 1989-2009
  
  Rei Kawakubo
  
  Rick Owens
  
  Rick Owens: Furniture
  
  Take Ivy
  
  Undercover
  
  Vintage Menswear
  
  Yamamoto & Yohji
  
  Yohji Yamamoto

Uncategorized:

Thoughts On Design: Paul Rand


Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design

How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul

100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design

Paul Rand

Paul Rand: Conversations with Students

Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design

Bauhaus

The Vignelli Canon

Vignelli From A to Z

Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible

It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World's Best Selling Book

Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)

Josef Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design

Popular Lies About Graphic Design

100 Ideas that Changed Art

100 Diagrams That Changed the World

Basics Design 08: Design Thinking

Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965

Lella and Massimo Vignelli (Design is One)

The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice

History of the Poster

How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics

George Lois: On His Creation of the Big Idea

Milton Glaser: Graphic Design

Sagmeister: Made You Look

Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?

Things I have learned in my life so far

Covering the '60s: George Lois, the Esquire Era

Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

[Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration]
(http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812993012/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=VEJ64Y4T0U6J&coliid=I1WMMNNLTRBQ9G)

Graphic Design Thinking (Design Briefs)

I Used to Be a Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then and Now

The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design

Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills

Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference

Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Envisioning Information

The elements of dynamic symmetry

The elements of content strategy

Corporate Diversity: Swiss graphic design and advertising

Book Design: a comprehensive guide

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

The Bringhurst Bible

James Victore's book is amazing. It's a quick read but is packed with inspiration.

Envisioning Information is great for info design.

Megg's History of Graphic Design


The rest of these I haven't read yet, but here is a list of things I currently have on my amazon wish list:

Some People Can't Surf by Art Chantry

Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by Jennifer Bass

Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design by Michael Bierut

Damn Good Advice by George Lois

How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy

How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer by Debbie Millman

The Design of Dissent by Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilic

Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State by Steven Heller

NICE! Thanks for the heads up u/tchokey! Been hoping for something like this for a while

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Here's the synopsis if anyone wants it:

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The definitive monograph on the fashion of Rick Owens--one of the most daring and influential designers working today--this book documents over a decade of sublime, iconic styles.


Since the establishment of his label in 1994, Rick Owens has transformed global fashion with his provocative clothing and subversive style. Distinguished by his grunge-meets-glamour aesthetic and defiant anti-fashion stance, Owens created a dark fashion empire that has accrued a devoted international following which gravitates toward the brand's sublime tailoring, somber palette, mystical layers, and gritty elegance.


Filled with photographs of Owens's most impressive looks from the last decade, this volume is conceived as a celebration of the Rick Owens aesthetic, approximating with printing effects some of the mystery and detailing associated with the brand. Iconic imagery taken from Owens's seminal lookbooks provides a unique look at the output of design from an artist who is at once comfortable with developing technologies and respectful of traditional approaches.


With principal photography by Danielle Levitt--who achieved considerable acclaim for her social-realist images--this book is essential for lovers of avant-garde fashion, photography, and design.

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https://www.amazon.com/Rick-Owens/dp/084786622X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Rick+Owens+Fashion&qid=1562049468&s=gateway&sr=8-1

here are some of my favorite art books,
Malvina Hofman races of man kind she is an amazing sculptress and this book highlights her creation of 91 sculptures for the Chicago field museum exhibit in 1930.
The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh the way he speaks about painting and color is amazing
any book with the drawings of the old masters, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, growing up with them as abase for drawing will only make her a better artist.
Jean-Antoine Houdon an aming sculptor, his busts are outstanding!
Félix González-Torres 2nd Edition one of my favoriate artist but it might be over her head as his work deals alot with the 90's, AIDs, and homosexuality during that time in america and many other issues, but he is an incredible example of modern art that is layered and deeply moving.
Caravaggio: A Life i think this is the bib on Caravaggio i read almost 10 years ago it was good,
Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece great read about art theft.
hope this helps,

Allow me to take the shotgun approach, seeing as how you didn't give us much information about what she likes:

If she likes anime: Totoro is pretty cool or something a little more 'traditional'. Maybe buy her an anime series box set.

If she likes jewelry: Stuff from here or here

If she likes art: This is a great book or perhaps some designer toys? Also, art prints are fantastic too, though you will have to buy the print and frame it (fragile).

If she likes music: Buy her an album that she doesn't own. If she is an audiophile and uses a record player, than buy it in the form of an LP if possible.

Also, it is October and she is in Germany (i.e. Oktoberfest), so if she likes beer then buy her a German stein or something similarly themed.

Wow thanks for the answer. I'm amazed that I could get such advice from a simple post.

The stick approach is something I discovered looking at Matisse
I was always losing myself in details and never focusing on the whole. This helped immensely in my process. I also noticed a lot of people tackle this process with a projector and rendering it bit by bit. But I didn't feel this would learn me that much. I treated the enormous paper as a sketchbook page that needs enlarged tools to do so. Now it's very rewarding experience that I can draw portraits from people posing for me.

Interesting you write about adding and subtracting mass. I recently graduated in architecture but to learn to draw portrait I had to turn off all that spatial/constructional/sculptural thinking from model making to really see values, contours and negative space. I hope by adding it back in it will help me in future projects.

Hair is something where I have a real issue with. I always start off trying do it very detailed to then realise it sucks, erase it and go roughly about it with some tones. A lot of books and teachers say that the haircut is an extension of the face but it doesn't seem to stick with me. Maybe seeing it as shapes will help me.

The background I'm also not sold one entirely. I wanted something else but eventually defaulted to the strategy of adding a dark tone next to a light (hair).

Thanks for again for the advice. It always helps to get some kind words to keep going. For practising proportions I was interested in the Bargue excercises. But I don't know if it is really helpful to copy away for 200 pages.

Which artists would you say you like most? Would you ever like to create artwork in a similar fashion?

I think you dodged a bullet by not getting into the design college. I know plenty of recent graduates who found it to be a waste of time and money, not to mention not finding any decent work.

If you can afford it, I would highly suggest buying the Drawing Course by Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme. It will give you great advances in drawing skills that you can apply to any sort of drawing. You could easily draw one plate once per day, or even week.

At the very least, you could devote 15 minutes per day, just sketching whatever catches your fancy. You got a new puppy, sketch him! Also, don't feel like you have to share your sketchbook with anyone. I found that by being very particular about who I show my sketches to, I can be more free to make necessary mistakes without worrying about scrutiny. Critiques are definitely overrated, especially if you can see what mistakes you've made. I know if what I drew was crappy, I don't need others to tell me.

Remember that you will have days where you draw really well and days where you draw like complete crap. You did a drawing, that's all that matters. The more practice you get, the better you'll be. Even artists who've been selling art for decades still need to practice often to keep their skills sharp.

A side note: Artwork that has agriculture and livestock as the subject tend to sell really well in certain markets. So if that's something that interests you, it may prove lucrative!

Learning art is a marathon, so here are some suggestions to help with motivation for the long haul:

• Read artist’s biographies. Get in another artist’s head and find out how they do/did it. I like de Kooning: An American Master.
  
  
  
• Visit art museums. Take a notebook or sketchbook, and when you see artwork you really like, write down the artist’s name and find out more about them and their style. Most museum bookstores carry books on the artists in their museum and inexpensive posters of their artwork. (Hanging posters in your drawing space is inspirational too.)
  
  
  
• Attend local gallery openings. Being around other artists and people who like art is exciting and motivating.
  
  
  
• Purge those demons. Keep a journal that is purely stream of consciousness writing and unstructured. Fill a notebook then shred or burn it. (See The Artist’s Way below.)
  
  
  More good reads that will help you learn why you want to draw and why you are having trouble being motivated:
  
  
  
• The Path by Laurie Beth Jones. “Using the simple process Laurie outlines in this book, you will be instructed in how to actually write your Personal Mission Statement for Life.”
  
  
  
• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. “…the seminal book on the subject of creativity.”
  
  
  
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. “The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success.”
  
  
  Bonus Points:
  
  
  
• Write an art statement, vision statement, mission statement and set short-term and long-term goals.

Best gift I've received: I am a bit of an Alexander McQueen (fashion designer) freak. About three years ago, I mentioned to my boyfriend that I wanted this book about his work. It is a rather expensive book, and I never splurged on it for myself. For my last birthday, my boyfriend gave it to me. He remembered that book for three years! I cried. :)

Best gift I've given: I think the best gift I've given was to my mother. She collects "old Santas" - not those little models or dolls you can find in Joann Fabrics, but old antique things with Santa on them. She has a Santa cake mold from the 1930s, for example. Once while browsing in Goodwill, I got extremely lucky and found a very old silver Santa music box. She loves it, and he's become the centerpiece of her collection!

On typography:

• The Elements of Typographic Style, the Bible of Typography.
  
• Thinking with Type, a nice overview of how type works.
  
• Detail in Typography, on the finer points of type.
  
  On grids:
  
  
• Raster Systeme, by the eminent expert of the Swiss School.
  
• Making and Breaking the Grid, a modern update on the timeless grid.
  
  On colour:
  
  
• The Art of Color, a classic on color.
  
• Interaction of Color, another classic text on color (theory).
  
  On usability:
  
  
• Don't Make Me Think, a classic on web usability.
  
• The Design of Everyday Things, a general usability Urtext.
  
• Understanding Comics, a great primer from an unlikely field.
  
  On information design:
  
  
• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, the master at work.
  
  On inspiration:
  
  
• How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer, inspiration from the field.
  
• How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul
  
  On theory:
  
  
• What is a designer, philosophical musings, existential questions.
  
• Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field, theoretical backgrounds on the craft.
  
  On history:
  
  
• Meggs' History of Graphic Design, a canonical classic.
  
• Graphic Design: A New History, an alternative narrative.
  
  Monographs:
  
  
• From Lascaux to Brooklyn, the inimitable Paul Rand.
  
• Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design, the art of Saul Bass.
  
• Tibor Kalman, Perverse Optimist, the exceptional work of Mr Kalman.

Oh, I forgot! If you're interested in drawing people, get a copy of Bridgeman's Guide to Drawing from Life, and any other Bridgeman books you can get your hands on. He draws in a way that's very exaggerated and bizarre looking, but it's to emphasize subtleties that you wouldn't otherwise know to look for. Don't be fooled, he's a master at depicting the human figure in all its subtle glory. Definitely grab a copy; it's one of the few books it's worth dropping some money on as a beginner. Check around on ebay etc. or see if you can find a PDF somewhere (I think it's in the public domain). If you really want to hit your life drawing skills hard, pick up The Charles Bargue Drawing Course. It's co-authored by Gerome, and is the method that Van Gogh used to teach himself art. It's not much fun, though, and a bit difficult to do without direction, so you may want to take a year or two and see how serious you want to get about things.

EDIT: Also, be very selective with what you read and look at. There's a LOT of shitty art out there, and just because it's published doesn't mean it's good. Teach yourself to look for good art, and art that you want to emulate. Something like this may look good on its own, but it's not very proficient, which becomes noticeable when you compare it to this piece by my instructor. Don't be fooled, the fact that you're a beginner doesn't mean you shouldn't be selective about who you take advice from. Obviously hardcore expressive realism may not be your game, but find what you like, and then figure out what is the best stuff in that area and look at it as much as you can.

Here are a few books that will help, but are far from "definitive," there hasn't been a single book like that released for Eva as far as I'm aware (at least not in English).

• The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side A - covers episodes 1-13 of the original show.
  
  
• The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side B - covers the rest of the show and End of Eva.
  
  
• Der Mond - An art book of Eva that covers Sadamoto in particular. It features outside pieces of his work, but does focus (~75 pages worth) on Eva. The remainder is actually his other works for Gainax.
  
  
• Evangelion Chronicle: Illustrations - a Second art book that focuses on the production work, illustrations, and other art elements of the show and the Rebuild movies.
  
  And that's about it. There are interviews with Anno and such, and EvaGeeks has several of them archived. The mangas done by Sadamoto do feature production notes about changes he made from the show, and what his thoughts are on what Eva represents and such. So there's another 14 volumes, or you can get the omnibuses, of which there are 5.
  
  Other than that, the only other production material I have is all from source material in Japanese - the Laserdiscs came with some really great stuff that I'm translating atm.
  
  Hope this helps!

I just saw your pic on imgur and clicked into the reddit comments (I'm usually a not-logged-in-silent-lurker ;) Not too shabby! I was going to remain silent, per usual, but I'm also a classical painter (well neo-classical, I guess?) and the way you're describing wanting to start drawing is actually the way I draw. The craziest and most helpful advice I can think to tell you is to get blending paper stumps, and NEVER THROW THEM AWAY. The nastier they are, the better. I've had the same ones since college. Use them instead of trying to force pencils to do light shading. Basically you'll be shading with residue from all of your other drawings.

oh, and get a copy of this http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Bargue-Jean-L%C3%83%C2%A9-G%C3%83%C2%A9r%C3%83me-Ackerman/dp/2867702038/ref=dp_ob_title_bk post haste

and good luck :)

In the meantime, draw everything. Everything. EVERYTHING.

Keep a sketch book with you always! Draw people waiting for the bus, cars parked outside, city blocks, landscapes, trees, ideas, concepts, doodles, nonsense.

Take pictures of things and use them for reference. Constantly! Can't figure out how an arm looks like in a certain pose, get someone to pose the same way and take a shot with your phone. Its not "cheating" and most artists worth their salt will stare at you like you're insane if you told them to do a large scale project with no live or photo references.

Go to figure drawing meetups. There's usually some at art schools or in any big city. You will be terrible at first but drawing people is a good way to train your eye.

Copy your favorite artist. Not just draw from, but try to copy a whole piece of art, from start to finish, line for line, as closely as possible. Do this a lot! It will help you understand why they put this thing there, and put that thing here, and drew that thing like this.

Its the same reason musicians practice other people's work before they start composing their own!

Figure out who their influence are, and do the same thing with them.

If you're looking for books to get you started, here are some good ones.

Austin Spare, often called the greatest magician who ever lived, supposedly could do anything he wanted, but ultimately didn't want much of anything. Even he said something to this effect when asked why he was such a great artist but peaked in his teens and languished in poverty and obscurity forever after. His answer was pretty much "perhaps this is what I want." The new biography forwarded by Alan Moore is definitely a good read.

It's in the first few pages of his book, 'Wall and Piece'. You can see part of the paragraph in the preview.

As well as 'Banksy's Bristol: Home Sweet Home' by Steve Wright.

Here in Gaza for example you can see the children are clearly stenciled, a hand painted white base with a black stencil over the top While the edges of the 'cracks' have running paint as if it was done too close by hand.

Apple is offering this book in 13" x 16.25" for $299 for 450 pages, a plain white embossed cover, and maybe a dust jacket, but none shown in the photos. Sample photos appear to have ample white space, which is a great way to compose these photos, but it also cuts down on printing costs. It's worth noting that the pages and the cover are cut flush, which is a nice detail, but it's not a $100 detail.

Gustav Klimt: Complete Paintings in 12.5" x 18" is list price $200 for 676 pages, which includes several foiled pages. This book cost more to print than the Apple book, period.

The complete Da Vinci in 10" x 15" is list price $70 for 700 pages. This is probably closer to the quality of the Apple book.

Frank Lloyd Wright is 13" x 10" is list price $70 for 500 pages. This is pretty comparable in size to the smaller, $200 apple book (10.2" x 12.75").

If you have the chance, pick up a copy of "The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss". http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-Art-Dr-Seuss/dp/0679434488/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330789269&sr=8-1 It has lots of his artwork that was never meant for his books, and shows the true, slightly twisted, spirit of Ted Geisel. The "Man-Trap" is naughtily excellent, and my favourite painting of his, "A Plethora of Cats", has a great back story.

Powerful imagery here. Much like his entire gallery!

Then again he has those few sprays that are lighthearted in nature.

Check this book out, Wall and Piece, for his legacy works! I have read it myself can review it with 5 stars eaasy. It sheds beautiful light on the underground art of graffiti.

Just pick the subjects you're most interested in, and buy the most beautiful books you can find on them. Depending on how open you are about your interests (say, some are too nerdy for regular people?), this can really be anything. I mean, I would proudly display this, had I a coffee table on which to display it, but were I more shy about my anime interests then I would probably go more towards this or this.

Really, all I can say is look for books that represent you. Unless you're hoping for one-night-stands, in which case look for books that represent the you you want other people to see. Even for that I wouldn't know what to suggest, you're being rather vague.

This looks like it was a study done following the methods laid out in the Charles Bargue Drawing Course.
Here's the book on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Bargue-Drawing-Gerald-Ackerman/dp/2867702038

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I'm not sure of the exact terminology, but you'd basically do a simple lay-in (like a simplified version of the body), heavily measured from your reference. Then you go in and add or remove shapes making the forms more complex.
The process would be similar to this but on a larger scale: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0319/2345/files/bargue_2_large.jpg?589

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Hope that helps.

There is a good biography Austin Osman Spare: The Occult Life of London's Legendary Artist by Phil Baker. I thought the most notable thing about him was that he seemed fascinated with his own imagination. Artists with exceptional access to the psyche run a great risk of becoming entranced by their own soul. It is possible to gain the creative powers of the dreaming mind but turning that into art isn't easy because you are trying to make use of a ability beyond conscious invention.

Check out [Bargue's Drawing Course] (http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Bargue-Jean-L%C3%A9on-G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me-Ackerman/dp/2867702038) . The original course was put together by Charles Bargue and Jean Leon Gerome in the 19th century intended for training students at french academies / decorative arts schools. The book consists of many plates of lithographs made after famous greek/roman sculpture and drawings by various masters.

It teaches the artist how to begin a drawing such as this one by blocking in simple shapes and gradually refining those shapes, eventually into light and dark. The final drawings can be quite complex.

There is zero concern with perspective in this approach, which is entirely devoted to developing the artist's ability to draw from his or her visual field. Objects are not seen as 3 dimensional, but as a collection of 2 dimensional shapes that the artist must reproduce. The course is also concerned with instilling s classical taste in the student. It is also a great prelude to drawing a physical cast.

If he doesn't like Wacom, I'm guessing he is one designer that loves the artcraft of something material and not digital.

Books! Hardcover offcourse.
http://www.amazon.com/Saul-Bass-Life-Film-Design/dp/1856697525
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Archives-Alison-Castle/dp/3836508893

or other special books of people he likes.

Thanks, this looks like a great read!
For those looking it up: Hieronymus Bosch. the Complete Works.
ISBN 3836538350
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3836538350

Although I haven't read Wildlife of Star Wars, I'd recommend Animals Real and Imagined. It's by the same author/artist, Terryl Whitlatch. It's not specifically of futuristic animals, but it is a good collection of drawings and paintings of real animals, imagined realistic animals and stylized characters. There are also some studies of animal anatomy, which I find quite interesting to see. My personal favourite animal from the book is Duncan the pug-o-pus!

This is also a really great book, you can download a PDF too :)

http://www.amazon.com/Net-Being-Alex-Grey/dp/159477384X
Net of Being is a great read. I've been wanting to check out Be Here Now by Ram Dass, and I'm waiting on my friend to come through town with his copy.

It's all in his book Wall and Piece (it'll be the best purchase you've done all week). Wikipedia has some good background information about him too.

I'll copy some of my comment from a similar post.

There's Der Mond and Die Sterne, both artbooks of Evangelion.

As far as figures, the Soul of Chogokin line is absolutely marvelous. Unfortunately, most of them are hard or impossible to find. Rebuild EVA-00 is still available at original price. Original EVA-00 is available at a vastly increased price, and EVA-02 is even more expensive. If you find them anywhere else, the Spec XS line is preferable (original Evas 00-04 were released on the older GX line; less posable, coloring's a little too shiny). If you find EVA-01, look for the Renewal version (it fixes a manufacturing error; it's XS-01R instead of XS-01).

Edit: Looks like EVA-00 is back at its usual price on Amazon.

Old man You paint the wall, you make it look beautiful

Me Thanks

Old man We don't want it to be beautiful, we hate this wall, go home

From Banksy's Wall and Piece

If anyone is curious about the drawing book at 37:35, it's called Cours de Dessin (Drawing Course) by Charles Bargue

Edit: I got that book for Christmas after putting it on my Amazon Wishlist. It's fascinating!

This is a fantastic book about de Kooning but it also goes into a lot of art history and shows why these guys were able to change the face of art.
de Kooning: An American Master https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375711163/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DXJiybSN10009

It is not just a great biography, it's one of the best books I've ever read.

Yes, he did. One of my BiLs gave me his book a few years ago, and it's in there. One of my favorite parts of the book is the back cover. The following quote is on there:

"There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover" - Metropolitan Police Spokesperson

ETA: Here's a link to the book, BTW. It's very good. http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137872

If you're interested Taschen recently published a H Bosch complete works art book.

It really is fantastic with fold out double page spreads of his artwork. Bought one on release day, link here

http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137864

It's a pretty good read!

Design is much more a "why" rather than "how" sector.

People here will disagree with me, but they're wrong.

You're designing solely for a client, and it drops into so many things, Target market, competition analysis, colour theory. Especially if you want to go into UX, where the thought behind anything is just as important as the end product. We're problem solvers, we answer questions through design, colour and form.

If you're looking to learn the tools, you also need to learn the thought. The "why" behind the "how".

Being able to do a 5 minute job in illustrator because you know the tools doesn't really matter if you don't know why you're placing things and creating things.


If you're doing tutorials, make sure you're reading.


Logo Design Love

How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things...

A Smile In The Mind

I'd recommend these three, they're primarily logo and branding design books, but the fundamentals that they cover translate into every facet of Visual Communication.

You can see the Banksy quote from the Amazon listing for the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137872/

I'm pretty sure an agent just called the MET, spoke to someone in their press department and then just printed whatever they said for comic effect.

Great collection! Might I suggest this: https://smile.amazon.com/David-Lynch-Someone-My-House/dp/3791384708/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=david+lynch+art+book&qid=1564155931&s=gateway&sr=8-

This is a pretty good beginning book: https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Head-Figure-Jack-Hamm/dp/0399507914

if you've very serious about this and want to do realistic renderings, I would try practicing with bargue plates for a while: https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Bargue-Jean-L%C3%A9on-G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me-Ackerman/dp/2867702038/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467062406&sr=1-1&keywords=barque

His Wall and Piece book is great too

https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137872/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ON0BK1SOYNYU&keywords=banksy+wall+and+piece&pldnSite=1&qid=1550583706&s=gateway&sa-no-redirect=1&sprefix=banksy+wa%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-1

I just brought his book... it's amazing!

Banksy likes to juxtapose contrasting imagery, e.g anarchist throwing flowers rather than molotovs, war machines with bow ties, infantrymen painting peace symbols and so on.

Here's its original context http://imgur.com/h9F17RD

We perused this book for ideas http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137872

Halfway through Michael Bierut's How To and really enjoying it. Lots of pictures, wide range of topics.

It is helpful to make you more accurate. However most people dont spend the correct amount of time on them. They are suppose to take hours and hours and hours of refinement making them super accurate. The project book is here but it has slowly gotten more and more expensive it seems. or maybe it was always this expensive its just shocking me for the second time i look at it lol.
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Bargue-Jean-L%C3%A9on-G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me-Ackerman/dp/2867702038

Ooooo that's a good one. So far it's between that and an art book I found.

For a biography I suggest This one

you can find works here
and some more here.

If you like Liber Null I suggest picking up Frater U.'.D.'.'s book on sigils. Which can also be found here

Hey, Geisel liked and drew them himself. See? You should check out The Secret Art of Doctor Seuss.

Hopefully, sundogdayze can get some cheap prices from the printer. But if we go with Blurb my vote is on the 8" x 10" Portrait softcover.

In my head, I have this turning out sort of like Banksy's Wall and Piece.

The only thing I can think of that had skeletons and musculature was "Animals Real and Imagined" by Terryl Whitlatch.

PS: It might help to scroll down and watch the video review, as there aren't any inside photos otherwise.

Any kind of art by Alex Grey, like a calendar or framed poster or art book.

I'm going to throw out a different idea than what's already been suggested: maybe get them a book related to the fashions they enjoy? Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is incredible, although it's a little on the pricey side. I'm sure you can find something cheaper, though.

I have this. Its got character concepts and some stuff from other Anno/Sadamoto works like Wings of the Hommeniase

Der Mond: The Art of Neon Genesis Evangelion https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421507676/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_U22YBbD78C8QE

if i put my kindle out on the table, nobody picks it up and sparks a conversation worth having. leave out Alex Grey's Net of Being and now you got a stew going baby!

Wall and Piece by Banksy.

'Wall and Piece by Banksy

In case anyone else was wondering what this is (as I was) it's the back cover of Banksy's book, Wall and Piece.

In case anybody's interested

[Here you go.] (http://www.amazon.com/Der-Mond-Neon-Genesis-Evangelion/dp/1421507676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406908227&sr=8-1&keywords=der+mond)

Link to book: http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137872

Confirmed.
https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137872/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475243948&sr=1-1&keywords=banksy+wall+and+piece
(Click the second thumbnail below the cover photo)

How to By:Michael Bierut

The Vignelli Canon By: Massimo Vignelli (free PDF)

The book in question

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss.

Examples.

yes

Cars

Photography

Comic Books 1, 2

Apple

LEGO's

American Football

PostSecret

Video Games

Vinyl

Warhol

Outdoors

Star Wars

Motorcycles

The Dark Knight

Paris

Interior Design

World Atlas

Banksy

Wes Anderson

Tribal Cultures

Playboy

Girls

Libraries

The Cosmos

The Beetles

Travel

Preppy

Steve McQueen

The Moon

And a book.

More in this book. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wall-Piece-Banksy/dp/1844137864

Most of these are more Image than Text.

Hedi Slimane: Anthology of a Decade

Rick Owens

Ann Demeulemeester

Dries Van Noten

Pharrell: Places and Spaces I've Been

Supreme

Raf Simons

KAWS

Hedi Slimane: Rock Diary

Undercover

Alexander McQueen: Savage Diary

Yves Saint Laurent

Vanity Fair 100 Years: From the Jazz Age to Our Age

Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion, and Architecture

Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style

Dior Couture

Tom Ford

Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out by Marc Ecko

Sneaker Tokyo vol.2 'Hiroshi Fujiwara'

Bape

Hiroshi Fujiwara: Fragment

Charles Bargue http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Bargue-Jean-L%C3%A9on-G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me-Ackerman/dp/2867702038

Godfried Bammes "Die Gestalt Menschen" http://www.amazon.ca/Die-Gestalt-Menschen-Gottfried-Bammes/dp/3862300013 or Der nackte Mensch