Tweens and teens will love drawing the outrageous monsters lurking in Manga Monster Madness. There's no need to fear putting pencil on paper with: 50 easy-to-follow lessons for drawing everything from aliens and mutants to the supernatural; Tips and advice on drawing basics like colour theory, shading and anatomy; Fun sidebars listing each monster's name, origin and legend; This is the only book on the market designed to teach 11 to 16-year-olds how to draw monsters. Combining basic drawing instruction with the wildly popular Manga style, it's sure to be a hit.
Manga Fantasy Madness: Over 50 Basic Lessons for Drawing Warriors, Wizards, Monsters and more
The perfect guide for manga fans, as well as anyone looking to explore the world's most popular art style, "Manga Fantasy Madness" provides essential instruction for drawing a wide variety of fantasy characters and settings. It features over 50 easy-to-follow dynamic demonstrations using pencil, coloured pencil and markers, and includes hundreds of action-packed illustrations of popular manga fantasy characters - knights, wizards, elves, princesses and more - for easy reference and idea generation. The guide shares added instruction on shapes and 3-D forms, as well as shading,
In the Land of Invented Languages - Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius
Efforts to make language simpler, clearer, less divisive and more truthful have backfired spectacularly, to judge by this delightful tour of linguistic hubris. Linguist Okrent explores some of the themes and shortcomings of 900 years worth of artificial languages. She surveys philosophical languages that order all knowledge into self-evident systems that turn out to be bizarrely idiosyncratic; symbol languages of supposedly crystalline pictographs that are actually bafflingly opaque...
Something is happening to the residents of Haven, Maine. Something that gives everyone in the small town powers no human should have, turning Haven into a death trap for outsiders-and plunging the town into the depths of madness ...
A political assassin is ready to make his move. The police department's only clue is a single, perfectly typed, bomb threat. In a few days, the corruption of one cop - and the madness of an assassin - could blow the whole city sky high. Featuring the regular cast from the "Badge of Honor" series.
