DreamScapes Myth & Magic: Create Legendary Creatures and Characters in Watercolor

DreamScapes Myth & Magic: Create Legendary Creatures and Characters in Watercolor Review

Paint something magical!

Dreamscapes Myth & Magic

Creating Legendary Creatures & Characters

Open this book, and enter a realm where fantasy springs to life in dreamlike colors, luscious textures and graceful compositions. Continuing the journey of the original Dreamscapes, this second book by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law explores—in words and beautiful watercolor imagery—more legends of the sea, sky and earth. Learn Stephanie’s secrets for calling forth maidens, mermaids and bewitching moonlight … for evoking dragons, enchantresses and tricksters … for turning seeds of legend and lore into spellbinding characters, creatures and settings.

· Follow along with 13 full step-by-step demonstrations to create unicorns, tree spirits, witches and other iconic fantasy figures.

· Discover a wealth of techniques for painting mermaid scales, Phoenix feathers, glowing dragon eyes, flowing gowns, silken hair and a host of other dazzling effects.

· Get inspired by the ancient origins and folktales behind each mystical being.

What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character

What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character Review

Young people need guidance from caring adults to build strong, positive character traits—but they can also build their own. This book by the best-selling author of The Kid’s Guide to Social Action invites children and teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more.

Quotations and background information set the stage. Dilemmas challenge readers to think about, discuss, and debate positive traits. Activities invite them to explore what they stand for at school, at home, and in their communities. True stories profile real kids who exemplify positive traits; resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and Web sites.

A Child's Book of Character Building

A Child's Book of Character Building Review

Presents Bible stories and situations from daily life which demonstrate the meaning of Christian values.

Kids Draw Funny and Spooky Holiday Characters

Kids Draw Funny and Spooky Holiday Characters Review

A child's guide to drawing funny and spooky holiday characters. It contains step-by-step instructions and the lessons progress incrementally, starting with the basic head shape and anatomy and continuing through a wide range of stretching and action poses and with a variety of facial expressions. The volume also discusses how to infuse drawings with personality to make figures come to life.

The Ascent of a Leader: How Ordinary Relationships Develop Extraordinary Character and Influence

The Ascent of a Leader: How Ordinary Relationships Develop Extraordinary Character and Influence Review

A Leadership Network Publication



Become the leader people are proud to follow by opening yourself to the influences that develop character: Anduring relationships with friAnds, family, and God.Solidly based on Christian values, this practical, visionary, and hope-filled book guides readers through a step-by-step process for developing both personal character and the network of important relationships that enable character to win out, even in the face of setbacks, adversity, and temptations to take short cuts. Leadership is about character, the authors assert, and character weaves values like integrity, honesty, and selfless service into the fabric of our lives, organizations, and cultures.

The Ascent of a Leader is written for ordinary people-mothers, husbands, bosses, secretaries, pastors, teachers, and students-who want to develop extraordinary character, find and follow God's plan for their lives, and lead others where they need to go. We all have innate leadership potential. To maximize it, we must do much more than develop performance-based skills, the authors assert. We must consciously choose who and what we allow to influence us, find and develop our humility, and build Anduring relationships with colleagues, family, friAnds, and God. They offer engaging real-life examples to show how we can grow into our true potential as leaders and inspire us to "make a difference in the 21st century-in our families, our communities, our companies, our government, and even our world."



With a foreword by Ken Blanchard.

NIR! Plays: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Level 1 (24 Page Storybook, 5-Play Scripts, 4 Character Masks)

NIR! Plays: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Level 1 (24 Page Storybook, 5-Play Scripts, 4 Character Masks) Review

Not too easy and not too hard, this adaptation of a classic tale brings Goldilocks to a level that is just right for beginning readers. As they play the parts of Goldilocks, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear, kids will be gaining necessary skills to help strengthen their reading confidence and comprehension.

Each set includes Storybook, 5 Scripts & 4 Masks.

Dissolute Characters: Irish Literary History Through Balzac, Sheridan Le Fanu, Yeats and Bowen

Dissolute Characters: Irish Literary History Through Balzac, Sheridan Le Fanu, Yeats and Bowen Review

Irish literature in English commands world-wide respect, but it is rarely discussed in a comparative light. This study of the making and unmaking of character commences with Balzac's impact on nineteenth-century Irish fiction. Sheridan Le Fanu links Balzac and Swedenborg to Yeats, and anticipates Elizabeth Bowen's deployment of ghost story conventions in the 1940s.
 
Through painterly imagery, biblical quotation and the distortion of proper names, Le Fanu shows character to be a self-consuming project. Yeats' Parnell emerges as a modernist gothic hero of the 1930s. Bowen's The heat of the day anatomizes the problems of identity, bequeathed by Yeats.
 
Radically revising the idea of a gothic tradition and traversing two centuries of Irish literary history, Dissolute Characters gives a fluent and detailed account of the emerging relation between Irish culture, modernism and politics.

Iowa Curiosities, 2nd: Quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff (Curiosities Series)

Iowa Curiosities, 2nd: Quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff (Curiosities Series) Review

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!

More How To Draw Manga Volume 4: Mastering Bishoujo Characters

More How To Draw Manga Volume 4: Mastering Bishoujo Characters Review

This fourth volume in the More How to Draw Manga series presents the basic drawing techniques depending on twelve (12) types of bishoujo characters, as well as their costumes, movements, etc.

Authenticity: Living a Spiritually Healthy Life (Building Character Together)

Authenticity: Living a Spiritually Healthy Life (Building Character Together) Review

Authenticity: Living a Spiritually Healthy Life (Building Character Together) Feature

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What does it take to build character? How do you instill godly qualities inside yourself that are displayed consistently through words, actions, and attitudes that reflect what Jesus himself is like? Building Character Together takes you and your small group inside the Bible to learn character-building lessons from some of its most compelling figures. In six enjoyable, interactive sessions, each volume in this six-volume series helps you deeply explore the complex issues of developing Christian character. Combining study, discussion, and shared experiences, here is a pathway to growth both individually and as a group. Explore the lives of David, Mary Magdalene, Jacob, and other men and women of the Bible. Learn lessons from their successes and failures and from their relationships with God and other people that you can readily link to yourself and your own life circumstances. Enjoy frank discussions that draw you and other group members deeper into each others' lives. And put it all into action in a one-day group retreat, a service project, a mini-mission work, and other experiences that help you make the leap from good words to good works.

Lecciones biblicas creativas: del Antiguo Testamento: 12 Character Studies of Surprisingly Modern Men and Women (Especialidades Juveniles / Lecciones biblicas creativas) (Spanish Edition)

Lecciones biblicas creativas: del Antiguo Testamento: 12 Character Studies of Surprisingly Modern Men and Women (Especialidades Juveniles / Lecciones biblicas creativas) (Spanish Edition) Review

12 character studies of surprisingly modern men and women from the Old Testament reveal surprisingly modern emotions, decisions, and dilemmas in the lives of individuals like David and Rahab, Daniel and Ruth---all of whom ultimately love Jehovah in a way today's teens can understand. For youth workers, Sunday school teachers, and CE directors, Creative Bible Lessons from the Old Testament will help your students understand that the God who offered hope and courage to ancient history-makers still does the same for teenagers today.

Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution: Age, Position, Character, Destiny, Personality, and Ambition

Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution: Age, Position, Character, Destiny, Personality, and Ambition Review

Perhaps the foremost social analyst and journalist on Cuban affairs, Carlos Alberto Montaner has now written a definitive study of the Cuban regime from the vantage point of the Cuban dictator. This is not a history of Cuban communism but rather a personal history of its maximum leader, Fidel Castro. Montaner's extraordinary knowledge of the country and its politics prevents the work from being a psychiatric examination from afar. Indeed, if irrationalitiesexist, they are seen as built into the fabric of the regime itself, and not simply as a personality aberration.

3ds Max Modeling for Games, Second Edition: Insider's Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling: Volume I

3ds Max Modeling for Games, Second Edition: Insider's Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling: Volume I Review

The 2nd edition of Andy Gahan's 3ds Max Modeling for Games, covering the latest version of 3ds Max is here.  This book features the realistic style of art that the 1st edition covered, with six completely new chapters for the new version of the software. These newly added sections including: an Intro to 3ds Max, a new normal maps tutorial, expanded portfolio section, LOD's, a brand new environment and much more - as well as updates throughout covering latest version of Max.

The gallery will consist of a mix of inspirational concept art, and orthographics for the reader to build various models from. The book comes to us directly from successful game artists within commercial game development circles (Gahan + contributors) and consists of  tutorials that start with simpler models and gradually move up to more complex builds.  The strength of this book is that it teaches all of the important game modeling elements: character & environment modeling, mapping, texturing, basic animating of credible game characters and levels - using latest version of 3ds Max. As readers move from tutorial to tutorial, they build their own portfolio of high quality work.

Website (www.3d-for-games.com) is unique - an online forum where readers can post and answer questions about their work. In terms of developing a portfolio, online peer critiques are invaluable, and current readers have made use of this feature, in fact some have happily become the forum responders (along with Andy) to coach and develop new artists at work.  Also included: step-by-step project files for each chapter; all the relevant texture files and source photos; panoramic skies, small scene objects, bonus texture maps & models so that artists can create whole scenes very quickly without starting from scratch each time; countless examples of what's hot and what's not in 3D modeling and also enough support images and photos to keep the budding artist busy for months.  Unrivalled support in over 10,000 current posts - backing up the book with a lively forum and community of readers from all over the world, ready to help your work. 

* New, expanded tutorials (with the time they take indicated) lead readers through a character and environment from beginning to end and become more complex as the book progresses * Companion website features a robust and supportive forum where readers can get commentary on new work, develop their skills and network with games professionals--currently has over 10,000 posts * Companion website also offers all project files for tutorials and source images and photos to keep the budding artist busy for months

The Lakota Way: Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Character 2012 Wall Calendar

The Lakota Way: Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Character 2012 Wall Calendar Review

The Lakota Way 2012 wall calendar features original ledger art and sacred mask paintings from Oglala Lakota artist Donald F. Montileaux and text by author Joseph M. Marshall III. Each spread includes the Lakota names for the months, such as "When Calves Are Red" and "When Things Ripen." Marshall's text presents a traditional Lakota virtue for each month, guiding the reader along the Lakota path of wisdom.
Marshall is a teacher, historian, Lakota craftsman and writer. He has authored several screenplays in addition to fourteen books, including the highly acclaimed Walking with Grandfather, The Lakota Way and The Journey of Crazy Horse. Marshall is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and was most recently involved with the television miniseries Into the West as narrator, actor and consultant.
Donald F. Montileaux is a master ledger artist and, following in the footsteps of his forefathers, he has rekindled ledger art with a collection of striking images that capture the unique Lakota way of life.

The interior pages of this calendar are printed on 100% recycled, 50% post-consumer paper, processed chlorine free and printed with soy based inks. In addition to printing our products on recycled paper, Amber Lotus Publishing continues to plant trees and offset our carbon footprint with NativeEnergy.

Cartooning: The Ultimate Character Design Book

Cartooning: The Ultimate Character Design Book Review

Chris Hart’s how-to-draw books have sold in the several millions of copies. Now, in his latest, he delivers detailed instructions, inspiring ideas, and invaluable tips for creating appealing and original manga-style characters. Character design is the key to success in comic books and animated films, and with this clear step-by-step guide, it’s a skill that can be quickly learned. Starting with the basics—body types, facial features, costumes, and expressions—Chris shows how to draw a hyper kid, bratty teen, lovable pooch, cool rapper, and many other distinctive types. Then, he takes the reader on a guided tour in search of original characters in places that range from suburban malls to the glitter and glamour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

Boys to Men: How Fathers Can Help Build Character in Their Sons

Boys to Men: How Fathers Can Help Build Character in Their Sons Review

One of the greatest challenges every father faces is how to help his son came through the teenage years with his own God-given identity and a strong personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This book gives dads practical tools to help their sons navigate the field.

We're All In This Together - Red Green: The Man Behind the Character and Vice Versa

We're All In This Together - Red Green: The Man Behind the Character and Vice Versa Review

Based on four years of interviews with Steve, this unconventional biography reveals the personal stories, sorrows and joys that continue to inspire the man behind the Red Green legacy.