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August 14, 2011

How to Draw: Figure Drawing Resources
This is a concise and practical list based on a selection from my art book collection that could be useful for learning the basics of figure drawing. The emphasis is on construction rather than life drawing, detailed muscle anatomy or expression.
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Posted in Art | Tagged Anatomy and Drawing, Andrew Loomis, Anime, Art, Basics Of Character Drawing, Books on Drawing, Burne Hogarth, Constructive Anatomy, Der Nackte Mensch, Drawing, Drawing Dynamic Hands, Drawing the Head and Figure, Drawing the Head and Hands, Drawing the Human Head, Dynamic Figure Drawing, Figure Drawing, Figure Drawing for All It's Worth, George Brant Bridgman, Gottfried Bammes, How To, How To Draw, How to Draw Anime, How to Draw Anime and Game Characters, How To Draw Manga, Jack Hamm, Learning to Draw, Sketching Manga-Style, Victor Perard, Wir Zeichnen den Menschen | Leave a Comment »
July 2, 2011

Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) by Leonardo da Vinci, oil on a wood panel, 26 x 18.5 inches.
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Posted in Art | Tagged Art, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Lost Paintings, Painting, Salvator Mundi, Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) by Leonardo da Vinci, Savior of the World | Leave a Comment »
April 25, 2011
Posted in Art | Tagged Anime, Chanting, Chants, Cowboy Bebop, David Hykes, Harmonic Chanting, Harmonic Chants, Music, Overtone Singing, Singing, Singing Methods, Singing Techniques, Song, Yoko Kanno | Leave a Comment »
April 19, 2011

Baraka (means blessing) is a non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke, who was a cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio. Baraka has no plot, no storyline, no actor, no dialogues nor any voice-over. Instead, the film uses themes to present new perspectives and evoke emotion through pure cinema. Baraka is a kaleidoscopic, global compilation of both natural events and by fate, life and activities of man on Earth.
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Posted in Art | Tagged Baraka, Baraka Film, Films, Godfrey Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi, Movies, Ron Fricke, Samsara Film | 10 Comments »
January 13, 2011
Posted in Art | Tagged Art, da vinci salai, Eyes of Mona Lisa, gian giacomo caprotti, La Gioconda, La Joconde, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa is a Man, News, S L 72 Mona Lisa, Secret of Mona Lisa, Symbols in Mona Lisa | 7 Comments »
August 13, 2010
Posted in Anime, Art | Tagged Anime, Art, Art History, female nude, Feminism, hidden ideologies, Mona Lisa, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Touhou, visual analysis, Ways of Seeing, Ways of Seeing by John Berger, Western cultural aesthetics, yakumo yukari | 11 Comments »