Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 10, 2009, 11:08 am
I've put off the purchase of Comic Book Tattoo for a long time thinking it was a book on tattoo art. It didn't help that it was in shrink wrap at a local bookshop (which I hate and love) and I...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 9, 2009, 10:29 am
There's news that Tim Burton's coming up with an art book called The Art of Tim Burton. It's going to have 434 pages and should be released soon or early next month. This is not that book....
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 8, 2009, 9:28 pm
Here's a great book for all those LEGO Star Wars collectors out there. LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary also comes with an exclusive mini-figure of Luke Skywalker. It's quite thick but ac...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 8, 2009, 11:12 am
Daniel Potvin! Congratulations! You've picked and won for yourself a copy of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention. Please contact me via email with your mailing address to From his google prof...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 7, 2009, 10:05 am
The approach covered is primarily concerned with the use of line, development of form, and the simplified design of anatomy. It doesn't go into contour drawing, shading and expression. The many ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 6, 2009, 10:12 am
d'artiste: Character Modeling 3 is the eighth book in the Digital Artist Master Class series. Each d'artiste title features the digital art techniques and approaches of a small group of artist...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 5, 2009, 11:57 am
Robert Zemeckis is out with another motion capture animation movie, A Christmas Carol, the Charles Dicken's classic. Stylistically, it has a very similar feel to his earlier movies, Beowulf and Th...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 4, 2009, 10:33 am
Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera is a book that brings you behind the scenes to look at how the legendary artist uses photographs for his paintings. It's filled with paintings and the reference ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 3, 2009, 10:26 am
The third volume of Illusive sports a bluish green fabric cover. which turns blue when the cover is tilted away. I like the colour part, but hate the fabric part because it collects dust easily. The p...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 2, 2009, 7:25 pm
Apple is a Korean comics anthology, a collection of comics and illustrations from some of the top Korean illustrators around. Volume 3 continues the tradition with the usual vast variety of styles. T...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 2, 2009, 12:12 am
I managed to grab this book at a local bookshop which is really great because I can put this review out faster. If you have previous copies of Spectrum, you already know what to expect. Spectrum 16: ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Nov 1, 2009, 6:37 am
Tsukasa Hojo (北条 司) is a Japanese artist who drew one of my favourite manga, Family Compo. It's simply the best romantic comedy around, even when compared to movies. He has also drawn many o...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 31, 2009, 12:09 pm
... on my blog. I've saved enough to hold a small giveaway. And it's really simple to take part. Guidelines See the Google Friend ... widget. Post your selected book as a comment there. T...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 30, 2009, 10:20 pm
Here's the chance to catch up on all the art books reviewed in October 2009, especially so if you've missed any, new and old. Most of my reviews here are also available on Amazon. If you find...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 29, 2009, 10:08 pm
Here are some Art Blogs of Note from last week. Higher Depth News by Jason Juta Denise Blakely Fuller Animalarium WorkInProgress Turcios Animal by Omar Figueroa Kyle Poling Illustration Urban S...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 28, 2009, 8:39 pm
There are a lot of good art book releases in November. It's going to be a great month! Daily Zoo Year 2: Keeping the Doctor at Bay with a Drawing a Day by Chris Ayers The first book The Daily Zo...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 27, 2009, 8:51 pm
Frank Shepard Fairey is a contemporary artist, graphic designer, illustrator and even DJ who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He's also a very prominent street artist, or a street vandal as t...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 27, 2009, 8:51 pm
I like the cover treatment for this book. The spine part is clothed, but the cover is clad with nice textured canvas. This book is really thick at 446 pages and there's a poster provided, the one ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 26, 2009, 5:18 am
The Art of Kung Fu Panda is back in stock after a reprint! I can't remember how much time this book has ran out of stock. The last time it did, it lasted for a few months, and the book went up to...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 25, 2009, 11:11 pm
If you are a regular reader of James Gurney's blog, Gurney Journey, you would expect nothing less. This book is as good as I expected. He dispenses his knowledge as freely as he does on his blog. ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 24, 2009, 3:44 am
Darkstalkers Tribute is the second tribute volume, the first being the Street Fighter Tribute (SFT) — which is awesome. This time round, it brought in over 2000 submissions, more than SFT's 1300...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 23, 2009, 7:35 pm
Lord of Vermilion is an arcade-based fantasy collectible card game developed by Square Enix. I've not seen card games played on arcade machines before. It's real time and the players pull off ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 22, 2009, 10:25 pm
Lord of Vermilion is an arcade-based fantasy collectible card game developed by Square Enix. I've not seen card games played on arcade machines before. It's real time and the players pull off ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 22, 2009, 9:05 pm
I don't think there's any other books that feature as much detail and information on Star Wars spaceships and vehicles. The two artists are Hans Jenssen are Richard Chasemore. It's seems ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 21, 2009, 9:15 am
Darkstalkers Tribute is finally in stock, but only in Amazon US and Amazon Canada. I've been waiting for a long time. This is a fan contributed illustration book, just like Street Fighter Tribute...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 21, 2009, 7:37 am
They are finally going to be out on discs on 10 Nov 2009. Pixar's Up is also going to be available in Blu-ray, which is the version I'm getting. There are 4 discs! I can't wait to watch ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 20, 2009, 3:04 am
This book is pretty cool. It mixes elements of street art, caricatures, music and city life. In The Beat of Urban Art, Justin Bua recollects how he grew up in New York on the Upper West Side, Manhatta...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 18, 2009, 10:13 pm
Here's the buying guide to help people overseas who're interested in buying stuff from Amazon Japan, especially for those who don't know Japanese. Here's the homepage for Amazon Japan...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 18, 2009, 7:56 pm
Here are some Art Blogs of Note from last week. Abotepronto Paperkraft cinemaDESIGN Diego Dayer Pinturas El Collage Joon Ahn Connie Wong
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 17, 2009, 10:11 pm
The Art of Moebius, published in 1989, is a collection of some comics and paintings from Moebius, or Jean Henri Gaston Giraud if you like. There's even an introduction by George Lucas, though shor...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 16, 2009, 10:00 pm
Henry Yan is a painter and teacher at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. This book focuses on the tips and techniques in drawing human figures and portraits. All the paintings included ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 16, 2009, 12:17 pm
Here's a pretty fun book on goblins. Brian Froud takes the role as an eminent part-time goblinologist — what? — who discovers forty-three notebooks in a 60-million-year old vase. On these no...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 15, 2009, 11:11 am
This is the 52nd annual contest with 5508 photographers from 124 countries taking part. A total of 178 were selected for this book. Some of the photos are pretty haunting. such as the one of a float...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 14, 2009, 9:26 pm
Amazon's Kindle with international wireless is coming out on 19 Oct 2009! Unfortunately for me, it doesn't ship to Singapore. It ships to 100 countries including Hong Kong and Taiwan but not S...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 14, 2009, 9:53 am
The Memory of Memories is the production art book for Memories, a collection of three short anime films. They are Magnetic Rose directed by Koji Morimoto, Stink Bomb by Tensai Okamura and lastly Canno...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 14, 2009, 9:50 am
Memories is a collection of three anime shorts: "Magnetic Rose" directed by Koji Morimoto, "Stink Bomb" by Tensai Okamura and "Cannon Fodder" by Katsuhiro Otomo. "Magnetic Rose" is about two space cr...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 13, 2009, 9:17 pm
Figure Drawing Without a Model is a spiral bound hardcover. The author is Ron Tiner. I'm disappointed by this book. For a figure drawing book, it sure doesn't teach much about drawing the fig...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 13, 2009, 9:15 pm
Here's a great figure drawing book for beginners. The author/artist Jack Hamm has packed the 120 pages with over 3000 illustrations and loads of drawing tips. What I like particularly about this ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 12, 2009, 9:12 pm
Alina Chau who blogs on Ice-Cream Monster Toon Cafe has kindly sent me a few sample pages of her travel journal, Alina's Travel Journal. Be sure to check out her blog for watercolour sketches and ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 11, 2009, 10:02 pm
Here are some Art Blogs of Note from last week. Darren Quach Online Sketchbook A. Riabovitchev Krüger News and Events by Sebastian Krüger Armand Serrano Paperwalker by Florian Satzinger Mike M...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 10, 2009, 9:18 pm
This is the German edition of Human Anatomy for Artists selling way cheaper than the English version on Amazon Germany at EUR 9.95. You can check out my review for the English edition. It's a grea...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 10, 2009, 8:35 pm
Here's the new figure drawing book from Michael Hampton. I'm getting it and will be doing a more detailed review when it arrives. You can check out the book's website at www.figuredrawing...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 9, 2009, 9:46 pm
Death Note is actually a Japanese manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. Shortly after the manga ended in May 2006, the anime started airing in Oct 2006. Due to th...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 9, 2009, 8:11 pm
Shigurui (シグルイ, Death Frenzy) is a Japanese animation based on the manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Yamaguchi. The first 32 chapters of the manga series contribute to the plot ...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 9, 2009, 8:40 am
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist is written by James Gurney who has a blog called Gurney Journey which I follow. He's an amazing illustrator and shares his knowledge freely...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 9, 2009, 12:09 am
Lost: Messages from the Island is a selection of the best stories from Lost: The Official Magazine (subscription link). This book is really all about interviews with the various cast, producers, dire...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 8, 2009, 1:22 pm
"Joseph Sheppard has been favorably compared to practically every Renaissance master... he is without peer among modern realists for his ability to impart warm verisimilitude to the figure" - Artspeak...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 7, 2009, 9:26 pm
World War Robot is back. I've not read the first volume and this copy is borrowed from my colleague. It's a 48-page oversize art book. The theme is that of epic war between humans and robots....
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 7, 2009, 9:25 pm
I must say that the gags here aren't really my type. Probably because they are a bit dated and almost impossible to relate to. That's not to say that they are bad, it's just that they prob...
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Teoh YC posted an article on Parka Blogs - Oct 6, 2009, 10:06 pm
Well, I don't really have this book but I found the images on artnet.com. New York artist Steve Mumford covers the American invasion of Baghdad from 2003 to 2004 with his ink and watercolors. I&#...
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