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After a successful career as a commercial artist in advertising, Todd Lockwood was astonished to be told that people were willing to pay for the fantasy and science fiction art he vastly preferred to create. That discovery altered the course of his life, and he is now one of the most widely respected fantasy artists of our age. Known worldwide for his depiction of heroic and stirring high fantasy imagery under the aegis of TSR™ and Wizards of the Coast™, he also creates work of astonishing sensitivity and beauty in quieter styles. This book, with its revealing text by Hugo-nominated writer and journalist Karen Haber and by Lockwood himself, contains well over a hundred paintings from all areas of his fantasy creation.
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OUTSTANDING .......2006-10-03
Wow, I just loved this book. I keep refering back to it. I think the artwork is fantastic. His passion for dragons really shows.
This is a very inspirational book and excellent art all around!
Good fantasy art.......2004-05-19
The cover - that female figure in front of a burning phoenix - gives a fair idea of what's inside. The drawing is outstanding and varied. There are science fiction scenes, fantasies with demons and dragons, sword-and-sandal, and lots more.
The real surprise for me was the huge and detailed black and white drawings. Pencil is a seriously under-rated medium. Lockwood shows just how much expression and detail the medium can support.
Still, the world of fantasy art is a large world. It is populated with people like Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Frank Frazetta, and too many others to name. Lockwood's work is creative and competent. I just don't see the spark in it that would let his work stand next to the greatest masters of the field.
Wholesome Fantasy Artwork.......2004-05-06
Transitions is simply incredible. Page after page of stunning fine-art paintings featuring some risque but quite discreet costumes. Wonderful portrayals of the human condition under inhuman conditions! Fantastic creatures in analytic detail brought to you by a master illustrator - the Art Director behind Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition.
There's decades of painting skill on display here. Well worth the cost and certain to be a sought-after collectible. Mine is remarked with a personal note - also available via the artist's website: http://www.toddlockwood.com
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This book applies Schlotzhauer's unique arc design system to short subjects--birds and bees, ships and sailboats, and numbers and letters.
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I'd forgotten.......2001-09-08
How much I loved this book. How many of the designs I had made.
I'm not sure I like her cats, but, the dragon, some of the birds are wonderful.
I think her original premise (these are lots easier than the kinds of curves/blocks made with Drunkard's Path) and her way of working (only seamstresses, as far as I can tell, really get any benefit out of the million pin way of putting curves together, they ease, in quilter's curves the sewing lines are identical in length) are both wrong, and I didn't look any farther into her books for a good long time.
That said, I used a quarter of the dragon pattern for a show quilt once (it didn't win anything, to no one's surprise, but I still like it), I've done lots of her birds.
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- This Book is Not for the Faint-of-Heart!
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Major changes have occurred in the last few years in the methods of cutting and manufacturing outerwear. Light clothing companies are now manufacturing these heavy garments because of the development of fusible interlinings and new manufacturing techniques which have resulted in the deskilling of traditional tailoring methods. Outerwear has consquently assumed much greater importance in light clothing courses and this book - the first of its kind - has been written to reflect these industrial changes. It offers a course of practical and theoretical study which is related to specific garment types and fabrics. An essential manual for students at every level. Suitable for use in CGLI, BTEC and degree courses, this uniquely comprehensive work is certain to become a standard textbook on its subject.
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This Book is Not for the Faint-of-Heart!.......2006-04-07
Recently, I checked this book out of our local public library. I have been sewing for nearly all of my life (and long since became a grandma), so I am not that easily impressed with most books on the subject; however, this book has "blown me away." It contains some 223 pages, packed, literally packed, with drawing after drawing showing precisely how to make or alter patterns to achieve the type of garment desired. It is easy to understand why this book is a required text in some fashion design programs. If you want to go beyond the basics of sewing (i.e. piecing together patterns) and delve into fashion design, basic and somewhat advanced, then consider adding this book to your home library as I plan to do. If the price tag seems a little daunting to you, see if you can preview a copy through your local library; I believe you will count it as time well spent.
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The cutters' practical guide to the cutting of all kinds of ladies' garments: Including bodices, habits, jackets, coats, ulsters, vests, blouses, shirts, ... patterns, fitting, making up, designing, etc
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Proving that mainstream comics could be infused with past literary/cultural ideals and still be bestsellers, the America's Best Comics imprint took the dilapidated superhero genre and created three vastly entertaining hybrids with Tom Strong, Promethea and Top Ten. Now, a stunning coup de grace is delivered with this masterful pairing of Victorian adventure fiction's greatest characters and the old war-horse of the super-group. With the stunning The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it would be no exaggeration to say that Alan Moore has produced a near-perfect piece of adventure fiction that is clever, literate, rich with excitement and hard to put down.
It's 1898 and at the behest of M, the mysterious head of the secret Service, Campion Bond is dispatched to procure the services of Miss Mina Murray (nee Harker), adventurer Allan Quartermain, "Science-Pirate" Captain Nemo, Henry Jekyll (and his monstrous alter ego) and Hawley Griffin (a.k.a. the Invisible Man). Together, they must combat an insidious threat that will decide supremacy of the London skies, but their success may unleash a far greater threat. With no shortage of action, Moore and O' Neill sustain a high level of suspense, intrigue, mystery and terrific wit that all contribute to an indispensable read. O'Neill's art, so memorable in Marshal Law, produces a London filled with vivid, magnificent architecture and a malevolent atmosphere ripe with thrills and danger. An unmitigated triumph--pure and simple. --Danny Graydon
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Interesting but just okay.......2007-09-20
This is an okay graphic novel. It has some interesting story elements and characters but the story never really engaged me. Not a bad read, but clearly not for everyone. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who is not a clear fan of comic books.
Eye-popping, sexy, violent!.......2007-09-05
As one of my first forays into the world of the graphic novel, "LOEG" certainly caught my attention. The book is full of memorable images, strong characters, exotic locates and plenty of action.
The book itself tells the tale of the formation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- a late 19th-century collection of famous and infamous personages known to the reader through novels and films. Though the characters are familiar, their incarnation here can be disorienting and even offensive. The Invisible Man is gruff and homicidal and uses his power to satisfy his personal urges. Captain Nemo is some sort of aloof Indian emir brandishing a machine harpoon gun agaunbst "Mohammedans," and his Nautilus is a squidlike submarine with mechanical tentacles. Dr Jekyll is a small, sweaty man, while his Mr. Hyde persona is an enormous brute who enjoys literally tearing his foes limb from limb. The central characters in the novel is Mina Murray, a lady of an uncertain, yet sullied past, whose courage is matched by her elusiveness. Often sharing the spotlight is Allan Quatermain, a former famous big game hunter (I gathered) languishing in an opium haze in the back streets of Cairo. The characters, once collected, become a sort of crime-fighting collective, their mutual skills offsetting their individual defects. They are called on by mysterious authorities to work on various bizarre super crimes, including a finale that threatens all of London.
The book's conceit is that it *is* a comic from the late 1800s, and its sensibilities (good and bad) reflect that era's prejudices. Bad guys include a horde of expendable Chinese criminals and a devil's den of Arab thugs bent on rapine, characterizations that are normally found offensive in the modern world. Leavening this un-PC environment are clever period touches, such as product advertisements in mock-19th century style. An illustrated prose story at the back of the book provides a prequel that explains Quatermain's opium addiction. This part of the book is a real contrast to the quickly-read material before it. Its hyperbolic imagery, turgid prose and quasi-religious pretensions destroyed the book's fast pace, and could not make up for its lack of clever ideas.
The current volume gathers the 6-edition comic book series into a single edition. The story's narrative starts at the front of the book, followed (rather confusingly, I thought) by the front covers, back covers and special content. The book's style teeters on the edge of exploitation, but retains enough momentum to propel it forward. Some readers might be amused by the book's gathering of so many 19th century fictional heros, some might be confused. The constant stream of literary references (more than I picked up) may amuse you or annoy you. I took it all in good fun, which seems to be the best way to handle it.
If I were to rate LOEG as a film (perfectly appropriate since the book is primarily visual) I would give it a solid "R". The violence is graphic and visceral -- both literally on the page and in figuratively in the reader's imagination. There are few lost oportunities to show bare breasts -- be they on heroic sculptures or on the "Nubian" who graces many pages of the story at the back. Whether this is a good thing or not is in the eye of the beholder. Suffice it to say that LOEG appeals strongly to the mid-adolescent male mind, whatever the age or gender of its owner.
The story of LOEG is compelling, exotic, heart-pounding fun. I can't imagine having had to wait weeks for the next installment, and am glad to have it all between two covers, to be devoured in raw, bloody chunks. Recommended, but for mature readers, perhaps late teens and up.
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-04
Moore is a genius of the form. This is ridiculously good, and packed with great stuff. Just gold.
Check out Jess Nevin's guide, for one, and Fantastic Victoriana site if you want to delve further into who is who.
Mina Harker has to retrieve a drug addicted Alan Quatermain, to put together a mission for the British Secret Service. This involves recruiting Nemo, Hyde and the Invisible Man, and locking horns with the Professor and the Devil Doctor.
As an added bonus, there is the prose 'Allan and the Sundered Veil', in which a not as dead as thought Quatermain goes in search of substances to imbibe, and in this state encounters both Randolph and John Carter, the Time Traveller, and a Great Old One. Perhaps, anyway. Even more ahead for him after that.
talk about standing on the shoulders of giants.......2007-08-10
Horrible. Disconnected, gleefully grotesque and self-indulgent. The only thing Moore proved with this was that he knew the best people to steal from.
It is NOT, I repeat NOT consistent with Victorian writing; at best you could call it a satire of the same. The hallmark of Victorian England was restraint and innuendo, and everything here is blatant and vulgar. How many gay jokes and sexual abuse can we cram into a single volume?
Listen, I'll never claim that such things didn't go on in Victorian England, and in theory I applaud the effort to bring a gritty reality to this fantasy. But ultimately it just feels like the author slinging excrement around and calling it art.
Aside from that, the characters are thinly developed (as is often the case with comics) and the clever asides and moralizing subtexts often swamp the story (Ok, the moralizing part IS actually Victorian).
And did I say story? Only the barest shoestring excuse of a plot on which to thread the disparate parts. Boring, barely motivated, predictable and lacking in suspense. I will never understand why people love this so much, except it invites games of proving who was paying the most attention in high school English class.
At least it is superior to the pathetic movie........2007-08-07
This is sadly one of my least favorite Alan Moore stories. The idea of letting characters from various classic literature meet in a conspiracy story just doesn't do the trick for me. It works in moments but ultimately it mostly ends as one reference after another.
But of course, it certainly proves that Moore knows his stuff and he manage to create a decent intensity that just sadly miss the same impact we are used to from his side.
The art by Kevin O'Neill is more interesting and he gives the book an almost abstract touch.
I have seen better. But at least it is superior to the pathetic movie.
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- Makes a Great Gift!
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Life is a Buffet: So Save Room for Dessert
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Life is a Buffet is a collection of hilarious short stories experienced by author, Polly Boyette. These funny stories remind us how to laugh at ourselves, even at our most embarrassing and humiliating times. Polly teaches us that life truly is a buffet, offering a wide variety of choices that we are faced with everyday. Choosing to add laughter to our appetite actually makes living and choosing easier along the way. Polly also pairs a scriptural interpretation with each story in order to teach simple Biblical principals along with the laughter. Each story makes us laugh out loud, while, at the same time, giving us food for thought. Life is filled with busy tasks which we allow to clutter up our minds, leaving no room for the desserts that God intends for us to enjoy. Laughter is an essential key in everyday living. Unfortunately, as we grow older and more mature, we find less time to take pleasure in the lighter side of our lives. With Life is a Buffet, Polly Boyette reminds us that it's okay to skip over the main courses and head straight for the desserts. So go ahead and laugh.
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Makes a Great Gift!.......2006-06-28
This book is hilarious and thought provoking all at the same time. You will laugh your way through it. If you know someone who needs cheering up, this is the book you should give them. It's like a small devotional with each funny story followed by a simple Biblical teaching. I've had friends say they are reading it to their spouse; daughters are reading it to their mothers; and nurses are reading it to their patients. Don't miss out on this book. If you like to laugh, you'll love this book and love sharing it with others. It will make you the life of the party by giving you some great stories to share.
ES in Virginia Beach.......2006-06-27
Life is a Buffet is presented in a humorous way, but real situations that we all find ourselves in sometimes. I believe that too many times we take those situations too seriously, and it puts too much stress on our lives. I laughed my way through this book, while thoroughly enjoying it, as I can identify with some of them. I recommend this book to anyone who needs to relax some and just enjoy life, and I think that can be all of us at any given point in our lives. I wish Polly the very best in all of her endeavors. I had the opportunity to meet her at a book signing, along with her sister - both are warm-spirited people.
Good sense of humor.......2006-04-27
Polly D. Boyette lives in Virginia where she was born and raised, but her mother came from North Carolina, and you can hear Polly's inherited southern accent in her writing. In Life is a Buffet So Save Room For Dessert Boyette tells some thigh-slapping funny stories about her life with her mother and sister and their three dogs. Oddly enough, all the stories seem to center around food, mainly that southern mainstay-fried chicken.
There is a whole buffet filled with clever stories in this book about life's embarrassing moments, family chaos turned hilarious, general faux pas, and crazy incidents turned into cherished memories. Boyette is a storyteller that can really stretch a tale and get everyone laughing at their household antics.
The author has added, like spice to a good meatloaf, a short devotional to go along with each of the twenty stories. The Scriptures she chooses for each story have an uncanny tendency to match in strange ways with whatever bizarre episode the story relates, but the spiritual lessons are good nonetheless. For example, Boyette tells of her mother frying potatoes for supper and accidentally cooking and eating the plastic lid of the deep fryer. The verse the author uses with that story is Romans 14:3 "The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not...." Yes, out of context, but funny!
I think this small book would be enjoyed by most anyone with a good sense of humor. Its stories will give the reader a good laugh and maybe help him learn to laugh at his own foibles. - Elece Hollis, Christian Book Previews.com
laugh along with her.......2006-02-10
Polly Boyette lives with her sister, Robbie Lee and recently had her mother, AC, move in with her too. Yes, AC is her mother's full name; AC are not initials, and Robbie Lee's name is actually Robin Lynn. But where they come from, folks might have names that seem like nicknames and nicknames that sound pretty normal. And this sets the stage for the stories you will read about in "Life is a Buffet, So Save Room For Dessert."
This short book of short stories is sure to bring a smile to reader's faces. Here are three women living together, each with her own ideas and idiosyncrasies. Robbie Lee absolutely loves fried chicken, AC adores shopping for flowers to plant in the too small townhouse yard, and Polly has learned to laugh at it all. Each story is a glimpse into life in Virginia and some crazy times that involve Polly falling down the front steps in a foot cast in the pouring rain, Robbie Lee driving blind and getting a ticket, and AC's obsession with "daffneydils" (Daffodils). With each story Polly has chosen a quote from the Bible and includes her own interpretation of it, relating it to the tale. It is all so lightheartedly done that you'll find yourself laughing through the entire collection.
This is a Christian geared book. However, if one chooses to ignore the Bible verses and lessons, readers can easily enjoy the stories alone. This likely isn't the author's intention but I feel that non-Christians will still be able to find value here.
I enjoyed the read and found the writing to be enchanting. After all, if we can't laugh at ourselves, whom can we laugh at? Since Polly Boyette has put her experiences out there to be shared, we can all laugh along with her and have something to think about as well.
Review by Heather Froeschl.
Enjoyable easy reading.......2006-01-11
light and comical this book was a joy to read. With great references to the bible after each short story teaching us the art of learning from our own humiliations, inbarisments and fumbles in life along with how to sometimes just laugh at yourself and the situation your in. Also showing there is a reason for everything that happens to us or in things that we do. How to see there is a positive side somewhere in it. I learned and laughed out loud while reading this book. Thanks and best wishes to the Author.
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For someone starting out its.............2006-10-05
A very good resource. I myself have just started writing and bought this book to help get a better understanding of the screenwriting world. Yea it dose not have material for an advanced screenwriter but it dose get the novice a better understanding of it.
Falls short of expectations.......2005-05-25
The tone of this book is condescending to say the least, and compared to other screenwriting books does not equip the reader with the confidence to write a screenplay. The "e-alerts", "e-facts" and "essentials" sidebars are simply present to fill out the book and do not complement the text at all. This, and other similar books, could do well to invest more time in the sample scripts included.
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Aimed at the computer science student, Introduction to the Team Software Process provides a textbook-style introduction to the author's Team Software Process (TSP), a rigorous group-based design process that stresses planning, metrics, scripts, accountability, and ultimately, higher code quality. Although best suited for a semester- or two-semester-length course, this book provides a useful model for any team development effort.
This textbook focuses squarely on the team-based nature of successful software development. The author, who also invented the Personal Software Process (PSP), outlines the steps for "staffing" a classroom-based software project with different multiple member roles, such as team leaders and development managers. The Team Software Process (TSP) outlined here stresses accountability through numerous scripts and metrics. (An appendix features over 80 pages of scripts and forms that would be used over the course of the semester.) Not only does the author provide a thorough guide to choosing the right team role that fits your personality and skills, but several sections offer some "motivational speaking" on the advantage of "discipline," both as a person and software engineer.
This book does a particularly good job of defining a team's role for each stage in the development process, beginning from the initial planning stages to requirements definition, implementation, testing, and postmortem followup. There are hints for dealing with missed deadlines, staffing, and design problems.
The reality is that teams are used throughout the software industry, but many computer science students do not get much experience working in successful teams. As a first encounter with team development, Introduction to the Team Software Process provides a model for serious implementation of a smart, rigorous software method that can put readers on the right track with group development. --Richard Dragan
Topics Covered: Team Software Process (TSP) basics and scripts, building production software teams, team goals, team roles, planning, risk management, quality plan, requirements, design principles, product implementation, integration and system testing, test planning, defect tracking, documentation, conducting postmortems, team leaders, development managers, planning managers, quality/process managers, support managers.
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Excellent Process for Software Devleopment.......2005-03-31
My software team used the TSP for developing a 3 release Java application over 12 weeks. There is a stiff learning curve, but once you learn it, you can quickly realize the results. This book takes the guesswork out of developing software. If you have a dedicated team that will take the time to learn it, you will be very happy with the results.
totalitarian control is not the answer.......2004-05-19
A state-of-the-art process for producing PL/I programs on punchcards. If you can master PSP/TSP, you will be more effective than 99% of all software developers at filling out forms and producing status reports. A shockingly wasteful approach to quality management.
Outstanding Reference for Software Engineers.......2000-10-23
I've been involved with many different projects in a team environment. This book contains some of the best and most respected procedures to complete a team project. I've used these methods and they work well! The principles outlined in this book apply to more than just software engineering. Take a look! You'll be glad you did!
Good introduction to creating software in a team.......2000-08-30
This is a good introduction to working in a team and using good software engineering techniques such as planning and inspections. It is geared for undergraduate students, therefore the managerial roles have been created. This would probably not work out of the box for an organization that is already set up. For students, the manager roles give each team member ownership in the product while making sure each aspect of good engineering has an advocate.
The processes are written as scripts. These are very easy to follow and take the guesswork out of how to do each step in the lifecycle.
This is a process book therefore there is not a lot of technically-oriented information in the book. For example, the book tells you that you must design your software. It does not give many guidelines on what a good (object-oriented, client-server, real time, etc.) design might look like. In addition, some of the data bookkeeping is long and involved. A good tool would help with this.
Overall, this is a good tutorial and a good reference book. I used this book as a graduate student, and I continue to pull ideas out of it for use in my work.
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- Animals Are Equal: An Exploration of Animal Consciousness
Kingsgate: The Art of Keith Parkinson
The Art of Matthew Stawicki
The Art of Clyde Caldwell
Spectrum 13: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Spectrum (Underwood Books))
Masters of Dragonlance Art (Dragonlance: Artbooks)
