I hate that the SPN newsletter calls wallpapers and other random graphic-y things "fanart". Not because I'm being snobby about what is and isn't art, but because it pisses me off when I click on it expecting an illustration and get a wallpaper ( Read more... )

Finished the second book of the Abarat today while waiting for class to begin. I am glad of this for two reasons. 1) It was an awesome book and I can't wait for the next! 2) Now I can start reading O'Brian again! Huzzah! I only set him aside because I was hankering for some real romance/sex/death/magic, instead of imagined romance/no sex/death/no ( Read more... )

I found this book: Anatomy for the Artist, at BAM. I'm not going to say it's the best anatomical reference out there because it isn't, but I have a few anatomy and figure drawing books and this one has a few things the others don't. For one, nifty vellum skeletal overlays. For another, lots of very good photographs. But it was the black models that ( Read more... )