![]() ![]() ![]() Gomez was raised in Boston during the 1950s, and her artistry, outlook, and activism were heavily influenced by her upbringing. Little did young writer Jewelle Gomez know that she would go on to help found GLAAD, now one of the world’s largest queer organizations. She thought to herself: If Vito Russo invites me, I’m going… You need to come to our meeting,” he told her. This all changed, however, after a chance encounter with the man in charge of said meeting: historian and activist Vito Russo. He asked her to come to a meeting of a few local queer folk in their office warehouse due in part to the sexism she saw in certain gay-empowerment groups at the time, she was hesitant. ![]() A multiracial, semi-closeted, 35-year-old lesbian was working at the New York State Council on the Arts, alongside her gay male supervisor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The charming photo book features more than 80 underwater puppy portraits that are as vibrant as they are insanely cute."- Mother Nature Network " Underwater Puppies will doggy paddle their way into your heart. "Simultaneously gorgeous and otherworldly, the book's exuberant pups had us at the get-go."- Connie Wilson, Modern Dog capture the primal, playful, and oh-so-adorable side of puppies."- Good Morning America "Seth Casteel's underwater puppies are the perfect portrait subjects: Full of personality, snuggle-worth, and (literally) read to play ball."- Ainsley O'Connell, Fast Company Energetic, charming photos."- Vi-An Nguyen, Underwater Puppies features a collection of delightful portraits of happy, submerged pooches playfully paddling below the surface. ![]() " Underwater Puppies has puppy Beagles and labrador retrievers and border collies underwater looking somewhat more floppy and goofy than their older counterparts, and just as cute, if not more so."- Steven Levingston, Washington Post Now he's repeated the experiment - with predictably adorable results - in Underwater Puppies."- Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly "Seth Casteel's fabulous 2012 photo book, Underwater Dogs, captured the exact moment that pets plunged into the pool, wide-eyed and happy. "Possibly the only thing cuter than Underwater Dogs!"- Morning Edition One of Amazon's Best Books of the Year: Gift Books ![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, not only are said creatures inconsistent with "these skeletons on this page", but said skeletons are inconsistent with "the fossil skeletons on which based." More specifically, "it feels like.the creatures in the mind of a concerned parent whose only knowledge of comes from the films of the 30s and the 50s" (& thus, has "more in common with medieval bestiaries, conjured from rumor and imagination alone"). The parts around 14:00 & 17:00 remind me of the Holtz quote below. I'm surprised said series isn't mentioned by name. ![]() The part around 13:00 reminds me of the "I Love Dinosaurs" series. Instead, in this review, I'll point you to Trish/Talcott's BB review & add my own thoughts as well: ![]() ), that I can't possibly top it, so I won't even try. ![]() However, I then remembered that Trish/Talcott's BB review is so perfect, especially when it comes to criticizing BB's art & message (. I was originally planning on reviewing Stan/Jan's "The Berenstain Bears and the Dinosaurs" (henceforth BB) the way I usually review bad dino books. ![]() ![]() The ears sit on a line that is halfway between the front of the head and the back and their curve starts in line with eyes. ![]() I hope you found this post on How to Draw a Comic Book Character Step by Step helpful! Find more comic book art tutorials here. From the side, if you draw a line from the tip of the nose to the chin, the lips will roughy fall in line within there. ![]() I’d love love hear from you! I hope you enjoy it. ![]() If you enjoyed this lesson hit the like button and give me a shout out in the comments below. The book lays out the importance of a good inker and good composition and the difference between setting up a scene well and setting it up poorly. You’ll find a link to the free E-Book below, as well as the Proportions template for the Heroic Figure, and a link to the extended hour-length edition of this lesson. It isnt only about how to draw, it is a book on how to present the drawing dramatically in what was the marvel style. So in this lesson you’re going to learn how to draw your comic book characters in proportion I’m going to teach you exactly what Proportions are and how you can use them as a tool to size your characters up and construct them correctly. That means we’ve got to start out with a powerful foundation to build our characters upon. ![]() Sizing up your characters so that they look right is one of the core challenges we all struggle with – and it all comes down to the underlying structure that holds up the human figure. Hey it’s Clayton, welcome to How to Draw Comics. ![]() ![]() The mathematical and computational models driving these changes range in complexity from something that can fit on a spreadsheet to a complex system that might credibly be called “artificial intelligence.” They are steadily replacing both human judgment and explicitly programmed software. And as autonomous vehicles share our streets, we are increasingly putting our lives in their hands. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. Algorithms decide bail and parole-and appear to assess Black and White defendants differently. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Researchers call this the alignment problem. When the systems we attempt to teach will not, in the end, do what we want or what we expect, ethical and potentially existential risks emerge. Recent years have seen an eruption of concern as the field of machine learning advances. Today’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us-and to make decisions on our behalf. A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them. ![]() ![]() ![]() International buyers should also note the following limitations of the First Class International Postage, it is a bargain shipping method. International buyers, please note – any duties excised at the port of entry are not included in the shipping and handling and are not the responsibility of the seller.įurthermore, due to indemnity and insurance, we WILL NOT mark your box as a gift or for less than the amount purchased. ![]() SHOULD YOU FEEL LESS THAN COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH ANY ASPECT OF YOUR TRANSACTION, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE MAY IMPROVE OUR BUSINESS!Īll orders over $50 will be shipped insured (this is not true of any first class international shipping).Īll orders over $40 will receive free domestic shipping.ĭomestic Shipping: All shipping (excluding first class shipping) can be used for combined orders. If you have questions regarding specific condition of an item, please ask before purchasing. ![]() All variants are new and unread unless otherwise stated. ![]() ![]() ![]() My only two complaints about the entire book are that the robots can be kinda hard to tell apart sometimes, which is such a nitpick in the grand scheme of things. I read the issues as they came out, but I liked this even more on a reread of the whole trade. I would seriously recommend this to any and everyone. Mark Russell puts out a scathing satire touching on issues like toxic masculinity, AI supremacy, and consumer culture and just knocks it out of the damn park. The second best book AWA has ever put out (check out Crimson Cage!!). ![]() ![]() An uneasy reliance on robots has been in place since humans are no longer allowed to work and must now completely rely on a working robot assigned to their family to provide for them. It’s 2056 and robots have completely replaced human beings in the workplace. “What does it say about the world when even those who terrify you have to live in fear?” ![]() ![]() But this, as the title tells us, is one country’s story about itself.Ĭatherine the Great by Vigilius Eriksen. All that might be the subject of another book. He is not interested in how the Tatars in Kazan see the sacking of their city by Ivan the Terrible, or what the Chechens or Georgians make of the Russian tales of war in the Caucasus. Figes makes no apology for referring to Kiev not Kyiv, or Prince Vladimir nor Volodymyr, as the Ukrainians would have it. For those unfamiliar with the past, this is an indispensable manual for making sense of Russia’s present.Īnd this is very much Russia’s story. It is to examine the recurring themes and myths that drive Vladimir Putin’s conviction that war with Ukraine and with western Europe is part of Russia’s historical destiny. But this book’s purpose is not to fill in all the blanks. Inevitably in a survey of more than 1,000 years of history, much has had to be skirted over or omitted. “Histories continuously reconfigured and repurposed to suit its present needs and reimagine its future.” ![]() They are etched into the nation’s psyche, each capturing a moment in Russia’s story about itself.Īnd this is the starting point of Orlando Figes’s The Story of Russia: “Russia is a country held together by ideas rooted in its distant past,” he tells us in the introduction. ![]() Whether intended to elevate the subjects to hero status or castigate them as cruel tyrants, these pictures form part of Russia’s collective memory. Peter the Great (1672-1725), by Johann Kupetzky. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, I came to the conclusion that an unabridged biography of Tagore is required reading for every serious student of the Bengali language. ![]() As I was scanning Tagore’s biography to understand the historical context of the novel, it began to dawn on me what a perfect role-model Tagore was in his words, thoughts, actions, conduct, compassion, and spiritual detachment. My original intent was to write about Tagore’s long novel Gora. In this article, one may not expect to find much beyond a few random and off-the-cuff comments, fearlessly tossed in after skimming through selected portions of Tagore’s work. However, it took true brazenness from the present author, who is far from being a Tagore scholar, to contribute an article to that issue. The editor of Parabaas deserves applause for his exemplary courage in devoting an entire issue to Rabindranath Tagore. Translated from Bengali to English by Chhanda Chattopadhyay Bewtra ![]() ![]() ![]() I have read this all the way through, and it is pretty darn good! It’s basically a book going into the lives of people in the fashion industry, and how they got there, along with tips and tricks on how you can get there. Let’s start with the most obvious one… by that I of course mean, the Teen Vogue Handbook. ![]() Hellooooo! Happy Easter! Today I have a post which has taken me quite a while to get together, but hopefully it shall be worth it because 1, you will like it and 2, there is a give-away at the end! I’ve picked out 5 of my favourite fashion books and am going to review all of them for you! I hope it is helpful and you find some new reads at the same time! Enjoy! Look at me as well… putting a picture before the intro! Something new □ … and yes that is a McDonald’s Hello Kitty toy… Please note that this post isn’t in an order! TEEN VOGUE HANDBOOK// FASHION & FASHION DESIGNER DICTIONARY// DREAMING OF DIOR// STYLE FEED// STYLE DIARIES TEEN VOGUE HANDBOOK – £7.49 – AMAZON ![]() |