Recomended Art Books

I'm a voracious reader and I draw inspirational from a wide variety of sources, and use a number of reference and technical books in my work. I've collected the best of these here...

Art and Illustration Books

Burne Hogarth:A classic series of artist's how-to and reference, a must have for any serious artist

Photoshop Magic: Books by Greg Simsic and David Lai: a series of Photoshop how-to book that give easy step-by-step instructions for a variety of image effects

Pose Books: This is a series of Japanese artists reference books showing an artist model in a variety of poses.

How To Draw Manga: An excellent series of drawing books

Costume Refrences

Fantasy Characters

Tech Drawing

Drawing Techniques

Anatomy and Posing

Character Development

Palladium Books:While primarily designed for roleplaying, this series of refrence works, provides detailed information on a variety of weapons, arms, and armor from all ages, and around the world.

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