Bird Box (Novel)

Author - Josh Malerman

Pages - 305

ASIN - B00FJ352U6

Published - 2014

Rating - 7.5/10

Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.

Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now, that the boy and girl are four, it is time to go. But the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat—blindfolded—with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children’s trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them. But is it man, animal, or monster?

Engulfed in darkness, surrounded by sounds both familiar and frightening, Malorie embarks on a harrowing odyssey—a trip that takes her into an unseen world and back into the past, to the companions who once saved her. Under the guidance of the stalwart Tom, a motley group of strangers banded together against the unseen terror, creating order from the chaos. 

But when supplies ran low, they were forced to venture outside—and confront the ultimate question: in a world gone mad, who can really be trusted?

Anthology: The Selfish Book and Other Stories

The Selfish Book: and Other Stories by M. Kari Barr, Oscar Wilde, Andrew Lawson, Christina Foster, Stephanie Haw, Mohit Sharma, Star Belina Ryan.

Children's stories written to capture the essence of Oscar Wilde by various authors from around the world. 

Published - 17 Novemver 2015

Publisher - Melani Barr

Language - English

Paperback ISBN - 978-1517726522

Ebook ASIN - B0184WRL8O

*My story 'Migratory Birds' in this book.

A tribute to Oscar Wilde's Children's Stories...seven delightful stories with morals, brightly illustrated by Star Belina Ryan...stories selected and edited by M. Kari Barr.

*) - Paperback link: http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Book-other-stories-inspired/dp/1517726522/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449434874&sr=1-1&keywords=the+selfish+book+kari

*) - Kindle Edition: http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Book-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B0184WRL8O/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449434999&sr=1-2&keywords=the+selfish+book+kari

#mohitness #mohit_trendster #trendybaba

Nirvana # 1 by J.R. Stewart

Nirvana # 1 (Series) by J.R. Stewart

Publisher - Blue Moon

ISBN13: 9780993639777

Type - eBook

Pages - 186

Date - November 10, 2015

When the real world is emptied of all that you love, how can you keep yourself from dependence on the virtual?

Animal activist and punk rock star Larissa Kenders lives in a dystopian world where the real and the virtual intermingle. After the disappearance of her soulmate, Andrew, Kenders finds solace by escaping to Nirvana, a virtual world controlled by Hexagon. In Nirvana, anyone’s deepest desires may be realized - even visits with Andrew.

Although Kenders knows that this version of Andrew is virtual, when he asks for her assistance revealing Hexagon’s dark secret, she cannot help but comply. Soon after, Kenders and her closest allies find themselves in a battle with Hexagon, the very institution they have been taught to trust. After uncovering much more than she expected, Kenders’ biggest challenge is determining what is real – and what is virtual.

Nirvana is a fast-paced, page-turning young adult novel combining elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance. Part of a trilogy, this book introduces readers to a young woman who refuses to give up on the man she loves, even if it means taking on an entire government to do so.

August 2015 Highlights (Freelance Talents)

*) - Artist Lothar Zhou - "The place I spent most of my childhood with my grandma and aunt in the early 80's. Now it's the most modern part of the city. I painted by over 30 years memory and desaturated bit for better mood. By Artrage, Photoshop."

*) - 3D Production Pipeline

*) Well......
#art #graphic_design #freelancetalents#freelance_talents

*) - Artist - Jacob Smith

*) - Antoine Collignon· - "Telekinesis test subject on the run" C&C are welcome ! smile emoticon Uncompressed on : https://www.artstation.com/…/telekinesis-test-subject-on-th… ‪#‎freelancetalents‬ ‪#‎art‬‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎concept‬

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*) - Amélie Hutt - "Hey guys, here I uploaded a video of my 10 minutes speed painting studies process. I quickly demo the brushes I use. These studies are done from photographs, for training. The lasso tool and transformation tool are used along with the brushes. I find the lasso tool to be excellent at training your eyes to broad abstract shapes. A useful and quick exercise to do regularly. https://youtu.be/jc7C5qMZ8Q0

Also if you know who the first photograph is from, please let me know."

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*) - Michelle Natalia - "Hello guys, this is a study I did to challenge myself and also getting out from my comfort zone.
I've always been lazy in drawing pose and coloring clothes. But I will try to do more from now on. smile emoticon
Reference Image: (http://michaeldavidadams.com/…/michael-david-adams-morgane-…) Software: paint tool SAI" 

*) - Artist Ivan Dedov

Featured Artists

*) - Danil Sherekin - "The Mushroom Man!" Process here -https://youtu.be/hGirn6BohoA 

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*) - Diego Cunha - "Hi guys! My latest work!"

Process here: https://youtu.be/RXskBry_dI0

https://www.artstation.com/artist/diegoocunha

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*) - Ananda C. Aran - "Hi! I think I'm better at exteriors than interiors and I'm trying to compensate. My self-imposed brief for this one was steampunk/art nouveau inspired studio. Any critique especially in regards to design and composition is welcome.

PS if anyone is interested in my process I kept all the layers on the psd unmerged and could put together a little step by step or share the .psd."

‪#‎ananda‬ ‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎art‬ ‪#‎steampunk‬ ‪#‎freelancetalents‬

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*) - Gaétan Weltzer - "Hey guys, sharing with you my latest speedpainting process in video."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ITEzBnZOY

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*) - Artist - Jacob Ditchmen - http://jditchmen.deviantart.com/

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*) - Bright Future by Daniel Pellow

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*) - Kadilu Alex - A beautiful combination of real photography and painting (Captown city, South Africa) ‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎art‬ ‪#‎picture‬ ‪#‎southafrica‬‪#‎freelancetalents‬

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Calligraphy Tip (Ötty Justason)

Ötty Justason - "Letterers: Using word emphasis in balloons gives you a powerful tool unique to comics. Use your chosen medium's strengths to your advantage." #freelance_talents

#Freelance_Talents News

*) - Hi guys! We wanted to share some of our 3d models with you. We hope you like them and that you will find them useful. Feel free to use these 3d models and share the link to them as well as this post. You can expect more free models in the future.

You can find out more about the project and download free 3d models on this link: http://on.be.net/1NYvhLp Cheers!

Project Title: DIESEL STUDIO

Project type: Personal project.

Software used. 3ds Max, Marvelous Designer, Vray, Photoshop

Artist's website: www.aplusstud.io

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/aplusarchitecture ‪#‎freelance_talents‬

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*) - Cyril Sinel - "A picture I did for Steampunk Tendencies some weeks ago, I do mostly concepts, but tried to spend some time on this illustration, so any critiques would be super welcome."

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*) - Artist - Lara Chernyvolk

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*) - Perspective Drawing Tutorial

Anyone can learn the basics of perspective drawing, and with the few simple rules described in this art tutorial you'll become able to add the power of perspective to your own art. If you've ever read a Spiderman comic (or any other comic with an urban setting) you should be quite familiar with perspective drawings of tall skyscrapers reaching for the clouds above, or Spidey standing on a rooftop looking down at the disappearing streets below. Typical comic book scenes like those all take advantage of the rules of perspective drawing, and it's stuff like that we will have a closer look at in this beginners art tutorial. With that in place let's move on!

1-Point Perspective Drawing

Lets start with a simple 1-point perspective illustration. Imagine you're looking down a street with buildings on each side. Notice how, by using only a few nifty techniques, a basic single point perspective adds a great sense of depth to an otherwise plain illustration. The horizontal black line at the bottom is called the horizon and the dot in the center is the vanishing point where all the lines adding depth converge. The eye level in this illustration is close to the ground but could easily be placed up higher if we wanted. That's 1-point perspective. Lets move on and have a look at a 2-point perspective illustration.

2-Point Perspective Drawing

Again we're placed at ground level (our eye level). This time we're looking at a single building rise above us. As you can see we now have 2 vanishing points. All the vertical lines of the skyscraper eventually meet at the same point located above the building. That's vanishing point 1. The lines giving the building a sense of depth all meet at vanishing point 2. That's 2-point perspective. Lets move on to the final part where we'll add one more perspective to our building.

3-Point Perspective Drawing

Here we're looking at our building from above. The vertical lines all meet at the same single point below. The lines of the rooftop continue in two different directions where the lines will eventually converge far beyond the boundries of our illustration. That's 3-point perspective.

A Few More Words

There you go. The basics of perspective drawing. Naturally things will become far more complicated as you add more buildings and details, and even more so if you add buildings and objects oriented differently than the others. But I suggest you start out with these basic setups and then move on to more complex scenery adding more buildings and details, and when you're ready and have the basics nailed you can step up your game making entire cityscapes or scenery with similar complexity. ‪#‎tutorial‬‪#‎freelancetalents‬ ‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎art‬ ‪#‎drawing‬

Art Tutorial (Normand Lemay) #freelance_talents

I use this a lot when storyboarding a first pass of a sequence. Placing hands in the right, most appealing position can be tricky. In order to create a clear silhouette for the hands, I often draw them “floating in the air”. Then, using my general knowledge of anatomy, I just “fill in the arms”. This way I can create a much more expressive and clear pose than if I was just radiating out of the torso. That’s when structure and anatomy can get in the way of a clear message. And hands carry a lot of meaning, so I want to make them as clear as possible for my audience to see them.

I would say the same applies to life drawing. Since they often don’t carry the body weight (legs most often do), I feel like i can take the freedom of changing their position slightly to make a better visual statement. ‪#‎art‬‪#‎tutorial‬ ‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Freelance Talents #level_up

Artist - Naufal Azka

Patrick Deza - "What is it that makes an image look good? I think it's the composition. What do you think? -30 minutes, no refs..."

‪#‎levelup‬ ‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Robson Michel - "Lovecraft inspired piece...

Hamza Suraj Bajwa - "Trying my hand at some medieval architecture."‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Articulated Comic Book Art Community

Articulated Comic Book Art is akin to the miniature dioramas found in many museums, and as the name implies, the subject matter is influenced by comic book/superhero themes that pay homage to Comics and games. Originally posted (ACBA Community) 

- https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACBAgroup/

Jake Leggett - "Red Skull: Resisting is pointless Captain Rogers, Zhey all break eventually."

.....by KJ Bernard

CJ Cjeism - "I just wanted to check my Facebook." #acba_panels

....by Dominic Dimagmaliw

#freelance_talents

*) - Viktor Fedotov - "Having fun with shapes." ‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Robert Rejmak - "Hi guys. I want to show you my next work (wip). It's my third photobash/photomanip. I'd be happy to hear some tips/first impressions/advices. I want to make last touches, and i'd like to know your opinion.

Better quality: http://s8.postimg.org/sru0y1sl1/Untitled_1.jpg

Progress (3steps) : http://s23.postimg.org/kr2kxveeh/progress.jpg

There is my artstation, if you'd be curious about my earlier / next works.
https://www.artstation.com/artist/revrite

Thanks!"

FT News

*) - Alexander Pavlenko - "Hi guys, recently i was working on some illustrations for Central World War II museum in Moscow. This one is my first commercial illustration which is meant to be illustration and not concept art i think. You always gives me very nice critique and advices, so this time feel free for any C&C." ‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎level_up‬

*) - Asgh Anas - "Into the clouds - i used to build this concept to zbrush for sculpt the ice piece, 3dsmax for particle system & mix the elements together, vray for clouds by using environment fog, & materials, photoshop for depth of field & final view. hope u enjoy it."

*) - Pulse by Roman Leon

*) - Watercolor painting by Z.l. Feng

*) - .....and finally a Public Service Announcement...

The Road to 10,000 Hours by Volen CK

Volen CK - "Hey everybody. Back in 2013 I decided to teach myself to paint and draw. Since then I've been working each and every day. My progress has been slow, but it has been consistent. In this vid I want to share some of my progress, major lessons about learning in general and how you will change as your art develops. You can skip up to 15 minutes in to just see some of the work I've done over the years. I hope this helps give you some perspective and inspires you to keep working."‪#‎freelance_talents‬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1kQigudDI

FT Community Updates

*) - Boell Oyino: "Hi ! my entry for a brainstorm challenge ! We had to mix gladiator with insect/fish features. Well, the rhinobeetle features aren't so obvious it's a pity. But I ceased this opportunity to experiment how the result will look if I removed lines."

>>> VIDEO HERE >>> https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153066104479504&set=vb.735514503&type=3

*) - Speed Painting by Mathieu Seddas

*) - Alessandro Constantini - "Fluid simulation colisioning with fresh fruits. I used a kodak gold 200 film emulation, baked the simulation and rendered a still frame."

*) - Kristina Gls - "My goal was to imitate the crystal in a variation to get the overall impression, used mainly 2 brushes, 1 textured beneath and then 1 basic brush with just shape dynamics for sharpness. 1 par appears off but unsure what to do about it. Took a bit more than an hour, another 30 min for initial copy of the image. I tried lasso way with gradients, but it was too flat."

*) - Thank you all for the feedback  here is update. First I did all sharp edges some, but I prefer the a bit more organic one on the right, what do you say? This was even more fun than the first part  Played around with color a bit to make it more magical. I didnt change any textures tho to not overdo it. So any C&C are very welcome  (which one do you prefer)