Crafting New Mexican Furniture A Handbook to Design Plans and Techniques

Crafting New Mexican Furniture A Handbook to Design Plans and Techniques

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4 Stars Great beginners book!
This book only assumes one has basic knowledge in woodworking. For someone starting out and interested in New Mexican furniture, it is a good book showing methods and plans for boxes, (clothes hamper, trash box, etc.), hat & towel racks, hanging shelves, free standing bookcase, footstools, tables, beds, nightstand, and wardrobe . These are basic units but can be modified to fit any needs. If you’re starting out with New Mexican furniture, I recommend this book.

4 Stars This is a very good beginner’s book
I think this is an outstanding book for people starting out to build their own southwestern style furniture. The projects and techniques outlined in this book are very basic but useful.

This book would have rated higher than a 7 in my book if it had more advanced information, particularly more advanced projects and techniques such as advanced carving techniques.

IMHO it’s definitely worth the money if you’re starting to dabble in Southwestern style furniture

1 Star This book is an compleate waste of money
I purchased this book with a great deal of anticipation.
In fact I built the entire day around its acquisition and consumption.
I never even opened the cover before I took it home because I knew it was going to be great.
I had not purchased furniture for 45 years because I loved the
southwest style and was making preperations to build my own and
I could hardly wait for the treasures that lay waiting benieth the covers.
BIG SUPPRISE. This book is a compleate joke to anyone who expects to find
rudaments of building mexican furniture. It is an absolute inslult to anyone with an
ounce of brains. If you want to build boxes, and more boxes, and the other crap
he passes off then go for it but if you are looking for serious information on mexican and southwestern furniture construction
and style. LOOK ELSEWHERE.

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Un Du 4 Ounce Adhesive Remover

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Remove tape from a photo a bumper sticker from a car price labels kid’s stickers office labels computer disk labels windshield stickers gum from fabric and more. The acid free environmentally friendly solution temporarily neutralizes adhesives and then quickly evaporates allowing the stickers tape and labels to be used again. Easy-to-use no-mess only takes a few drops. Safe will not stain most surfaces. Use on glass plastic walls fabric leather vinyl carpet wood and paper. Great for crafts like memory bottle cutting candle making and wood crafts. Removes wax and hot-melt gluesdoes not harm acid or lignin-free papers. Leaves no odors or oily residue once dry you’ll never know anything was there.

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How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 10/05/2004 Run time: 58 minutes Rating: Nr

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3 Stars Inspirational, informative, but dated…
I remember first seeing this in VHS form MANY years ago, and I enjoyed it. More as a cheerleading device than an article of information. Even when I first saw it, I realized from comic books I was reading at the time, that many of the things being said about comics in general, and Marvel specifically, were simply not true anymore. The “Marvel Way” being viewed and discussed is the way of 1970. The way of John Buscema and Jack Kirby.

There is nothing wrong with this “way”, it’s just not what’s being asked for and wanted from artists in comics today. These are rules, and successful comics today often succeed by ‘breaking’ these rules. To hear Stan Lee impose what almost sounds like a mandate on drawing lips and eyelashes is almost laughable. The women being illustrated and discussed are women from 1970, which were often already basically women from 1950. And although it’s refreshing to see comic book females being drawn and discussed without showing or mentioning the now commonplace trait of over-sized breasts and 8-inch waists, it’s still more of a valuable record of an era in comic books than an instructional device.

HOWEVER… the illustrated use of perspective, impact, angles, technique and storytelling are still just as accurate and important today as they were then. And except for the obvious omission of computer use in comics today, also offers excellent advice on the methods and many of the tools used to construct a professional comic book. It also emphasizes the need for dedication and practice to become better skilled in this art form.

It’s on this level that I found it most valuable - as a cheerleader. Any beginning artist with an ounce of talent, looking to break into the business of creating comic books will find it hard not to be motivated and encouraged by the energy and enthusiasm in this DVD. Even now, I find myself swept up in Stan’s very sincere desire for me, and other artists to succeed.

There’s no fancy film work here, shot on video, no real menu or extras, and the music is annoying. But it’s crisp, clear and colorful. I’m very glad it’s out on DVD, as pausing is much better for viewing the vast art displayed throughout.

I would recommend this for any person starting out or interested in the details of comic book art.

4 Stars Good DVD for your Drawing Collection
A good way to see how things are done, but I wish they had went into a detailed step-by-step instruction of the drawings. But I would recommend this for anyone who wants to get into drawing comic books. You still have to learn perspective and anatomy and things like that in more detail. There are a lot of great books out there for that. But this is a good DVD to have in your drawing collection.

5 Stars More like, “How to Talk the Marvel Way”
Way too much exposition and not enough, how you say, “Bob Ross”-style step by step instruction, but hey, that’s what art school is for, right, Binky?

Anyhoo, John and Stan do an excellent job explaining the basics of figure drawing and composition choices for comic panels. Inspirational, and rather like hanging at a family gathering with the oldsters. That’s my opinion/memory implant. Very 80’s in video quality and the music; oy! the soundtrack! I was waiting for someone to get a pie in the face!!!

1 Star Don’t Waste Your Money
There is NOTHING in this DVD that wasn’t in the book. In fact, Stan and John basically read the book to you as they show you the pictures from the book. I was hoping to actually SEE the artists do the drawings, but there is maybe 60 seconds total of footage of actual drawing. The rest of the video is just John Buscema tracing over all the images that are already in the book. If you really want to learn to draw comics, this isn’t for you. If you just want a basic overview of the process, this dvd might not be TOO disappointing. But if you already own the book, DEFINITELY don’t waste your money. It would be cheaper just to have your mom read the book to you.

5 Stars Your son like HQs ?
Well, if he likes, give him this Video and extimulate him to try it out drawing !!! It’s a great video and can definitivelly help him enter in this fantastic world.

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