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Woo-hoo! (Recs: books and Austin hotels)
I have $20 in Amazon.com gift certificates. What should I buy and why?
(caveat: usually when I ask for recs, I end up not buying what people have recced, for whatever perverse reason, but I do end up putting a number on my wishlist and buying them later.)
In other news, I took the opportunity of Sora being out of it on Monday to make kanzashi (and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
myrialux helpfully came over and entertained Sora on Sunday while I made more). I need to finish them up - put them on clips and the like - so hope to have pictures of them soon. :) I'm going to the Ikkicon artist alley in Austin in early Feb, so need to increase my stock. :)
And speaking of which: anyone have any recs of a hotel/motel reasonably near downtown Austin that offers internet in its rooms (preferably wireless, preferably free, but pay and wires will do), is less than $100/night (preferably less than $75), and is not hot and cold running cockroaches?myrialux is coming down with me, but not attending the con, and will need to telecommute some on Friday.
(caveat: usually when I ask for recs, I end up not buying what people have recced, for whatever perverse reason, but I do end up putting a number on my wishlist and buying them later.)
In other news, I took the opportunity of Sora being out of it on Monday to make kanzashi (and
myrialux helpfully came over and entertained Sora on Sunday while I made more). I need to finish them up - put them on clips and the like - so hope to have pictures of them soon. :) I'm going to the Ikkicon artist alley in Austin in early Feb, so need to increase my stock. :)And speaking of which: anyone have any recs of a hotel/motel reasonably near downtown Austin that offers internet in its rooms (preferably wireless, preferably free, but pay and wires will do), is less than $100/night (preferably less than $75), and is not hot and cold running cockroaches?
myrialux is coming down with me, but not attending the con, and will need to telecommute some on Friday.
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http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Manga-Unforgettable-Characteristics/dp/4766118227/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232566885&sr=8-1
This one is figure drawing, from every angle. I like it a lot and my drawing from my head has improved a ton.
There's another one on perspective, Volume 4 in that same series:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Manga-Manga-Style-Perspective/dp/4766119142/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
They don't worry much about ink or any of that, just the bones of the drawing. (If you know what I mean.)