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The Sketchnote Workbook: Advanced Techniques for Taking Visual Notes You Can Use Anywhere
Mike Rohde - 2012
You think you have fun taking sketchnotes in meetings? Try using them to record your travels. Or start a food journal. Or break out those visual notetaking skills in your next brainstorming session--whether you're at work or school, or just trying to figure out how to organize the paper that's due next week.The Sketchnote Workbook comes with a 2+ hour companion video that brings the ideas you read about in the book to life. Mike takes you on the road with him to various locations to show you first-hand how to use sketchnotes to generate ideas, document processes, map out projects, learn new languages, create visual to-do lists, and capture the everyday experiences that mean the most to you--whether it's a trip, a meal, or an episode of your favorite TV show.Don't worry. You don't need to know how to draw to use the book or the video. Mike gives you a quick recap of how to use five simple shapes and basic lettering techniques to create visual notes that you'll want to share with your friends. For those of you who have already mastered the basics in The Sketchnote Handbook, Mike includes advanced drawing and lettering techniques and offers pages within the book and downloadable worksheets that you can use to practice your new skills.This video is 2 hours and 41 minutes long.
Abandoned Omega
Ruby Nox - 2018
The last thing he was expecting was for an injured alpha to knock on his door. Against his better judgment, he gives them a place to stay. It’s meant to be temporary, but as he grows closer to a certain kind and alluring alpha, he starts to question his solitary life and what is really best for his son. The plan was simple; travel from pack to pack, find a mate, and start his life. A faulty bridge and a broken foot put that plan on hold. Brighton is reluctant to burden the mysterious omega living in the forest, but under the omega’s care and charm, he wonders if he found the future he desperately wants after all. But someone is watching them. Someone who Josh never thought he'd see again. Will Brighton and Josh admit their feelings for each other? Will they unite in time to stop this threat?
His Forgotten Mate
Giovanna Reaves - 2019
All he knows is he’s mated. He starts to search for his mate with the little he recalls and quickly becomes frustrated when his search produces nothing. But he’s not going to give up and vows to find the man who has taken over his every waking thought. Alexis Silver After meeting and spending a beautiful night with a handsome werewolf, Alexis wakes up the next morning and instantly freaks out. He leaves after doing something that could get him in trouble with the heads of the witches and warlock council. It isn’t until later Alexis realizes the werewolf won't be out of his life so quickly, as he is mated to the man. Both Alexis and Maverick feel they’re not ready for the responsibility mating brings to the table. And they’re confident they’re not prepared to become parents. But there is nothing they can do when fate intervenes, giving them what they think they’re not ready to have. Nothing can stop fate, no matter how hard you try.
Stray
Kari Gregg - 2016
He’s still searching for where he fits in. After losing his family in a vicious attack, Dean rebuilt his pack by accepting loners, rejects, other survivors, and even ferals. He and his ragtag group of strays made a warm and welcoming home. Luke believes he’s finally found where he belongs. Meddling parents and a neighbor who isn’t as human as he seems won’t sway him. Luke wants Dean to take in one last stray...him. Content Warning: Shifter knotting/tying, mating heats (yes, plural), and jerky! A 40,643 word short novel
Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous
Michele Cassou - 1996
With vibrant and contagious enthusiasm, the authors liberate the reader's urge to create freely and spontaneously, as a painter or an artist in another medium, purely for the process of exploration, not for result.With eloquence and simplicity, the authors encourage the reader to journey inward toward his or her authentic self and discover the unique intuition awaiting there. It is this intuition that provides all the tools the reader needs to crumble the barrier between the innermost self and its uncensored manifestation.Through lively interviews with students, the authors explore painting as a practice that facilitates the ecstasy of unfettered expression. With simple brushes, a few dishes of paint, and this book, the reader will be able to coax the hidden self out of the heart and onto a paper.Life, Paint And Passion is the result of nearly thirty years of intensive work with the painting process. It provides powerful insights into the act of creation, a solid base for facing and transcending creative blocks, and brings fresh perceptions and healing to life.
The Complete Serger Handbook
Chris James - 1997
It’s a reference, an instructional guide, and even an inspiration. With humor and years of experience, author Chris James answers questions on threads and threading, which stitch is which, setting the tension, mastering the controls, learning the techniques, working with knits, rolling hems, flatlocking, troubleshooting, and so much more.
Tasting the Forbidden
Lynn Hagen - 2014
They grew up learning how to execute a man a hundred different ways. They are the Empire's secret weapon against the Marauders.Kayden Caellen and his unit have been assigned to hunt down the worst of the worst. The Zarino Galaxy is on the verge of the largest peace treaty the universe has ever seen and doesn't want anyone upsetting the delicate balance.Jade Krovac is human, deemed the lowest species in the galaxy. It amazes most that he holds a position as a tech. When the admiral assigns Jade to Kayden's unit, Kayden knows he is in trouble. Since first laying eyes on Jade, Kayden has been in lust.Too bad he will be killed if anyone finds out, because for Kayden, being gay is a crime, punishable by death.
The Memory Quilt: A Christmas Story for Our Times
T.D. Jakes - 2009
Jakes's first Christmas story features a grandmother seeking inspiration from the Bible as she prepares to create a quilt.
The Alpha's Captive
A.J. Jarrett - 2013
First, they murdered his parents, and now they’ve taken his brother. With no other options left, Devon decides an eye for an eye, or in this case a brother for a son, is the best course of action, and he takes the son of the man who kidnapped his brother. But his plan blows up in his face when he realizes the man in question is his mate.Aiden Stefano never imagined a weekend at home would start off with him being kidnapped by men claiming to be werewolves or that he would fall for one. Now he must find a way to convince Devon what they share is worth fighting for and prove to his father that wolves aren’t the monsters he believes them to be. Shouldn’t be too hard, right?Aiden is the only thing Devon has to bargain with, but can he give up his mate to save his brother?
You've Been Knotty
Kellan Larkin - 2017
But everything changes when his pack turns on him, and the only person who can protect him is his former mate. Jake can’t afford to let his pride get the best of him, since it’s not only his life that’s in danger—the life of his unborn child is at stake too. “Dragons guard their treasure with their life, and I’ve found mine.” Eben Meiser only drove Jake away to prevent him from learning the truth—that Eben is a dragon-shifter, feared and shunned by society. Now Eben is preparing to spend Christmas alone when Jake comes hurtling back into his life, along with the surprise that he’s carrying Eben’s baby. Eben fights to protect their future, but will he and Jake be able to rekindle their past? This Christmas novella is a sexy mpreg twist on the classic Christmas Carol. It contains a May/December romance with no cheating and a happily ever after. Gay paranormal mpreg holiday romance
Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers
Steven Heller - 2010
Yet only the finished article is presented. Rarely do we gain insight into how visual solutions have been reached or the exploration, experimentation, and ideas behind them. In this ambitious publication, some one hundred of the world’s leading graphic designers and illustrators open up their private sketchbooks to offer a privileged glimpse into their creative processes. The result is a visual tour de force.Among the many artists featured are Milton Glaser, an icon of American graphic design and creator of the seminal I Love New York logo, who was the first designer to receive the National Medal of Arts, in 2009. Michael Bierut, a partner of Pentagram Design, is known as an advocate of the power and influence of design and co-founded the online journal Design Observer; he has clients ranging from the Walt Disney Company to Princeton and Yale to the New York Jets. Ed Fella, a prolific photographer as well as an iconoclastic typographer and designer, is known for fusing high- and low-culture sources and began mixing, changing, and matching fonts long before it was possible—and popular—with desktop publishing. Bruce Mau is the designer of the seminal S,M,L,XL and now has a client list including MTV, Coca Cola, and Frank Gehry.Samples range from small, discrete typographical explorations to full-fledged illustrations, from a few scrappy scribbles and eccentric handwriting to photographic collages and other offbeat forms of visual inspiration. Concise and informative texts by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico—leading authorities on graphic design—provide invaluable commentary on the artists’ creative development, design philosophies, sketchbooking techniques, and visual influences. The combined effect of such high-level creativity is a treasure trove of design inspiration in a lively, engaging presentation that is a design object in itself.
Fall for You
Keira Marcos - 2015
Riley Blake left New York and moved to a small town in Maine after inheriting his uncle's house. Unfortunately, a disturbing part of his past follows him. The last thing Sheriff Marcus Cameron really had time for was a new relationship. As the son of the alpha of the largest werewolf pack in the area, he had a duty to his family. But Riley Blake is a gorgeous temptation, and he's always been rather fond of giving into his baser instincts.
Bound by Pleasure
Anitra Lynn McLeod - 2013
Those who are chosen are never seen again. Worse, no one knows their fate. Still, Hunter vows to face his destiny like a man, but he’s shocked when he finds himself owned by a terrifying alien.Kian Lachlan might have a terminal disease that keeps him in constant pain, but that doesn’t mean he believes the hype about Earthlings having curative powers. When his father buys him one anyway, Kian is furious and determined to prove Hunter is as fake as all the other cures he’s been subjected to.What neither one of them was expecting was discovering a shocking sexual affinity. True roles of master and slave translate perfectly in the bedroom, but Kain’s father didn’t buy Hunter to pleasure his son. He wants a cure and won’t settle for anything less. If Hunter fails, he’ll be sold.
Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement
Valerie L. Winslow - 2008
This long-awaited book provides simple, insightful approaches to the complex subject of human anatomy, using drawings, diagrams, and reader-friendly text. Three major sections–the skeletal form, the muscular form and action of the muscles, and movement–break the material down into easy-to-understand pieces. More than 800 distinctive illustrations detail the movement and actions of the bones and muscles, and unique charts reveal the origins and insertions of the muscles. Packed with an extraordinary wealth of information, Classic Human Anatomy is sure to become a new classic of art instruction.
Scent
Hawke Oakley - 2019
He’s held on to too much pain for the way he was treated in the past. So when Jake is especially upset when he finds out his best friend, Skylar, landed a job at the Omega Angel Café - what Jake thinks is a degrading work environment where omegas serve coffee and entertain paying alphas. But Jake is a fiercely protective friend, so he puts aside his own feelings to accompany Skylar on his first day of work to make sure no alpha harasses him.Omegas and love? Never again.Griffin has given up on love. After being burned by his ex’s betrayal, the bitter alpha is reluctant to become close to anyone ever again. With the anniversary of the event rapidly approaching, Griffin allows himself to indulge in a night of passion with an omega he met at a bar, if only just to forget his past. But when his co-worker drags him to the acclaimed Omega Angel Café, Griffin runs into the last person he expects to see there - that very same omega.A seductive scent.When Jake meets Griffin, he’s just another alpha to satisfy his desires. But after their no-strings-attached night, Jake realizes something doesn’t feel quite right. It isn’t until Jake runs into Griffin again at the Omega Angel Café that he realizes he has a major problem.He can’t get Griffin’s irresistible scent off his mind.Scent is a 60,000 word contemporary non-shifter mpreg novel with steamy scenes and a HEA. It is the first book in the Omega Angel Café series.