"Costume Design & Illustration" book pre-order at Amazon~!!

Last year, several of CDA instructors was invited to be a part of a Design Studio Press book featuring character designers and costume illustrators currently working in the game and film industry.

The book features many artists including Carlo Arellano, Anthony Francisco, Kevin Chen, Jerad Marantz, Constantine Sekeris, Paul Christopher, Phillip Boutte JR., Keith Christensen, Nevile Page, Scott Robertson, Gloria Shin, Christian Cordella, and Alan Villanueva.

Now, the book is scheduled to be released on July 15th and available for pre-order at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Costume-Design-Illustration-Video-Animation/dp/1933492589/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402084169&sr=8-1&keywords=costume+design+and+illustration

If you like character design, make sure to check it out :)

"Pardon My Dust" Book Kickstarter by Peter Han~!!

Our good friend and instructor, Peter Han have just launch his Kickstarter for his new book, "Pardon My Dust".

It is a great book filled with wonderful illustrations and demos all done with the use of color chalk and blackboard surface.

This is a great book for any starting artists learning to draw and for any artist who are a fan of the unique beautiful line and texture a chalk drawing creates.

Make sure to check it out~!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/444273000/pardon-my-dust-the-chalk-drawings-of-peter-han

John Watkiss Books now on Kindle~!!

3 of John Watkiss' art book series are now available at great prices on the Kindle store. Make sure to check it out as John shares many gems of wisdom about drawing, anatomy, fabric and composition in his books. Highly recommended~!!

Richard Bunkall Website and Artbook

Yesterday was the last day of the Richard Bunkall art show at Pasadena Museum of California Art.

In case you have missed the show, you can still see many of Richard's paintings on his website:

http://www.richardbunkall.com/work_paintings.asp

On the site, they sale an art book containing paintings, sketches and etchings from his 25 years of career. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Richard Bunkall Research Fund at Project A.L.S.

Enjoy the visit~!!

"MetamorFX" - Art of Constantine Sekeris available for pre-order~!!

Our good friend & former instructor, Constantine Sekeris is releasing his new book "MetamorFX" on July 15th at Comic Con 2012 through Design Studio Press.

Constantine have worked on numerous creature and costume designs for films such as "Blade 2", "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman", "Fantastic Four", "Constantine", "Where the Wild Things Are?", "Hell boy 2", "The Incredible Hulk", "X-men: Last Stand", "Thor", upcoming films like "G.I. Joe 2", "Star Trek Sequel", "Ender's Game", and many, many more.

This is a rare book that specializes in the field of practical & digital creature design. It is filled with great step by step illustrations and useful techniques he has gathered through years of experience in the industry. This is a must buy book for any artists interested in the field of creature design (or is a huge fan of his work like me.).

To pre-order, you can find the book available on Amazon here.

Thanks for your time :)

Best,
Kevin