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The main points of this site is drawing and photography techniques. This site covers, perspective drawing, the do's and don'ts, drawing certain things, proportions and much more.

Manga Studio is a drawing software designed to be used with a drawing tablet. Unlike Photoshop, Manga Studio allows artists to focus more on drawing. It comes with a variety of tools to help even beginners make their drawings more realistic.

Drawing is an important skill in design. try these easy tips to improve your sketching abilities!

Similar to Noelle Stevenson, Hanna K is the owner of a blog about art and comics. She has a bunch of great tips about how to draw and focuses more on comic books and how to draw a page layouts and fonts.

This website has a lot of information on how to go about designing sets and props. It also has information about working with other production team members. This includes information on how to draw floor plans to show your fellow production team members exactly what you are thinking the set should look like. The article gives a list of suggested pieces to add to a set that make your set successful and good quality. A list of designing tools are also written on the bottom of the page.

How to go about designing sets and props/working with other production team members

Manga University is site filled with tutorials on how to draw manga and anime. (Japanese comic book art and animation) It includes free tutorials for beginners and also premium tutorials for more advanced artists. Each tutorial is two to three short pages long and covers topics like how to draw eyes, mouths and faces.

This VPR radio program visits the topic of emotion in animals. Virginia Morell is an animal researcher and author of the book "Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures." Morell studies the emotions of different animals and their means for communicating those emotions. The large topic of interest in this short VPR news special is about whether humans have a special connection with dogs. Morell's answer is yes, dogs and humans have a similar way of communicating with facial cues and body language which makes our two species somewhat appealing to one another. This helps my research a lot in that it brings out not only the similarities between K-9s and humans but also the mysterious draw of one animal to the other. Since the domesticated dog is so closely related to the wolf, it is true that wolves have similar body language, facial expression and social behavior tendencies. Morell speaks about her topic of expertise with great ease and it is fun to listen to because she is so smart.

Noelle Stevenson is a very talented artist who is currently working on publishing a comic book called Nimona. She shares very interesting information not only about her journey through art school and the process of getting her comic published, but also about basic drawing techniques.

What is her style? What aspects of her style appeal to you that you may find yourself incorporating into your developing style?

Koizu is a professional artist currently working on his own comic book. His video series includes information about Manga and tools that are needed to start drawing.

I learned quite a bit from this site about the foundation of art, and I still use many of the pictures on it for references to draw from.

This site is blocked by barracuda, but is very helpful when I need inspiration and ideas about what to draw. Many helpful tips and "how-to" image sets can be found here.

This is a class offered by Mr. Babbitt at Mt. Abe. It focuses on conveying messages through art, whether they're about political, environmental or racial issues. Skills that are worked on are linoleum carving, cartoon art, mural work and drawing.

For this "How to Paint a Mural" site, I found a lot of helpful information about what materials are needed, what type of paint I should use (which I already knew from Ms. Cleary), and what techniques I could use to paint the mural. Even though they used specific brands as some examples of paint brands, this site also gave some examples overall. Besides all of the mural information, there was other drawing and painting advice that I might want to look at another time, including different media. This site seems interesting for people that are interested in art. Not only does this site have great information, it also isn't boring looking, and you can find what you are looking for. I'm glad I looked at this site even if I saw tips and information that I already knew.

learn the tools of the trade! What materials do industrial designers use to show their ideas? Specific markers and pens, even the kind of paper matter for the best results.

I used this site for research on the concept of solarization, to consider the possibility of it effecting poison parsnip seeds, so that they could possibly be made ineffective by destruction using heat. This site discusses the effects solarization can have on soilborne pathogens, weeds, beneficial microbes, and plant nutrients. Many people seeking to rid their gardens or certain areas of weeds or invasive species choose to use this technique, as it is better for the soil, doesn't leave residual chemicals in the soil, and solarization actually helps the soil become more fertile and accommodating, so that beneficial microbes can repopulate quicker, and the nutrients the soil yields are better. The site also gives people a general idea of how long this process (solarization) can take, and how to carry it out: moisturized soil is cleared of debris, a tarp placed on top of the soil in a time of year where temperatures can superheat the soil, and then left for around 2-4 weeks to kill all plant life and bacteria/pathogens under the tarp, so the soil is left fertile. This technique reminds me of how farmers used to burn their crops to ensure more fertile soil and the plants growing back healthier. It shares the same idea, but unlike with fire, this technique doesn't damage the soil and takes less time for the plant life to recover. This is an interesting idea, and I had heard of solarization before I began studying it, but I never understood exactly what it was good for. I will be able to use this site, if only to study the effects of solarization and possibly draw a connection to poison parsnip. This is a reliable education site, and it will be helpful for something to consider while I write my experimental procedure and begin my experiment.