Amy Hackney Blackwell Books

Discover (or rediscover!) history’s greatest myths and legends From Grendel and Beowulf to Poseidon, Medusa, and Hercules, the gods, monsters, and heroes of mythology are endlessly weird and fascinating. And if you’re looking for a helpful companion to this wild collection of creatures, humans, and deities, you’ve found it! Mythology For Dummies delivers the straight goods on history’s most popular myths, helping you make sense of even the most complicated ancient stories. You’ll learn about the origins of your favorite myths, their cultural impact, and more. Discover: The coolest mythological characters, including intrepid Odysseus, the volatile gods of Mount Olympus, and Thor and Loki How ancient mythology intersects with our daily lives in pop culture, high culture, and everything in between Mythological destinations, like Atlantis, and famous sites from Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology An engrossing guide to some of the most enduring and interesting tales from throughout history, Mythology For Dummies serves up the inside scoop on almost every myth or legend you’d care to learn more about.

A fun how-to sketchbook for drawing portraits and selfies! Sketch Your Best Self is a quirky guide to drawing all kinds of faces – starting with your own! The book is split into four sections, covering the basics, how to draw faces, building bodies and selfie style. This comprises how to draw features, how to create different expressions, drawing bodies and limbs and lots of fun stuff including how to create a selfie in pop art style, full colour, monochrome and retro classics style. So pucker up for creating lips, decide if today is a good or bad hair day, practise some photobooth-style expressions, build your friends limb by limb, add some attitude, then try out the fun and whimsical drawing challenges with super fun pages based around Snapchat style filters. Don’t be left out – this beautiful book is fully inclusive and can be enjoyed by everyone!

Selfies ohne Smartphone? Einfach zeichnen! Mit diesem kleinen Zeichenkurs wirst du richtig viel Spaß haben. Die bekannte Illustratorin Amy Blackwell zeigt dir in diesem interaktiven Buch, wie du ganz einfach witzige kleine Portraits von dir, deinen Freunden oder deiner Familie zeichnest. Die Übungen werden direkt im Buch realisiert und kleine kreative Exkurse - zeichne dich doch zum Beispiel mal als Meerjungfrau - sorgen grantiert mindestens für ein Schmunzeln. Hier geht es nicht ums realistische, akademische Zeichnen von Menschen, sondern um das spielerische Erlernen von Grundwissen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den charmanten kleinen Eigenheiten, die uns alle besonders machen. Das perfekte Buch für alle Anfänger, Kritzel-Künstler und alle, die sich für Comics und Illustration begeistern können!