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9 Heads: A Guide to Drawing Fashion by Nancy Riegelman Book Review 5 Stars

9 Heads: A Guide to Drawing Fashion by Nancy Riegelman Book Review 5 Stars

A few months ago, I checked out the 9 Heads Fashion book. I found it to be very useful. This book covers modern day fashion. It shows you all the latest trends. The first chapters focuses on drawing the 9 heads croquis. In the fashion world, it is fashionable for the sketch croquis to have 9 heads proportions. His entire body must be at least 9 heads long. This gives a long, elegant look.

Carrie Scary Steven King Movie Review 5 Stars

A few days ago, I watched the Carrie movie. I cannot say which Carrie movie I watched. It has like a million versions, each one bloodier than the last. I think it was the 2002 version. Carrie is one of Steven King's horror movie classic. It is about a shy girl with telekinesis powers. Carrie has a very overprotective, hyper religious mother. She has been raising Carrie to be a saint. Carrie resents her mother's rearing.

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The Day After Tomorrow My Fav Stormy Movie 5 Stars Worthy

"The Day after Tomorrow" is my favorite Storm movie. To start the review, I will tell you a bit about the plot. The main character is a scientist who predicted a new ice age. One day, his predictions start coming true. All over the world, massive storms start surfacing. The problem is that the guy who can do something about it hates his guts. Needless to say, he choose a bad time to make enemies of the Vice President.

Sabriel by Garth Nix Fantasy Necromancer Book Reviews 5 Stars Worthy

Today, I wanted to review one of my favorite fantasy books. This one is called Sabriel. It is the story of a cool necromancer chick. The world she lives in is half science, half magical. Science does not work beyond the borders. Anyhow, one day Sabriel travels to the magical half to try to save her father. There she masters her necromancer powers. The story line is not too complicated. What I liked best was the necromancy, with the bells, the ghost cat and the runeblade.

Lovely Maidens by Léon François Comerre 1850 – 1916 French Academic Painter

Today, I wanted to review some cute paintings by Leon Comerre. Comerre was the son of a school teacher. He was interested in art since he was a small boy. He got his big break when he submitted his art to the Paris Salon. I think that is everything worth mentioning about this painter. Now, I will review his artwork. The first painting shows a beautiful "Egyptian beauty". She is part of some of Comerre's orientalist paintings. Orientalist is a type of style that focuses on the orient. In any case, the girl is resting in her bedroom. The decorations are all taken 100% from Egypt. Overall, this painting is pretty realistic. This lovely painting deserves 5 stars rating.

New Adorable Anime Girls Cuties by Sayori, Rezi and Caidychen

Today, I wanted to review some adorable anime girls wallpapers. They were all made by three distinct mangaka artists. The first anime wallpaper was made by Sayori. The anime girl is an original character of Sayori. What I like best is her cute lil bunny decoration. This little snow bunny by Sayori deserves 5 stars rating.

Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2 Cool Martial Arts Movies Review 5 Stars

Today, I wanted to review both of volumes of the Kill Bill movies. I watched the second part first. However, for orderly purposes, I will start with the first movie. Like we all know, Kill Bill is a tale of revenge. The protagonist is played by Uma Thurman. She is ought to Kill Bill and the Viper Assassination Squad that ruined her wedding. The first revenge mission shown in this movie took place at the home of one of the Vipers. The Bride killed her before the Viper's daughter.

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The Shadow of the Vampire Odd Horror Movie Review

A few days ago, I watched a pretty odd vampire horror movie. It was a fictional account of the making of the Nosferatu movie. For being a horror movie, I found it quite hilarious in a sickening fashion. It is not as if the movie was aiming to be funny. I simply found many of the situations hilarious. The first part that made me laugh was when Count Orlok entered the scene. It really did freaked out the actor playing Jonathan.

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The Great Gatsby 3D Movie Review 5 stars worthy

A few days ago, I went to see "The Great Gatsby" movie at the Dolphin Moll. I went to see it with my family. After some persuasion, I convinced them to see the movie in 3D. At first, I thought that we were the only idiots watching "The Great Gatsby" in 3D. A few minutes later, the theater was full of people. It had been a long time since I watched a 3D movie. The graphics came out great.

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Books Review: The Complete Fashion Sourcebook by John Peacock

Part of my many hobbies includes reading random art books. During my search for good art book to read, I discovered this book. The Complete Fashion Sourcebook by John Peacock gives us sample illustrations of fashion between the 1920s and 1980s. Each time period has a little introduction about the fashion of the time. From then on, he shows us some sample attires based on the time of day or usage. They range from day, night, wedding, leisure and night dresses. From time to time, he takes time to illustrate fashion accessories.

Romeo at Juliet's Deathbed, Henry Fuseli,Shakespeare

New Henry Fuseli Romanticism Paintings

Today, I wanted to feature some Henry Fuseli Paintings. I hope you like them a lot. The first painting shows Romeo at Juliet's Deathbed. You remember, he thought that Juliet was dead. He did not get the info that she was faking her death to be with him. Anyhow, the way he is looking at her is very pretty. The only source of light falls directly on the couple. You can sorta half see the rest of the crypt. Truly, this Shakespearean scene deserves 5 stars rating.

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The Shining Horror Movie and Mini Series Review

The Shining is one of those classical Steven King horror movies. I watched the movie and the mini series. Both were 5 stars worthy. The movie version is more in tune with the book. Our main character, is a burnt out writer who has drinking problems. He is in recovery. One day that he was drunk, he accidentally broke the arm of his little kid. Ever since then, his wife has been afraid of him. She will not let him forget what he did their little boy.

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The Sword in the Stone Disney Kids Movie Review

I recently watched this cute little Disney movie. The Sword in the Stone is based on a book written by T.H. White. After the prologue, about the sword in the stone, the movie begins with with Merlin. He is complaining about the dark ages. He hates that there is no pluming or electricity. At first, it seemed that he was talking about the Romans times. However, Merlin has traveled into the future. Thus, he naturally knows about electricity. Due to his foresight, he was able to predict the arrival of someone who would be king.

The Mist Horror Movie Review

The Mist is a Horror movie based on a Steven King novella. This is one of those survival horror movies. It shows you some ways in which the people react to a crisis. Some come together, others break down and act stupid. In this case, the characters took a more apocalyptic approach to the whole mist situation. The origin of the monsters is never explained. Nor does it have to be explained. For our purposes, it is best to focus on the characters.

Jaws Movie Horror movie Series Review

The Jaws movie single handily made everyone paranoid about Great White Sharks. Thanks to that movie, The Great Whites were haunted for quite a bit. Now, its illegal to kill them. Now, whenever one sees a harmless fin by the sea, all imagine they are seeing a Great White. Its funny because great whites rarely, if ever, attack humans. Regardless, this movie was so popular that it had a few parts and other shark inspired movies based about it. It even has a ride in a Universal Studio theme park in Florida.

Henri Fuseli Lovely Romanticism Paintings

I have already introduced Henri Fuseli. It has been years since I last rated Fuseli. Anyhow, the first painting its called Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantments of Urma. I really do not know this story. Its one of those obscure references that is hard to look up on the internet. Regardless, here we see the young man Percival about to kill the mage. With his other hand, he is holding his maiden protectively. As for the maiden in distress, she is holding onto her lover boy. In the background, we see some odd faces looking on. Its cool how the mage, uses his chains to cast his magic. In any case, this Romanticism painting deserves 5 stars rating.

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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Halloween Stories that are 5 stars Worthy

I wanted to write again about the Simpsons for quite some time. However, there are a lot of things to mention in such a long series. As such, I wanted to take an atomistic approach to rating this long series. That being the case, I will rate the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror. Overall, those Halloween episodes are peachy. From the stories, there are a few that I liked a lot.

Tarzan Walt Disney Movie Review 5 stars worthy

Tarzan is ,yet another, wonderful Disney movie. Its based on Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Disney movie follows the book to the letter, except on a few minor things I will point out as we go along. Like in the book, Tarzan's family got stranded in an African Jungle. I think it was the Congo. In the book, Tarzan's family was stranded there by pirates. In the movie, the ship burned down. Tarzan' family did manage to build a camp. Like in the book, both of Tarzan's parents and Kala's baby chimp were killed by the Tiger, Sabor. Like in the book, Kala adopted Tarzan.

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Poems: Dance, Untitled, and Repeating Myself

Today, I wrote a few new poems. The first one is about fake chicks, dancing in a masquerade. Its pretty odd around the edges. The next poems are some without a title. Nothing too far out there. The final poem is about repetition. I really got to get something new to write about. Everything is oblivion this, pity's woes that. I have been thinking of writing some love poems. At least some silly poems. In any case, these new poems of mine deserve 5 stars rating.

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Walt Disney Movies Review : Aladdin 5 stars worthy Movies

I watched the first Aladdin movie recently. It was just as wonderful as the first time I saw it. I forgot to mention this. However, the first time I saw the Disney children movies they were translated into Spanish. Thus, now I got to see the Aladdin movie in its original language. Needless to say, the Disney company has some top notch Translators. One thing is translating words. Another thing is translating lyrics in such a way that it rhymes in Spanish. 5 stars for those Spanish Disney translators in Mexico.