It's with a keen sense of humour and wondrous attention to detail that these two warped geniuses, Fastner & Larson, have created hundreds of magnificent fantasy illustrations. This title contains many colour works which document their airbrush technique.
In his astonishing debut Annex, up-and-coming speculative fiction author Rich Larson turns the alien invasion novel inside out and crafts one of the most affecting young protagonists since Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker
Fantasy, action, and pretty young girls wearing little more than a bit of armour and a smile -- these are the hallmarks of illustration duo Steve Fastner and Rich Larson. This is the latest full-colour gallery of their works, a sort of naughty nightmare you will thoroughly enjoy!
Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence—as well as his skill as a jazz pianist—to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, metaphor, grouping, pattern, hierarchy, and emergence in the explanation of musical meaning, Larson explained how listeners hear tonal music through the analogues of physical gravity, magnetism, and inertia. His theory of melodic expectation goes beyond prior theories in predicting complete melodic patterns. Larson elegantly demonstrated how rhythm and meter arise from, and are given meaning by, these same musical forces.
Young naturalists will gain both information and inspiration from this book about a very special butterfly garden. Mrs. Carter's Butterfly Garden is the story of how former First Lady Rosalynn Carter created a sunny spot in her yard to attract monarch butterflies and help prevent habitat loss. Author Steve Rich worked with Mrs. Carter to create a butterfly-friendly trail through her hometown of Plains, Georgia. Children can learn from Mrs. Carter's example why it's good for people when butterflies have welcoming spaces to flutter by - and how they, as young butterfly enthusiasts, can create a butterfly garden on their own at home or school. Published by NSTA Kids, Mrs. Carter's Butterfly Garden includes helpful resources for teachers and parents who want to introduce children to beautiful butterflies. -- from back cover.
The latest collection of creepy, cute, and curious illustrations from the legendary art team of Steve Fastner and Rich Larson. No one combines the beauties with the beasts quite like these two, and this new gallery contains more of the exquisite excess their fans constantly crave. Also includes a unique interlocking 6 page story that brings old school tales of horror into the 21st century.
