I found a bunch of my layouts for Left 4 Dead- here you can see how i used elements of sketchup and photos, and character screenshots, pasting in pre scanned grids and all sorts of stuff. These are online and collected in VALVE PRESENTS from Dark Horse Comics. But if you compare it to the finals, you’ll see reference is just like using a circle template, its just a starting point for a structure, if you dont build on it, you’ve just traced an empty hole:) I had a great time working on these with Jay Pinkerton and Erik Wolpaw at Valve, probably my best time there.
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“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”
I’m in the clouds … reading / Estoy en la nubes… leyendo (ilustración de Christopher Silas Neal)
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“Social media is not going away. As new platforms emerge, libraries will need to choose the channels that work for their communities. But whatever platforms they choose, they must have some kind of plan that outlines their goals and embrace philosophies that support interactivity with their communities. I think Bizzle summed it up best, “Successful libraries will determine what platforms most effectively reach their target audience and aggressively build sustainable presences there.”
“The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.”
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“I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.”
“Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good:
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.”
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Check out the first poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. (via Collider.com)
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This sculpture at Harvard’s Houghton Library is made from more than 4,000 books and has caused something of a scandal. More on scandalous works of library art here.
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“Best Day/Worst Day” scenes recreated from Looking For Alaska by deadlyloofah
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The first edition presentation copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), given by her to Lord Byron, with her autograph inscription on the front flyleaf.
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Platform 9 3/4
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Quotes from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
