As a VFX Artist, I highly recommend this to both animators and FX artists. Joseph Gilland does a phenomenal job in explaining the science and fundamentals behind elemental effects and what drives them.…
Nice thread! I love "The name of the Wind" and its sequel "Wise Mans Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss. Its got a fantastic scientific magic system and genuinely captivating characters and it is actually very well written! +1 to mistborn series and stormlight archive and elemental magic Blood Song by Anthony Ryan and The Painted…
Andy Weir's book was fun - basically MacGyver on Mars Elemental Magic gets my +1 too. I recommend this to VFX artists in my studio. my 3 recommendations based on last year's reading Production Pipeline Fundamentals I really enjoyed this one, as it gives a great overview of game and film production pipelines without losing…
I do read fantasy a bit too much but the sketchbooks i fill from these are worth it. Visual library for the win. I've polished off a few book series this year already: - The first law series - - Very dark and grimy fantasy taking the idea of heros and really fucking with it. Ends justify the means and progress has a…