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  PIANO & Keyboard Exercises for...

  Jessica Gilbert

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  When you’re learning to play the piano or electric keyboard, knowing what the lines and spaces on a staff represent and how the notes on your instrument correspond to those on sheet music isn’t enough to become a proficient musician. Although you’re a beginner, you can improve your abilities in many ways. You don’t only need to know the correct keys to press and when to play them. A vast world of music theory and compositional variety greatly changes certain aspects of a song and ways to craft and play musical pieces to express yourself more freely. 
  Having the knowledge to reproduce what you read on sheet music is a wonderful skill, but music isn’t about rigidly following directions. Every composer and musician should develop their style and form. You can hand a piece of sheet music to a dozen talented piano players, and each will perform it uniquely. The song’s structure is the same, but there will be little techniques and flourishes that set them apart from the others. How music feels when you play is as important as hitting the right notes in the correct order.  
  Everybody has to start somewhere when learning a new instrument. Thanks to the simplicity of the piano’s layout, there is intuitiveness to each key moving from one note to the next. They span from A to G♯ (A♭) and reset back to A so the cycle of notes can repeat. With practice, you will locate the correct notes without looking at the W 2 keyboard. It helps with reading sheet music since you can focus on it instead of constantly looking down at the keys. Once you have a handle on reading sheet music, you can play songs tailored to novice musicians in no time. 

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  Mastering 2D Animation...

  Virversity Online Courses

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  Mastering 2D Animation Principles is a comprehensive course designed to equip students with essential skills used by professional animators. This hands-on training helps learners create lifelike, expressive animations that captivate audiences and tell compelling stories. Whether you're a beginner or refining your abilities, this workshop guides you through foundational concepts and advanced practices to elevate your craft. 
   
  Explore core techniques: learn the 12 principles of animation to create fluid, believable character motion; develop skills in walk cycles, facial expressions, and lip syncing; master scene composition with background and foreground interaction; and gain proficiency in technical tools like rigging, tweening, and keyframing. Work on a final project to apply your knowledge and receive expert critique. 
   
  The program blends classic principles with hands-on software training, starting with an introduction to the history and basics of 2D animation. Dive into key concepts such as squash and stretch, anticipation, timing, and exaggeration. Learn character animation techniques like straight ahead and pose-to-pose, and enhance storytelling through facial expressions and dialogue synchronization. 
   
  The course also covers scene composition and effects animation—like smoke and fire—to enrich your sequences. Technical skills with popular animation software streamline workflows and produce professional-quality animations. 
   
  By the end, complete a final animated project integrating all techniques learned, supported by feedback for refinement. Graduates gain confidence to apply animation principles, create compelling characters, and manage complex animations, transforming into skilled animators ready to bring creative visions to life.

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  Classical Japan - Art Power and...

  Rolf Hedger

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  The classical era of Japan was defined by a rich interplay of art, power, and evolving traditions, spanning the Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods. The Nara Period saw the establishment of Japan’s first permanent capital, heavily influenced by Chinese culture, with Buddhism gaining prominence and shaping religious and artistic developments.  
  The Heian Period marked the height of imperial court culture, where poetry, literature, and refined aesthetics flourished under the rule of aristocratic families like the Fujiwara. It was also during this time that the kana writing system emerged, giving rise to literary masterpieces such as The Tale of Genji. As courtly elegance gave way to the rise of the samurai, the Kamakura Shogunate ushered in a new era of warrior rule, led by the Minamoto clan.  
  The establishment of a military government transformed Japan’s political landscape, laying the groundwork for feudal society while facing external threats like the Mongol invasions. These three periods together shaped Japan’s cultural and political identity, leaving an enduring legacy that continues to influence the nation today.

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  Overwhelm

  Simon Shadows

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  Science. Serial killers. Liberation. Alien planets. Trauma. Zen koans. Amorous vampires. Gay stuff. Tentacle beasts. In these five short stories (with ten full-page illustrations!), you'll find all this and more! 
  Horror is transformational. Overwhelm is the dissolution of the ego within the knowledge that what you are is a fleeting instant in an incomprehensibly vast universe. But will this understanding lead to destruction, or will it grant liberation? Open yourself to strange new worlds, and worlds eerily familiar in this debut anthology from author and illustrator Simon Shadows!

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  Hollywood Stage - Margie - The...

  Various Authors

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  Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays – on the sponsors dime of course.  The Hollywood director William Keighly unveils the treasure and the stars for you right here…..

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  The Things I Came Here With - A...

  Chris MacDonald

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  “Does it hurt?” When you’re a tattoo artist, that’s the most universal question. For Chris MacDonald, the answer is simple: hurts less than a broken heart. Those words are painted above the entrance to his shop, Under My Thumb Tattoos, as a reminder.
  		 
  Chris and his brothers were as wild as the wind, in their house among the fields of Alliston, Ontario, when their parents divorced. Shell-shocked, they were uprooted and brought to Toronto by their dad. Their mother’s mental illness worsened in the aftermath, and she disappeared. As a teenager, Chris left home and found himself immersed in the city’s underbelly, a world where drugs, skateboarding, and punk rock reigned. Between the youth shelters, suicidal thoughts, and haunted apartments, a light shined: and it was art.
  		 
  He eventually found himself following the path of his brother, Rob, and pursuing life as a tattooist. Then, at the height of a destructive summer, everything changed: he met Megan, the girl who would become his rock of ages.
  		 
  This remarkable memoir examines what tattooing means to MacDonald and traces the connection his artistic motives have to both his family and childhood. The Things I Came Here With is about how crucial our past is to understanding our future, but it’s also a love letter to his daughter about the importance of expression, life’s uncertainty, and beauty.

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