Reads

Some reading material I'd like to share.

Articles

• Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web

  Article on how the Web has become increasingly trash overtime

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: An article about color correcting the hideous Renewal's Episode 19 BD.

  I have no idea how I found this, still interesting though

• Reject Discord, Embrace Matrix!

  Article about why you should use Matrix over something like Discord

• Matrix vs. XMPP

  A comparison between Matrix and XMPP

• The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher

  Essay on the failure that is The American School System and what to do about it

• Pessimism is for Losers

  Stop moping and start doing something

• Ask questions the smart way

  Title says it all

• honeypot.im ToS

  Cute little terms of service :-)

Books

A list of books that I would highly recommend or at the very least are interesting/good reads.

• Rudolf Flesch - The Art of Plain Talk
• Rudolf Flesch - The Art of Clear Thinking

Academical

• Math:
  • Robert Carman - Quick Arithmetics

Art

• Andrew Loomis - Creative Illustration

• Animation:

  • Richard Williams - The Animator's Survival Kit (Expanded Edition)

• Artbooks:

  • The Art of Yoh Yoshinari: Rough Sketches

    Absolutely breathtaking sketches. I cannot gush enough about this man's art. He's one of my biggest inspirations and this book is filled to the brim with his artwork to study for hours, days and even weeks. In fact, here is a 3 hour stream archive that analyzes the entire book, by a guy who knows his stuff.

  • Cutler & Cutler - J. C. Leyendecker

• Composition:

  • Molly Bang - Picture This

    Nice and short book that goes about composition in a simple but effective manner, using solid color shape cut-outs to describe some basic principles about composition.

• Creativity:

  • Gabriel Rico - Writing The Natural Way

    An absolutely fantastic book on how to naturally be more creative. Focuses mostly on writing but is basically applicable to any kind of creative process.

• Development:

  • Steven Pressfield - The War of Art

    Great book, I've listened to the audiobook at least 3 times. It describes what "resistance" is, how it disfigures our lives, and gives us a battle plan to face it with.

• Draftsmanship:

  • Robert Beverly Hale - Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
  • Scott Robertson - How to Draw

Life

• Farming:
  • Joel Salatin - Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal
• Fitness:
  • Tom Venuto - Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscles
• Personal Development:

  • Stephen R. Covey - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    A magnificent book that I wish everyone would read and apply to their lives.

  • Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People