Tag: City

City of Thorns The Demon Queen Trials 1 [Audiobook]


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English | June 2, 2023 | ISBN #: 9781685089641 | MP3@256 kbps | 6h 32m | 714.15 MB
Author: C.N. Crawford
Narrator: GraphicAudio

I never thought I’d be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that’s exactly what happens. He’s known as the Lord of Chaos, and he’s mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger.

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Budapest Portrait of a City Between East and West [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0BR8LZJWZ | 2023 | 16 hours and 4 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 462 MB
Author: Victor Sebestyen
Narrator: Elinor Coleman

An Economist Best Book of the Year. A vivid and enthralling account of the historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city in the heart of Europe, on the fault line between East and West-from the critically acclaimed author. Victor Sebestyen has written a sweeping, colorful and immersive history of the capital of Hungary, from the fifth century to the present day: a metropolis whose location in Europe has marked it as a crucial city-at times rich and prosperous, at times enduring unbearable hardship. It has stood at the center of the world-changing historical developments for hundreds of years: the Muslim invasion, The Reformation, both World Wars, fascism, the Holocaust and Communism. Sebestyen’s compelling history of Budapest is a lively thriller as well as being uniquely revelatory and authoritative account of one of the most important cities of Europe.

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The Slip The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever [Audiobook]


Free Download The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BPZXT953 | 2023 | 11 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 318 MB
Author: Prudence Peiffer
Narrator: Melissa Redmond

The never-before-told story of an obscure little street at the lower tip of Manhattan and the remarkable artists who got their start there. For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work.

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Creating a Monolithic City in Unreal Engine 5


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Jianfeng Li (Allan) | Duration: 9:24 h | Video: H264 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC 44,1 kHz 2ch | 2,55 GB | Language: English
Environment Generalist Jianfeng Li (Allan). This in-depth tutorial details everything from gathering references and crafting concept sketches to bringing to life a grand-scale environment in Unreal Engine.
This workshop is tailored for intermediate-to-advanced artists with a basic understanding of various tools such as Maya, Houdini, Gaea, SpeedTree, Substance Painter, ZBrush, Unreal Engine, Photoshop, and Nuke. While the tutorial aims to provide a complete overview of asset creation and environment finishing, some details won’t be shown step by step; therefore, having a foundational grasp of the tools used in the workshop is recommended.
Throughout the workshop, you’ll acquire invaluable insights into the art of CG environment creation through asset making, scene assembling, basic matte-painting techniques, and compositing your final cinematic animation.

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