The Steampunk User's Manual
An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams
Abrams Image · Print & ebook · October 7, 2014
This comprehensive guide to Steampunk creations of all kinds offers inspiration and practical tips for bringing your own retro-futuristic visions to life.
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- Who it’s for
- A practical, whimsical guide to finding your own path through Steampunk’s many creative forms.
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy Art, Craft Projects, Fashion Crafts
- Published
- Abrams Image, October 7, 2014
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This comprehensive guide to Steampunk creations of all kinds offers inspiration and practical tips for bringing your own retro-futuristic visions to life. Whether you’re a newbie to the world of Steampunk, or a long-time enthusiast of airships, goggles, and mad scientists, The Steampunk User’s Manual is essential reading. The popular subgenre of science fiction has grown into a cultural movement; one that invites fans to let their imaginations go wild.
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In this volume, Jeff VanderMeer—the renowned expert in all things Steampunk—presents practical and inspirational guidance for finding your own path into this realm. Including sections on art, fashion, architecture, crafts, music, performance, and storytelling, The Steampunk User's Manual provides a conceptual how-to guide on everything from the utterly doable to the completely over-the-top.
Make It Steampunk
A practical, whimsical guide to finding your own path through Steampunk’s many creative forms.
Come here for
- Ideas spanning fashion, crafts, architecture, music, and performance
- A playful route into retro-futurist making and imagination
Expect
- Conceptual guidance from doable projects to over-the-top visions
- Room for storytelling alongside art, fashion, and craft
Where it sits
| Craft Projects | 39% |
|---|---|
| Sci-Fi & Fantasy Art | 37% |
| Fashion Crafts | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fashion Crafts
- RPGs & Tabletop
- Authors
- Jeff VanderMeer, Desirina Boskovich, Kater Cheek
- Publisher
- Abrams Image
- Published
- October 7, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Fashion Crafts