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Took the weekend to start acclimatising myself to Maya after being a 3dsmax user for such a long time. Heh, feels so different but I think I’m getting the hang of it slowly. Even so, things just aren’t where I expect them to be.. which is to be expected I guess.. gonna keep at it, will need every bit of expertise these next few months..

I was also researching architecture for my environment design, and I happened to revisit a website I had bookmarked under “Books” in my browser and promptly forgot thereafter.

BibliOdyssey is a blog about books, but oh what books they are. Recently the trend has been for various educational institutions and museums to digitise and upload some of their collections, and in high res no less. These sites are largely out of the general consciousness, being targeted at academics, scholars and the like. BibliOdyssey unearths the wonders that can be found there and spreads them to the masses.

Japanese woodcuts, 16th Century German treatises on Architecture, beautiful colour plates from a book on the splendour of Old Mexico, these are just some of the finds that are showcased regularly on BibliOdyssey. Some of my childhood favourites like illuminated manuscripts, old maps and automata are among the mix. A charmingly eclectic collection that would appeal to artists, writers, anyone who has a fascination for the treasures of the human mind stored on the printed page.

Bonus points to not being exposed to musty tomb like libraries, or having manuscripts crumble to dust in your hands, not to mention fighting your way through hordes of undead nasties to get to such treasure.

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