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MCM Birmingham is back!听To celebrate the nerdiest weekend of the year,听飞别鈥�re听sharing nerdy听丑颈诲诲别苍听gems from our e-resources and serials collections.听听

How to sculpt a dragon听

Lukas Kutschera sculpted听Vhagar, the largest of the dragons in Game of Thrones spin-off show听House of the Dragon. Extremely cool. But more importantly, he听wrote听a whole book about sculpting 鈥� so now you can make cool dragons too.听听covers modelling and character creation techniques for VFX, games and 3D printing and is available online through IG Library.听听

Check out听,听hosted on IG Library, for information technology topics such as AI, security, machine learning,听programming听and web development.听

The听business of听anime听

With anime鈥檚 huge rise in global popularity,听颈迟鈥檚听not surprising to see听voice actors听from听Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer and Sword Art Online听heading to Birmingham Comic Con.听But how can brands use this expanding market as an opportunity to grow their reach?听Search听听for their听article听Brand Strategy: Anime, Comic & Games. This听report听explores ways brands can connect to anime fans,听including bringing their favourite fantasy worlds to life through听creating immersive physical spaces听and launching campaigns around key events such as Comic Con.听

Check out听听for information on consumer behaviour, marketing strategies, and the latest听news听in a variety of industries.听

听鈥�or become an animator yourself!听

Have you ever dreamt of animating your own show听or simply curious how it works behind the scenes? Check out our听brand-new听e-resource听. Oscar winner Richard Williams (famous听for Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) walks you step by step through the fundamentals of animation in a series of 16 videos. Chris Wedge described the series as a 鈥渞evelation鈥� 鈥� and he directed Ice Age!听

听also features documentaries, videos and interviews about dance, film, history, culture,听music听and art.听

Calling all cosplayers!听

Whether听测辞耻鈥檙别听recreating Spider-Man鈥檚 Miles Morales or听Astarion听from Baldur鈥檚 Gate 3, Bloomsbury Fashion Central can help you out. For example, the听听section allows you to filter by construction technique, equipment听type听and elements of cloth (such as grain,听warp听and cloth count), helping you find specific resources for your latest cosplay design. These resources include reference images, informative听videos听and even practical costume-making guides.听

听covers all things fashion 鈥� historical clothes, the fashion industry, design and construction, dress and costume, business听cases听and videos of fashion shows.听

Comic book deep dives听

Enjoy deeply analysing the cultural significance of your favourite听fandom? Art Full Text has got you covered. Take X-Men for example. You can read articles discussing all sorts of topics, including听,听听and听听in the X-Men comic books. And then you can go to Birmingham Comic Con and ask James McAvoy (aka Professor X himself) what he thinks...听

听features听abstracts and citations听of journal articles on art, architecture,听film听and photography, many with links to the full text of the article.听

The cinematography of superheroes听

We听诲辞苍鈥檛听just have nerdy e-resources 鈥� we have physical copies of magazines and journals听to听flip through too.听In the September/October 2025 issue of听, you can read all about Henry Braham BSC鈥檚 approach to the cinematography of the latest Superman film. The interview explores how James Gunn鈥檚 directing style influenced his decisions, the advantages听of filming with a small camera, and the surprising influences he used for the film 鈥� from Citizen Kane to silent era filmmaking!听

You can find all our issues of听听going back to 2020 on the ground floor of Curzon Library in the rolling stacks.听